As a physician, I have been involved in medical research during my pediatric fellowship and currently within my practice as a physician at a children’s hospital and clinic. As a fellow, I was part of a team of antibiotic researchers doing bench research in the form of an experiment using pigs. We inserted a small hole in the skull of a pig (painless) and inserted an ommaya reservoir that connected to a ventricle in the brain. This experiment was designed to learn more about the absorption of the drug that ultimately would be beneficial in helping children. Currently, in my practice I participate in national clinical trials such as in the research of new drugs to treat teenagers with hepatitis C. Our hospital has enrolled two of the 10 teens worldwide to participate in the initial trial. As the study moved to treating younger children, we enrolled three out of the 10 worldwide slots for kids 6 to 11 years. In total, we had had more than 12 kids participating in the trial, ranging from age 6 to 17. So far, the results have been successful. This is the most rewarding research that I have done in the last 20 years. Both types of research are necessary to develop new drugs and therapies to hopefully find ways to treat cancer, hepatitis, and other diseases.