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PATIENT STORIES Patient's Care Inspires Her to Become a Nurse

California Pacific Medical Center

Gabriella Frank recalls her four-month stay in the hospital for a bowel obstruction when she was 16 and how Dr. Oded Herbsman's care not only healed her but inspired her to become a nurse at the same hospital. Hear what happened when Frank ran into Dr. Herbsman on the job years later.

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