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he began his current position with Baptist Health Endocrinology.
In his current role, Dr. Cyrus sees patients in his office for all
general endocrinology disorders but spends most of his time with
patients with diabetes and related disorders such as lipid, blood
pressure and weight management. When he began his training, the
majority of diabetic patients were Type 1 but as time has gone by,
he finds that a bulk of his time is now devoted to treating Type 2
diabetes. While the landscape of this disease has changed over the
years, he noted that our health care systems are now much more
proactive in getting ahead of diabetes diagnoses, which can often
lead to other issues such as heart attack, stroke, amputation, kidney
failure and more.
Since 2016 when Dr. Cyrus shifted out of hospital rounding and
now practices exclusively in the office, he has his weekends back to
himself, which he says is welcomed after so many years of training.
He values spending time with his family above all else. He and his
wife Vida just celebrated 50 years of marriage, and they have three
children, Raehe, Shamin and Shabnam, who among them have five
grandchildren. While Vida attended school for interior design, she
quickly found that raising their children would be a full-time job.
“She has an impeccable taste for interior design. But once we
started having a family and growing, there was really no opportunity
for her to work. So now she practices that art in our home,”
he said, laughing.
When he isn’t spending time with his family, he serves on the
Board of Interfaith Paths to Peace, a local non-profit that aims to
bring people together from different religions, faiths and races.
“Basically, we are unifying people and making them realize that
our commonalities are a lot more than the differences between us,”
he said. “The time for unity of the human race is here. We need to
work with each other and become like members of the same family
in order to be able to overcome these difficulties.”
This spirit of unification and advancement of civilization are
central to his Baháʼí faith and his generally positive outlook on life.
His goals for the future focus on learning more about the practice
of medicine, humanity and the world around us.
“I want to focus on the spirit of learning. Once you decide that
you have learned enough, that is really the end of us,” he said. “I
tell people that you don’t take expired medication, do you? No. You
have to keep up with new things. Dispose of old thoughts, old ideas
and old cultures, but with respect. I hope this is not a cliché, but I
believe our life’s purpose is to serve each other, irrespective of who
we are, where we come from or the color of our skin. I could have
retired a long time ago, in fact, some of my former residents have
already retired. But I feel that I cannot fulfill this need for service
in any other way than helping people feel better and live longer.”
Kathryn Vance is the Communication Specialist at the Greater Louisville Medical
Society.
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