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I am a recently graduated physician from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore with a passion for surgery and to pursue my residency in the USA. I have done elective rotations in the departments of vascular surgery, trauma ICU and general surgery and trained under surgeons from all over the world. I am currently working as a Research Trainee in the department of transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

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