 My name is Dr. David O'Connor and I'm a vascular surgeon here at Hackensack University Medical Center. The reason I became a doctor was I had always growing up had a love of science and learning about new things and discovering what makes things work. In addition to science, I always liked working with people. One of the things that was most important to me was being able to talk to people, being able to help them solve their problems. My personal care philosophy involves customizing the care for the patient and involving the patient's family to make sure that we understand the patient's condition, we understand where they're coming from and being able to help them, number one, understand what their condition is and then also to try to work with them through the different treatment options. Sometimes it can be anxiety provoking or sometimes even terrifying for patients to have a new diagnosis of a vascular condition but being able to sit down and talk about what the condition is allows us to really take everything into context, understanding what our options are, what the recovery is for the procedure, as well as trying to tailor something that I think based upon their anatomy and their overall condition will allow them to get out of the hospital in the fastest way as well as to be able to stay out of the hospital.