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Session 47 Dr. Westley Ohman is an academic Vascular Surgeon in the St. Louis area. We discuss why he chose academics, what makes a good vascular surgeon and more. Good news to all premeds out there! We have a new podcast called http://www.askdrgray.com (Ask Dr. Gray Premed Q&A). Or if you know someone who's a premed, point them to the podcast as well as all our shows on MedEd Media. [01:54] Interest in Vascular Surgery Westley had exposure to vascular surgery from an engineering standpoint as an undergrad. But it wasn't until late in his third year and going into his fourth year with his sub-I's that he had world-class mentors from the cardiac and vascular side of things. He was fortunate enough to be guided in his decision making. They supported him going into vascular seeing that's where his interest and his skill set lie more than on the cardiac side. He likes the interventional approach where you can treat aneurysm in one room with two small needle pokes in the femoral arteries and then patients go ho