 Hello, my name is Dr. Ernest Cujo. I am a general surgeon with greatly surgical associates. I was not born in the United States. I was born in Ghana, West Africa, and I came here after high school. I attended college and medical school in North Carolina. My training in surgery was in Morristown Memorial, University Hospital in New Jersey. In 1999, they started the bariatric program, and that's where I obtained most of my training. After my residency, I did a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery at North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York. I went into medicine to make a difference in people's lives. I chose the field of bariatric surgery because of my strong family history of obesity. My sister also had bariatric surgery. I have been performing bariatric procedure since 1999, and I've seen how the surgery has changed people's lives. That's what I try to do every day, one patient at a time.