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I came from a nameless and faceless village in rural India. India was different then. It was crushing poverty. There is no running water and there is no electricity. The schools are just barely standing and health care is nonexistent. It still puzzles me how women delivered babies in their homes with barely any sanitary conditions. I guess I am one of the lucky few who survived.

We may not have lots of materialistic things but what we have, in abundance, is excellent minds. My parents, teachers, and friends are ever-curious about learning new things. My father is a teacher, doctor, and extraordinaire. My mother hardly had fifth-grade education but she had the mind of google scholar. So I am surrounded by people yearning for learning. Imagination doesn't need funding.

It is that curious mind that pushed me to finish my Masters's degree in Physics from one of the well reputable universities in India. Then I went on to Canada to pursue computer science at Concordia University, Montreal. I came to the United States to attend the University of Oklahoma at Norman, studying Nuclear Engineering. Restless mind, I moved from place to place, school to school, and subject to subject.

Then I became an accidental tourist to the world of healthcare. I  became a functional designer for a startup medical billing company called "Medisoft". It is the first-ever PC-based billing software application. 

Then I started learning about medical devices. I started selling Ultrasound, X-rays, and then CT MRI and PET CT scan. I am restless by default. I moved on to Physician placement services. I started placing highly qualified foreign doctors who needed a specialized visa to remain in this country. The conditional requirement for those who want to stay in America is to work in a rural setting for 3- 5 years. 

Believe me, I came from a faceless and nameless village in India and started visiting rural towns in America no one heard of: Bradshaw, West Virginia; Baxley, Georgia; El centro, California; to name a few. What I was not expecting is the uneven healthcare delivery system. In rural America,  a woman did not even know that she was having twins until the 7th month. The facilities are not easily accessible. The patient can not afford to pay the 20% deductible for doctor's office visits.

The deductible is not straightforward math. Medicare is government-run insurance in America for elderly citizens..  It only pays 80% of an "authorized amount". The authorized amount is different from the billing amount. The remaining  20%, the patient is responsible. That can vary from procedure to procedure and from visit to visit, and from a doctor to doctor. Then there is the "Donut-shaped" pharmacy benefit program. Please don't ask me what that is, and I studied  Donut geometry of the universe in my advanced physics class. I thought that was hard. Medicare math can make you dizzy. This is the kind of math imposed on rural and urban Americans for their healthcare. Where are the doctors like my father? But I don't blame the doctors either. American Medical Association is supposed to represent doctors, but they became a marketing arm for special interests.   In the 80s, cocaine was the choice of entertainment for rich stockbrokers. Then 'they' made the Opidis legal. Who are they? (I leave that to your imagination.) Under the disguise of legality, a new enterprise was born. Opioids slowly swept across America. The American health system descended into further chaos. 

Chaos has another name, it is called distrust. Distrust of insurance companies, distrust of pharma companies, distrust of doctors. Staggering six out ten people don't trust American medicine—colossal failure in science communication.

It is a paradox. Once upon a time, science took Americans to the moon. Pharmaceutical companies created new drugs that stopped fatal diseases like AIDS in its track. Vaccines completely wiped out smallpox. Science turned America into a superpower. But science started slowly moving away from society. Science and medicine became mysterious subjects. Science - Society contract was broken. 

There are 135 specialties and subspecialties in the United States compared to our neighboring country Canada with just 45. There is no proof that more is better. American medicine became ever-increasing silos. The result is thousands of broken apps and zillion passwords. Innovation does not come from computer code. Business degrees show only how to take advantage of a system. They rarely inspire innovations. 

Innovation comes from a deep understanding of the basics of Math, Physics, Medicine, philosophy, and even art. Jack of all trades is not so bad. Learning about a little bit of everything is part of curiosity. Great Albert Einstein to Nobel Prize winner in medicine Hara Gobind Khotana attributes to their success to one thing. That is Curiosity. Eager to learn about everything. Then the 'whole' becomes bigger than the 'sum' of its parts. 

In an attempt to fuel true innovation and give you a new perspective, I started writing a series of articles. Several thousand started reading my articles here and on other platforms. I made this into an ebook. In this, you read about the stories of  Polymaths (well versed in several subjects) and their relation to present-day state-of-the-art diagnostics. Brief review here. Jackson Pollock's drip art connection with  Fractal based mind relaxation; 18th-century physicists' law of entropy in the detection of Breast cancer; Theoretical Physicist Richard Fynemann's premonition about Quantum Biology. You read about a  story of a  pharma company and an ancient Chinese pharmacologist halting the spread of fatal diseases. Every topic is just 3 min read. Just not reading about it, you can wear it, carry it, give it. You can inspire your children and impress colleagues. Science is not a subject to learn it should become part of a lifestyle. Appropriately, The title of this ebook is "Science is not a subject and Science must be a lifestyle." 

My journey from a rural village in India to the center of Silicon Valley is filled with tragedies and excitement. This pandemic reminded all of us of what is essential in life. Please come with me on this fascinating journey to elevate our physical, mental, and spiritual health as a part of the community,

Releasing my ebook  “Science is not a Subject - Science must be a Lifestyle”  on March 31st at 7 pm EST on LinkedIn Live 

Testimonials

Mark Kishel, M.D., FAAP  Chief Medical Officer, C-Suite Physician Executive

Board Of DirectorsBoard Of Directors

Georgia Charitable Care Network

“You are amazing” 

Our entropy discussion is very good. Understanding it requires an intuition that many do not have as it is linked to personality, like the N in a Meyers Briggs type. This ability allows for the creation and ability also allows for one to read, see and understand between the lines. You have this gift. You can see what isn’t there.

Bandon Kriegel - Harvard Business School ( Video) 

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Ramakrishna Kakarala 

Ph.D., MathematicsPhD, Mathematics UC Irvine 

Director, Algorithm Development Director, Algorithm Development

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Silicon Valley 

Very interesting! I didn't know about Ramanujan subspaces. It's truly amazing how much comes from abstract mathematical concepts.

Chani Pangali

Ph.D., Theoretical Chemistry Columbia University

Great article, thank you. I also recommend the movie, "The Man Who Knew Infinity", which is based on Ramanujan's life.

Viji Natarajan 

Nursing Home Administrator Founder LaPortaCare

This is a nice blog to commemorate the findings and philosophy Ramanujam’s findings and the intricacies of math woven into our daily life.

Magnet school  Students (Video)

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