When my youngest sibling was 9 and I was in medical school, my mother died of colorectal cancer. She was 53. It was then that I realized how beneficial improved cancer care could be—for both patients and their families. Now, as a radiation oncologist, my team and I provide compassionate, complete cancer care. My goal is to return patients to the life they enjoyed before their cancer diagnosis. I treat sarcomas, which mostly appear in the extremities, so when patients regain function in their treated arms or legs, I’m satisfied. Curing patients is remarkably gratifying.
TrainingMassachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown, MA, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT