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My name is Zach Singsank.
I am a interventional
cardiologist at Bryan Heart.
I attended Marquette
University in Milwaukee,
where I studied biomedical
engineering, after which I
went to Des Moines
University, where
I attended medical school.
And then I did my internal
medicine residency,
cardiology fellowship, and
interventional cardiology
fellowship at Aurora
St. Luke's in Milwaukee.
I gravitated towards more of
the medical subspecialties.
I really liked all the
pathology that you can see.
And I had a really
interesting experience
as a third-year
medical student working
with an interventional
cardiologist.
And she gave me a lot
of great experience
and solid cardiac
care-- is like.
And it's very interesting.
It's one of the most researched
fields and innovative fields
in medicine.
And so I knew that my career
would be ever-changing and keep
me interested throughout.
Being a good
cardiologist, you have
to be a problem solver
and a critical thinker,
but at the same
time, be a human.
And so I think the way I
trained, being an engineer,
has given me that
critical thinking aspect.
Beyond that, I think
I'm a relatable person.
And I enjoy just having
conversations with people.
And it puts them at ease to know
that I really care about what's
going on with them and I
want to help make the best
choices with them.
I think having grown up
in the Midwest, in Iowa,
I can relate easily to
the people of Nebraska.
The values are very similar
of hard work, self-reliance.
And understanding that will
help me take care of them
because I know they
want to get back
to doing what they want to
do and doing the things they
enjoy.
And I think being
able to understand
that is paramount to being
a successful physician
in the Midwest.
Preventative cardiology
has really moved forward
in last few years.
And we've seen a big
reduction in people
having heart attacks and
other serious cardiovascular
diseases.
But as our patients
get older, they're
getting into more
valve heart disease.
Instead of having open heart,
more invasive procedures, now
we can do things through a
transcatheter approach, which
is going through
blood vessels and not
having to have a surgery.
And so that field of structural
cardiology, as we call it,
is very innovative.
And it's going to be the
big frontier for cardiology
in years to come.
I ultimately chose
Bryant Heart because
of the group of people,
physicians and staff,
that I'd be working with.
Not only are they great
people and hardworking,
but they also provide
a lot of resources
to best take care
of your patients.
There's not a lot of
things in our modern life
where you get to have
such a impact day to day.
It's a very
rewarding experience.
