About Me

Paro Zhong in Bhutan. standing in front of a gold door

I’m a New Orleans-based hospital physician and Fora Travel advisor specializing in slow, intentional luxury travel — every stay independently funded, every recommendation made from firsthand experience.

Unlike advisors working from hosted press trips, everything I recommend I’ve paid for and experienced myself — so what you get is judgment, not a sales script.

By day I practice hospital medicine on an alternating one-week-on, one-week-off schedule. On my weeks off, I travel — deliberately, slowly, and always at my own expense. Over the past several years that’s taken me to more than 45 countries across five continents, from leopard sightings at Mahali Mzuri in Kenya to sunrise at Tiger’s Nest in Bhutan.

The same discernment I bring to patient care goes into building trips that match how you want to feel — not just where you want to go.

If you’re planning a trip built around real rest rather than a checklist of sights, that’s exactly the kind of trip I build.

I hold Fora Pro status and work within Virtuoso, Hyatt Privé, Four Seasons Preferred Partner, Marriott Luminous, and Accor Héra — giving my clients real benefits at partner properties, not just a booking.