Cultural Competence

Diagnosed with the young onset form of the disease, Dr. Soania Mathur overcame the desire to hide her condition and has emerged as a driven advocate for improving the treatment and quality of life for Parkinson’s patients

If first year pleases province, will expand from six countries to world

“I looked at volunteering for Doctors without Borders in some war-torn area for a couple of years. And then I thought, ‘Well, if you’re going to do that, why not do something really dangerous—like go into local politics?’ ”

Charitable organization has become a model for educating and integrating IENs and other health professionals.

Patients given proper information ‘have less regret about their choices’