Meet Dr. Andrea Silber

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• 00:00Hi, I'm Andrea Silber,
• 00:02a medical oncologist who
• 00:04specializes in breast cancer.
• 00:06I really love what I do.
• 00:08I have been doing this for many
• 00:11years and it's an honor to be
• 00:14able to take care of patients.
• 00:17It's a particular honor to be able
• 00:19to take care of patients from this
• 00:22community that trained me how to be a
• 00:26doctor and to have better alternatives,
• 00:28better treatments, new discoveries
• 00:30that are going to help patients.
• 00:33It's a great time to be a breast oncologist.
• 00:37I'm all about the team approach.
• 00:40I work with a nurse practitioner and nurse,
• 00:44usually PCA,
• 00:45who helps room the patient and
• 00:48the person who mansar telephones.
• 00:52All of the members of the team.
• 00:55Need to know a little bit about
• 00:58that patient so they can put
• 01:01anything that transpires into
• 01:03context and we all work together.
• 01:07We're like a family and we're a family
• 01:10that all takes care of that patient.
• 01:14I think it's a good idea
• 01:17to bring a caregiver,
• 01:19particularly for those who
• 01:21have trouble either speaking,
• 01:23expressing themselves,
• 01:24have difficulty with health.
• 01:26Or medical terminology.
• 01:28Often a caregiver can serve as
• 01:31a different kind of translator,
• 01:34making sure that everyone understands
• 01:37what's discussed at the visit.
• 01:40I have long been interested in why
• 01:43certain populations are vulnerable
• 01:46or more vulnerable to breast cancer,
• 01:49either in incidents or an outcome,
• 01:53and my particular interest is looking at.
• 01:57Breast cancer in women of color,
• 02:01trying to increase inclusivity
• 02:04in clinical trial participation.
• 02:07It's not that I'm just interested
• 02:09in one particular group or
• 02:12one particular ethnicity.
• 02:14Finding out having discovery in
• 02:17what makes press cancer not do well
• 02:22informs knowledge for everybody.