Binh Duong, DO

Hi. My name is Doctor. Binh Duong, and I'm a DO. I graduated from Western University from Pomona, and I am a first year resident here at San Antonio. What really initially inspired me to pursue Integral Medicine was during my clerkship in Integral Medicine as a medical student. I got to see a lot of complex pathology, and I realized that as a hospitalist, you are the quarterback of your patient's care. You take care of your patient, you should know everything about your patient, and you really advocate for your patient's well-being. And I want to be a person who will see everything that is being done to my patient and that I understand what is the best course of action for my patient.

And that's what drew me into internal medicine. My interview experience to join the first class at San Antonio was that I felt very welcomed by Doctor. Gauda. She is our program director and she was the person who interviewed me all day. I felt that there was a mission to select a group of residents who care a lot about the Inland Empire populations and as well as, a populations and as well as, the longitudinal care within the community. And that's what really drew me into this program in the first place. What I enjoy most about the physician and patient relationship is that I get to be a part of their story while they're here. They share a lot of things.

I learn about, you know, how who they are outside of the hospital bed. Everyone comes in here with some kind of illness and we often don't see beyond the sickness that they have. But when I talk to my patients and their family, I get to know who they are and how, they usually are as a person and it really helps me to determine the goal of care for the patient. And in that part, I really enjoy taking care of my patients and spending time with their families. In medicine, it's a field of lifelong learning and that is what I want to do as an attending physician as well. So when I graduate as a full fledged attending physician, I hope to continue learning and gaining experience from my patients as well. And that's the exciting part about it.