 My name is Benjamin Golis and I am the Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology for the Central Region for the Hack and Sack Meridian Health System. My primary area of expertise is in treating patients with malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, and abdominal cavity. I also treat patients with numerous other types of malignancies including skin cancers and soft tissue tumors. I chose surgical oncology because I wanted to try to make a difference in a field that was very challenging. My personal care philosophy has always been to 100% try to focus on the patient first. For patients that are diagnosed with these types of advanced malignancies navigating the medical system can be a really daunting task. Receiving your treatment in total can last nine to 12 months and it's dozens of appointments and dozens of different people so it can be extremely complex and I think our job is to do everything in our power to make that experience as painless and seamless as possible so that they can focus on the important thing which is getting their treatment getting better and spending time with their family rather than you know being on the phone trying to make a thousand appointments to be able to help them through their diagnoses and their cancer is really extremely rewarding. It's a huge challenge for the patients. It's also a huge challenge for us in taking care of them but the reward that we get from that is is tremendous.