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The founding team of Karuna Healthcare Consultants, Inc. is comprised of three highly trained clinicians, who fled a war-torn homeland of Việt Nam as children after 1975.  All three health experts have since grown up to make their common life’s mission: the promotion of health, wellness and peace.

The Karuna Healthcare Consultants Team

DR. JACOB DUY-LINH HUỲNH, M.D. comes from a large family of seven siblings.  His older siblings tried unsuccessfully several times for over a decade to flee as Boat People in the 1980-90s. His older sister, Kim, eventually survived her refugee journey and ended up in Toronto, Canada.

Later, she was able to sponsor Dr. Jacob when he was 17 years old to reunite with her family in Canada.  He finished high school and entered college at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.  He then trained as a Family Medicine Doctor, garnering a few scholarships, at Queen’s University in the efficient, Canadian nationalized healthcare system.  There, he learned that ‘healthcare for all’ was not only feasible, but morally essential.  He practiced in Canada for 10 years before immigrating to Southern California in 2010, to warmer climes and to join other siblings.

In his own words, Dr. Jacob shares, “Growing up in Vietnam, I always wanted to become a physician since grade school.  Especially in poor developing countries like ours, I saw the vast needs of our people. I wanted to make a difference and improve patients’ well-being.

I chose Family Medicine because I enjoy taking care of not only individuals, but of the entire family: from babies to grandmas.  I further went on, to get certified in Medical Acupuncture to expand my skillsets to more adequately care for patients suffering from intractable or chronic pain syndromes–conditions for which Western medicine does not always have effective remedies.”

Nowadays, Dr. Jacob works full-time as a Team Leader for Vitas Innovative Hospice (www.Vitas.com), the national industry leader in hospice and palliative care for terminally ill patients.

Additionally, he also has a small private practice in Little Saigon-Orange County where he sees patients and provides holistic care at Advanced Health & Wellness Center (located at 7901 Westminster Boulevard, Westminster, CA 92683).  For appointments, please call 714.869.8146.

Dr. Jacob is also a member of the Karuna Healthcare Consultants (KHC) Team because he believes that patients and families deserve “compassionate, conscientious and culturally-sensitive care.”

Being a devout Catholic who has studied Zen Buddhism for decades and who also practices mindfulness, he is guided by these spiritual traditions in the care of very complex, terminally ill and/or elderly patients.  For all the patients who are lucky to have Dr. Jacob attend to them, their children, parents, and/or grandparents, they can attest to the profound “karuna” (aka unconditional, compassionate care) that he brings to the art of healing.  For karuna is the hallmark of this exemplary physician-healer’s reputation and daily practice.