Many people don’t realize that being able to operate at a hospital is a vital step of being a doctor. While most of the procedures I perform are not done in a hospital, hospitals need to carefully review each surgeon that they allow to operate. If a surgeon is approved to operate at a hospital, it means that the quality of their work and their level of excellence have been carefully considered and approved. I am approved to operate at two major hospitals- one is the Rush University Medical Center, where I am the Section Director of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the other is the NorthShore University Health System, as an Attending Physician.