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Jun 2, 2023

VK Gadi, MD, PhD, is the Professor and Director of Medical Oncology at the University of Illinois Chicago. He also serves as an Associate Director of Translational Oncology there. Dr. Gadi has more than 30 years of experience in clinical oncology, cancer research, and translational breast cancer research. In his clinical practice, he is focused on providing expert care to eliminate breast cancer with a team-based approach. He is a pioneer in precision medicine and has co-founded an organization called SEngine Precision Medicine.

“People are the most effective when they're their true self, their true version, the best version of themselves.” Mentors have the highest degree of accountability in cultivating the best version of their mentees, but how can it be achieved? Are you certain if your role model is the right fit for modeling behavior? Is there a way you can find out which mentor will create the best space for you to be the best you? Yes, there is. Tune in to another compelling episode of Medicine Mentors, where we are joined by Dr. VK Gadi, the Professor, and Director of Medical Oncology at the University of Illinois Chicago, as we discuss how to identify mentors that exhibit model behavior, which mentor will help you unlock your potential, and how you can carve out your path to success.

Pearls of Wisdom:
 
1. Find a mentor who can create the space for you to be the best and truest version of yourself.
2. A mentor should be someone their mentees can model. The qualities they wish to pass on should be exuded in their actions without being relayed in a forceful and threatening manner.
3. Success is not produced by a specific algorithm or a systematic method. It’s a diversified and arduous process and it’s achieved in many different phases during different parts of our journey.