Dr. Kevin Billingsley Profile

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• 00:00I'm Kevin billingslea.
• 00:01I'm the Chief Medical officer of the Smilow
• 00:04Cancer Hospital in the Yale Cancer Center,
• 00:07and I'm also a professor of surgical
• 00:10oncology in the Yale School of Medicine.
• 00:13My specialty is the multidisciplinary
• 00:15treatment in the surgical treatment
• 00:17of patients with tumors of the liver,
• 00:20pancreas, bile ducts,
• 00:21and other gastrointestinal organs.
• 00:23I have wanted to be a physician
• 00:26since I was a youngster and as
• 00:29my interest in medicine grew,
• 00:31I learn more and more about surgery
• 00:34in particularly cancer surgery,
• 00:36in the opportunity to make a
• 00:38really meaningful impact on peoples
• 00:41lives in a positive way.
• 00:43And an impact that could be
• 00:45experienced immediately was
• 00:47very appealing to me years ago,
• 00:49and it continues to be enormously
• 00:51rewarding to this day caring for
• 00:54cancer patients is not just a job,
• 00:57it's a calling.
• 00:58And I find that the biggest thing
• 01:00that draws me to caring for patients
• 01:03is the relationships I have with
• 01:06my patients and their families.
• 01:08I have the privilege of spending,
• 01:10really.
• 01:11Difficult but rewarding times with
• 01:14patients and families during a
• 01:17period of life that is difficult but
• 01:20meaningful and it is gratifying to
• 01:23work with people and help guide them
• 01:26through these these difficult times.
• 01:28I'm fortunate to work in a Cancer Center
• 01:31where we have outstanding clinicians,
• 01:35nurses, technicians,
• 01:36pharmacists and an entire
• 01:38multidisciplinary team that comes
• 01:40together to work on your behalf.
• 01:42Know that I am going to use
• 01:45all of my technical,
• 01:47medical and administrative skill
• 01:49to help you heal and recover.
• 01:52Bringing a family member or a partner
• 01:55or a support person is absolutely an
• 01:58essential part of the healing process.
• 02:01None of us should be going through
• 02:04cancer care alone and I will say
• 02:07that the emotional and psychosocial
• 02:10piece of our Wellness in our
• 02:13journey towards recovery really
• 02:15relies on us creating a sense of
• 02:18connection and community.
• 02:19And we try to do that here at Smilow.
• 02:23But we also very much encourage patients
• 02:27to engage friends and family and and
• 02:31cultivate their their network of support.
• 02:34My research interests really focus on
• 02:36clinical research and the ways that we
• 02:40optimize systems to deliver the best
• 02:43multidisciplinary care to cancer patients,
• 02:45particularly patients with
• 02:46gastrointestinal cancer.
• 02:47I do that through participating in
• 02:50clinical trials through outcome studies,
• 02:52as well as work we're doing right here
• 02:56at smilow in the Yale Cancer Center.
• 02:59To optimize our processes of care delivery.
• 03:03It is an honor and a privilege
• 03:05for me to care for patients.
• 03:08Here I am.
• 03:10Fortunate to be surrounded by an absolutely
• 03:13outstanding group of clinical partners,
• 03:17including our nurses,
• 03:19pharmacists and technicians.
• 03:21You can be assured that the surgical care
• 03:23that I provide will be absolutely first rate.
• 03:27We're all dedicated to your healing,
• 03:29your well being,
• 03:30and your comfort.