 My name is Victoria Stab. I'm a pediatric surgeon and the medical director for pediatric trauma at K. Havnaynian Hospital. I'm a general surgeon for kids, basically newborns up to age 18 and do all general surgery including surgery in the abdomen, in the chest, gynecological, and neurologic procedures. The common thing that we hear about working with children is that they are not just small adults. Their body types and physiology is quite different. You have to be cognizant of the medications that are specific for children and how their bodies go through surgery and healing that's quite different than an adult. So it's very important to keep that in mind. There is a great benefit to working at a children's specialized hospital such as Hackensack Meridian K. Havnaynian Hospital where you have all the pediatric specialists all under one roof where you can collaborate their care. You have dedicated people in all the different specialties that can consult at the same time with the child's hospitalizations. People that have gone through extra training to be able to collaborate for the best care for the child all under one roof. We are a tertiary care center where a lot of the smaller hospitals that don't have the pediatric specialist transfer to us very rarely do we have to transfer a child out for specialized care. We have the child life specialist that's job is to provide comfort and companionship as well as entertainment for the children during their hospital stay. And occasionally we have different sports teams that come around and visit with the children. I find that incredibly rewarding to be working with children for the parents to provide the trust for me to take care of their child during one of the scariest times in their life and to see them thrive and recover so well as children often do is incredibly rewarding.