 I'm Dr. Michael Rose, I'm the Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Jersey Short University Medical Center. So I've been practicing plastic and reconstructive surgery for a little over 20 years and I was attracted to the specialty due to what I call the permanence of what we do. For example, if you're sick and you have strep throat and you take an antibiotic, well that's just sort of a one-off thing. You take the antibiotic, you're better and you go on with your life. Nothing really changes, but something about plastic surgery and that permanent change that we do to restore people back to normalcy or improve upon what they already have and perceive as not quite up to par. Those things are forever and it's great to see somebody be able to take that with them forever. One of the things that I specialize in is lower extremity nerve reconstruction. People have come from far away and I've helped them restore form and function to their lower extremity. So they don't have pain and they restore sensation to areas of their leg and foot and thigh that were damaged previously. The thing that brings me to the job, it's when the patient says thank you and that is the most amazing feeling when you've done something for a patient that has changed their life. For example, reconstructing their breast after losing it to cancer and they give you a hug and they say thank you. You've truly changed my life back to where it was. That's worth everything in the world. There's no amount of money, there's no number of diplomas on the wall and awards that equal that because that's what we're here for as a patient.