The ability to provide the absolute, most meaningful type of patient care is what drew Dr. Surmeet Singh Chhina to anesthesiology and then to pain management. "Nothing is more noticeable to a patient than their pain - whether it be in the acute/peri-operative setting or in the more long term chronic setting," he said. "People are deeply affected by pain both physically and emotionally and having the ability to modify that and improve someone's quality of life is one of the most rewarding things one can do in medicine."