Meet Dr. Andrew Zhang

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• 00:00Hi, my name is Andrew saying I am radiation
• 00:03colleges said Yelan I treat mostly GI
• 00:06patients and breast cancer patients.
• 00:08I chose to become a radiation oncologist
• 00:11because it represents a cutting edge
• 00:13in cancer treatment were able to use
• 00:15photon electron and proton particles
• 00:18to deliver patient specific millimeter
• 00:20accurate radiation treatments.
• 00:21Patients are just calm as they are
• 00:24preferably with the family member.
• 00:26I think a lot of times having
• 00:28a diagnosis of cancer.
• 00:30Even though a lot of cancers like
• 00:33early stage breast cancer can
• 00:34be cured 9095% of the time,
• 00:36that diagnosis is traumatizing,
• 00:38it's very difficult.
• 00:38And sometimes when we present
• 00:40a lot of information,
• 00:41it's difficult for one person to be
• 00:44able to absorb it all at one time.
• 00:460 Coming with one family member,
• 00:48I know there's a lot of
• 00:50restrictions nowadays with COVID,
• 00:52so if that's not possible,
• 00:53we do a lot of Tele health visits and
• 00:56being on a zoom meeting with me with
• 00:58some of your family members so that
• 01:01you guys can all process it together.
• 01:03I think it's invaluable.
• 01:05I think patients should be empowered
• 01:08with every resource available to them.
• 01:10An Internet,
• 01:11of course,
• 01:12can be confusing because with
• 01:14any cancer diagnosis there,
• 01:16sometimes the Internet poses
• 01:17more questions than answers,
• 01:19but I think that if patients come
• 01:22well prepared with their questions
• 01:24and with their own research,
• 01:26we can more easily work through
• 01:28them and more easily tackle.
• 01:31You know these questions 1 by 1.
• 01:34Our radiation oncology team
• 01:36consists of the patient,
• 01:37the center, and we are a big team
• 01:40to support them with physicians,
• 01:43nurses, technicians, physicists,
• 01:44dosimetrists.
• 01:45I'm hoping I'm not missing anyone
• 01:48but we all have our own role in
• 01:50explaining and providing the best
• 01:52radiation care for the patient.
• 01:54And of course with that team
• 01:57is not only the patient but
• 01:59also their family members too.