Choosing a Service-Based Profession with Dr. Faye T. Gamboa, O.D.

This episode opens with Dr. Faye T. Gamboa, O.D., sharing how a college volunteer service trip to help clean up after Hurricane Katrina opened her eyes to what true service looks like.

Moment of Impact: "If you want to help us, walk with us." This episode is for anyone who is considering a service-based professional career or anyone who has a wanderlust for travel and wants to figure out how to combine travel with service. Dr. Faye also offers tips about how to own your own practice as a healthcare provider and move into entrepreneurship from clinical settings.

We discuss the importance of role clarity when you have a team of professionals who want to collaborate in a frictionless way. Dr. Faye T. Gamboa is the owner and optometrist at Wanderlust Eyecare in Northfield, IL where her husband Shwin also works and their dog Winnie.

She is also a Primary Care and Ocular Disease Optometrist at the North Chicago VA Hospital. Born and raised in Chicago, Dr. Gamboa has a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois-Chicago and her doctorate cum laude from the Illinois College of Optometry.

She completed her residency in Primary Eye Care and Ocular disease at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago. She has worked in corporate and private practice settings and, in addition to her role as the founder of Wanderlust Eyecare, she devotes time to helping veterans and active-duty military personnel at the VA hospital.

Dr. Gamboa treats her own wanderlust with ample travel around the world. She is an enthusiastic foodie who loves to spend free time with family and friends.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faye-therese-gamboa-08031629/

Website: https://www.wanderlusteyecare.com