Meet Dr. Gary Friedlaender

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• 00:00I'm Gary, friedlander.
• 00:02I'm the Wayne. O Southwick professor
• 00:05of Orthopedics and rehabilitation.
• 00:07My subspecialty is
• 00:09musculoskeletal oncology, lumps and
• 00:11bumps of the musculoskeletal system. I
• 00:14couldn't begin to take care
• 00:17of cancer patients without
• 00:19colleagues and partnering it.
• 00:21It's built into the process we get together.
• 00:26By telephone we get together in the hallway.
• 00:29We get together formally at tumor conferences
• 00:32or tumor boards on a weekly basis.
• 00:35And and we are a team.
• 00:38My responsibilities as a team member.
• 00:41Are primarily surgical, but not entirely.
• 00:45Other people on the team include
• 00:48the medical oncologists,
• 00:50the radiation oncologists,
• 00:51the pathologists,
• 00:52the radiologists and all of the
• 00:56nurses and social service.
• 00:59Workers and providers that are necessary
• 01:01to help people through this this journey,
• 01:04I just think it's important that that
• 01:07people understand that we're here for them.
• 01:10They're why we they are.
• 01:13Why we are here and they
• 01:15they are the blessings.