[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Dr. Cecilia Ong, and I'm a surgical oncologist here at the University of Chicago. I specialize mostly in gastrointestinal malignancies-- so stomach, pancreas, liver, bile duct. But I also have an area of focus in the management of metastatic disease. So cancers that have left their primary organ and have spread to other parts of the body. I really thought that it was the unique marriage of science and art that really drew me to medicine in the first place. And now going beyond just medical school to my current profession as a surgical oncologist, I really feel that both of those components really go hand-in-hand together. I seek to provide compassionate care and treat every patient as if they were one of my own family members. I think cancer-- a diagnosis of cancer, can be so scary. And patients can feel very alone. And so what I hope to bring to the table is not only my own expertise, but bringing together a multidisciplinary team to help those patients feel like they have a home when they're managing their cancer diagnosis. I did some of my fellowship training here and was astounded founded by the amount of expertise that is housed under one roof, but also how much everyone's aligned to really take care of the patients as individuals, but also as part of a community. I was really struck by University of Chicago's combined mission, both local and global. So we're very much embedded within the South side of Chicago and really deliver care that's taking into account the community that we're surrounded by. But we're also global leaders, especially in the world of cancer. And I think it's a unique marriage that really attracted me to want to stay here after I finished my training. I think that there's learning to be done from both directions. So my job as a surgeon, and in part as an educator, is to understand where the patients are coming from and how I can help them understand more about their own diagnoses. But at the same time, I want to learn from them what their goals are, what they prioritize in their own care, to make sure that we can meet in the middle and create a good treatment plan that takes into account all of those aspects.