Welcome back listeners! The third episode of our Conversations series features a very exciting guest, Dr. Saad Chaudhary, an orthopedic spine surgeon and Associate Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the Associate Program Director of the Spine Surgery Fellowship there. In this episode, he takes a deep dive into orthopedic spine training, developments in minimally invasive techniques, and key characteristics in ambitious medical students valued by program directors. Tune in to hear more about not only his journey towards becoming a renowned orthopedic surgeon, but also the process of refining one’s interests in the first place.