{"id":1739,"date":"2017-05-11T10:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/commencement-2017-brandon-ortega-md-graduate\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:20:32","slug":"commencement-2017-brandon-ortega-md-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/commencement-2017-brandon-ortega-md-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2017: Brandon Ortega, MD graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Press Release<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n      <h1>Commencement 2017: Brandon Ortega, MD graduate<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n       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(Photo\/Courtesy Brandon Ortega)<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Growing up in the suburbs of Phoenix, Brandon Ortega would spend each summer at his grandfather\u2019s ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico, the same way his father did. These annual visits, encouraged by his parents, taught him the value of hard work and to appreciate the many opportunities he had in the U.S.<br \/>\nThe first in his family to attend college, Ortega graduated from Occidental College, playing football all four years. He took a year off before attending medical school to help with the family business, driving a semi-truck for more than a year to pay down student loans.<br \/>\nWhile <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/education\/md-program\/\">pursuing his MD<\/a> at the\u00a0Keck School, Ortega participated in the Dean\u2019s Research Scholars Program, taking a full year to pursue research under <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty\/jay-r-lieberman\/\">Jay Lieberman, MD<\/a>, chair and professor of orthopaedic surgery, which included exploring gene therapy to heal bone defects.<br \/>\nAs a culmination of Ortega\u2019s past experiences \u2014 his work on the family ranch, plays on the football field, work with his hands and experiences in the lab \u2014 he gravitated to orthopaedic surgery, appreciating the work ethic and opportunity to be a part of a greater team.<br \/>\nOrtega matched into his first choice \u2014 orthopaedic surgery at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center \u2014 and is eager to provide service to a community facing many socioeconomic and health disparities.<br \/>\nWhenever faced with adversity, Ortega recalls his grandfather\u2019s words, \u201cno te rajes,\u201d never give up. He\u2019s confident that due to his education at Keck School and his strong upbringing, he\u2019ll successfully navigate any challenges faced as he embarks on this new chapter in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[114,61],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-commencement","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commencement 2017: 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