Dr. Rob Bart

I will tell you that I will be an instrumentalist, not a vocalist.

That's just reserved for me and maybe my shower.

I think my father definitely had a big influence on me.

And I think when I think about someone who lived their life with high integrity and credibility, I think about my father.

And I think that is what sort of drives me.

At the end of the day, with all the decisions or interactions I've had, if I've been able to maintain my integrity, maintain credibility for what I need to do within the organization I currently work, UPMC, then I generally feel pretty good about what I have accomplished or sometimes not accomplished.

No, no, no.

So my mom grew up in Hawaii.

My dad grew up in Wisconsin.

When she went to college, there were a number of universities that you could get in-state tuition at that the state of Hawaii funded.

So she ended up at the University of Wisconsin and met my dad there.

And I think my dad was in medical school and my mom was an undergraduate.

Other than maybe going duck hunting, he wasn't going to miss much about being in Wisconsin.

And so we moved to Hawaii with the exception of three years that when he was doing some training at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland.

So that's where I grew up and how I ended up there.

But, I mean, my father, for growing up in the upper Midwest, adopted everything related to Hawaii as much as possible.

He really lived that persona and really grew to love the state of Hawaii.

I did grow up surfing, always on the water.

I swam competitively when I was younger.

And then when I was a little bit older, just entering high school, my dad got into sailing.