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Efrain Talamantes&#039; responsibilities as medical director include checking on overnight patients, looking up test results and discussing them with about 25 patients every day. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)

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When Efrain Talamantes was young, his mother was sidelined from her job for months because she couldn’t explain her arm injury to a doctor who didn’t speak Spanish.

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Alum uses mentorship to translate medicine across cultures, classes

By Daily Bruin Staff

Jan. 11, 2016 7:46 a.m.