Victoria O’Hara completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2001 earning her degree in Psychology. She then attended Drexel University’s Physician Assistant program and graduated in 2005. She began her career in cardiology in the Philadelphia area. In 2008 she entered into the specialty of cardiac surgery. Her well-rounded cardiac surgery experience includes working in the operating room, cardiac intensive care units and inpatient cardiac units. Her main interest is the cardiac intensive care unit where she accepted a position at MUSC upon relocating to Charleston in 2021.