Why practice medicine at Ohio State

Safdar Khan, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery: Every morning every day there's such an incredible cross-pollination in research, teaching, education there's such an incredible emphasis on clinical care and doing everything to the best of our abilities. I am so fortunate to be a part of this family and be part of Ohio State University.  

Laura Pheiffer, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery: My favorite part of working at Ohio State are my colleagues, not only my physician colleagues, but all of the team, whether it is nursing in the operating room, my physician assistants on the floor, the nursing on the floor, my research team. We are all here to look, to deliver, the best care that we can provide for our patients. 

Nahush Mokadam, MD, Cardiac Surgery: We have all the resources that we need to deliver the highest quality care to our patients and their families. We have expertise in the Ross Heart Hospital in cardiovascular care. We have a Cancer Center recognized nationally. We have Brain and Spine Institute. We have everything it takes to be a top notch academic Medical Center – and we are.  

Jennifer Sipos, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: I truly enjoy being in an
academic Medical Center because teaching is at the center of what we do every day, and that includes teaching patients about their disease state, teaching young physicians and medical students about medicine in general and how to care for the patient. I find that teaching fellows is very rewarding because there's only so many patients that I can see in a given day, and if I'm educating the next generation of physicians to provide better care, then I'm indirectly helping additional patients beyond my reach.  

Safdar Khan, MD: There was such an energy in the air when I interviewed that wasn't really replicated anywhere else. I remember telling my wife at that time that this is the place for us, and eight years later, I'm so happy that we made that decision we came here. 

Laura Pheiffer, MD: I came here because of the name recognition, the research and the clinical expertise, but I'm staying here because of the colleagues and the type of collaboration that we have. 

Safdar Khan, MD: I think from engagement with our professional community to our visibility on the national scene, to the research endeavors that are taking place, the successes were having with our patients, our community engagement – I just am excited to see what the next 10 years hold for us. 

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