This podcast episode on The Executive Broadcasting Channel features Dr. Salar Ahmed Khan, Research Compliance Officer at Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago, IL. In his current position, it is Salar’s responsibility to provide research oversight and interpretation of VA Federal Regulation related to human subjects, research on animals, research safety, research laboratory security, research information security, and research misconduct requirements. When he was a much younger man he had no interest in medicine. It took his father’s encouragement to start him on this path. We asked about that he said, ““At first, I had no desire to become a doctor, but I accepted my father’s challenge and worked hard to honor it. I got admitted in the Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, one of the best medical schools in South East Asia at that time. That was one of the happiest moments in me and my father’s life. Whatever professional achievements I have today it was only due to my parents and I salute them for that.”