Olugbenga T. Okusanya MD FACS, is currently an assistant professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He was a highly decorated general surgery resident winning multiple teaching and leadership awards. He then completed his cardiothoracic fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he was recruited to stay on as a faculty member in 2018. He was then recruited to Thomas Jefferson University in 2020. Dr. Okusanya has been recognized as a leader in thoracic surgery having been selected to participate in the Society of Thoracic Surgery and the American Association of Thoracic Society leadership academies. He was recognized as the Reviewer of the Year of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery in 2021 and has published more than fifty peer-reviewed papers. He is also a nationally recognized expert on robotic thoracic surgery and the racial disparities in the utilization of surgery of thoracic malignancies.

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0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Statistics About Cardiothoracic Surgery
6:56 - Chief Years, Love for Teaching and Throwing Scalpels
14:41 - What Is Cardiothoracic Surgery?
21:44 - An Average Day/Week of a Surgeon
28:25 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?
31:08 - What Kept You Going as a Medical Student/Resident?
33:16 - Second Thoughts While Choosing a Specialty
37:24 - CT Residency
43:06 - Building Systems
52:20 - Going up Stages in CT Surgery
1:02:00 - Lifestyle of a CT Surgeon and Comparison With PM&R
1:04:42 - Future Career Plans
1:06:30 - Characteristics of a Student for Surgery
1:08:05 - Advice for Students Going Into Surgery
1:11:31 - Extremely Important Question!!!
1:13:10 - Outro
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