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Sona Patel (born June 10, 1976) is a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), also known as "DOC420."〔(''Hollywood Weekly,'' June 2011 "The Doctor is In," by B. Smith )〕 Patel has been a licensed and board-certified physician in California since 2004. In 2005, she started DOC420, a pioneering practice that recommends medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) as an alternative to pharmaceutical drugs. She is a licensed and board-certified physician in the state of California who recommends medical marijuana under California Proposition 215 (1996) (or the Compassionate Use Act). == Early life and education == Patel, an Indian American, was raised along with her younger sister, Mona Patel, in Paramount, California. Her parents, Chandulal K. Patel, a chemical engineer, and Shobhna C. Patel, a homemaker, strived to provide their children with education and strong core values. Patel's modest and financially trying upbringing became her inspiration to succeed. Patel's passion for Indian classical dance and modelling set the stage for her to win more than 20 talent and dance competition awards. Her modelling career reached a climax in 1994, when she was awarded Model Search India's title of Super Model India, as well as Miss Photogenic.〔 With her newfound Bollywood popularity, Patel became actively involved in the Indian community to raise awareness for charities, giving birth to her philanthropic side. She graduated from Ruben S. Ayala High School in Chino Hills, California in 1994. In 1998, Patel earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology from University of California, Irvine. She then entered medical school at Ross University School of Medicine in the island nation of Dominica, where she earned a medical doctorate (M.D.) degree in 2002. Upon earning her M.D., Patel continued her education with post-doctoral training at Riverside County Regional Medical Center, a teaching hospital in Moreno Valley, California. During her residency, Patel also taught physician's-assistant courses as an adjunct faculty member at Riverside City College in Riverside, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sona Patel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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