FORWARD DR. RAKESH GULATI -BATCH OF 1978 DETAILS AND PHOTOS.

[Guest guest]

Re: Life after leaving MGIMS

> Dear Raju,

>

> Hello again. It was a pleasure talking to you after all this time. I guess

a

> " TIA " must have triggered memories of my good old friends. I had a vague

> idea about the upcoming 25th anniversary reunion but it was Rajesh Nanda's

> call that really got me out of the shell.

> I did some searching on the internet and located PMR's number that led to

> finding you and GVD. It's a shame that some of us will not be able to

> attend what promises to be a grand reunion of our infamous batchmates.

What

> a great way to reminisce about the old times and discover how our lives

have

> shaped since the early 80's.

> I can tell by the limited contact I have had with my collegues that almost

> everyone has done well. Some things never change and that partly explains

> rather despicable behavior of some folks.

> I left MGIMS in Jan 83 only to see myself losing direction initially. My

> dad's ill health (MI at age 56) left me stranded out of the academic scene

> (MD at Wardha) but opened doors for something I had truly never

envisioned.

> My career took a back seat in my valiant attempts to restore my dad's

> health. This involved flying him to Texas to Denton Cooley's center for

CABG

> + plication of LV aneurysm in Oct 85. Everything went great and my dad was

> back to a functional status class 1 (NYHA).(He finally succumbed to

> reocclusion of the bypass grafts leading to cardiogenic shock in Feb 95. I

> still miss him as he was aside from being a father, a role model, a friend

> and just an amazing man.)

>

> I met this lovely young lady (Abha) in 86 at a local hospital where I was

> bidding time trying to be good son. Before I knew what had hit me, I found

> myself chasing after her to the UK for PLAB in 1987. Sincerity was always

> one of my virtues ! We got married in 88 and did all our postgraduate

> training in the UK, gaining MRCP in the process.In 91, we were blessed

with

> ISHA who is now in 6th grade at a local school and doing quite well. Then

> came Mr.Rohan in 94 upon moving to the states. I had to unfortunately

> re-train in medicine and nephrology (despite a 3 year renal fellowship in

> Manchester).The doors finally opened for an academic position at a local

> medical school/university hospital as a full time nephrologist on a

> clinician educator track.

> I now spend majority of my time doing solid organ transplantation mainly

> kidneys and hearts - focussing on their medical needs. I still have

> commitment to outpatient dialysis as well as teaching students, residents

> and being an active member of 10 collegues in training renal fellows.

> We bought a house in 2000 in the suburbs of Philly and are due for

> citizenship this year. So it has been a long winding road to get this far,

> challenging but rewarding in many ways.

> I love my family, my job, have made a few new friends and do go back to

> Delhi perhaps every 2 years.It's a big drain on the wallet with all of us

> travelling together.

> I do hope that you get the gist- also sending pictures of my family and

our

> home for you to share with our " friends " . I suppose it would not offend me

> if you did share this mail with our batchmates at the reunion.

> Listen, have a great time, be safe and have a shot on my behalf as well.

> Look forward to hearing from you.

>

> Truly

>

> Rakesh

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