[VIDEO LOGO] My name is Kumaran Shanmugarajah. I'm an abdominal transplant surgeon and hepatobiliary surgeon. My main areas of focus are in liver transplantation and in surgeries of the liver. These involve surgeries for people with liver cancers and other benign diseases of the liver. UChicago medicine, super special place for abdominal transplantation and liver surgery. It's a very historic place. It's the place where some of the most pioneering surgeries in liver transplantation and liver surgeries were done. It also is a place where you can provide the best care for patients because you have access to the best expertise and the best team members, which really allow you to do the best thing for patients, and keep them at the center of all decisions. My philosophy of care is to basically treat patients like they were family members. I feel like if I can think about what I would want from my family member when they were sick and let that guide my decisions, then I usually will make the right call. Liver transplants are usually done for people with end-stage liver disease. So typically, this is a very big surgery. And for most people, it's a super important day in their lives. I think most families and patients think of the liver transplant and their lives before and after the procedure. And so for me, this is very unique place to be. So I can be involved with patients and their family's lives as they go through that journey. For the liver cancer and benign liver surgeries that we perform, it's a slightly different context. These are typically folks who come in for elective surgery. And we're able to perform a wide range-- a wide array of surgeries for those people. Because we work closely with other experts from radiology, and hematology, and oncology, we're able to cater the best treatment approach for the patient. And so when the patient gets to surgery, you know you're you're doing the right thing for them. The surgeries we offer are a combination of open surgeries and minimally invasive surgeries with either robotic or laparoscopic approaches. I did my surgical training here at the University of Chicago. Love that experience. Was really grateful to be mentored by some of the amazing surgeons and physicians here at the University of Chicago. And after that, I did my Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Also, super unique experience. And really loved every minute. Once again, was able to be mentored by some field leaders, and really shaped the way that I think about patients, and also train me in the surgeries that I'm able to be able to perform. [VIDEO LOGO]