Meet Dr. Rachel Greenup

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• 00:00My name is Rachel Greenup and
• 00:03I'm a breast cancer surgeon.
• 00:05Breast cancer surgery is very
• 00:07unique and that we really have the
• 00:10opportunity to work with women and
• 00:12their families to make decisions that
• 00:15work best for them and their lives.
• 00:17There's so many treatment choices we
• 00:20have the opportunity to be involved in
• 00:23care at diagnosis and during treatment,
• 00:25but also because so many of our
• 00:28patients do well long term.
• 00:30We have the rare.
• 00:31Opportunity to be part of women's lives
• 00:34beyond treatment and to survivorship.
• 00:36So I am the daughter of two physicians
• 00:39and my parents love what they did
• 00:42so much that it was contagious.
• 00:45Their first visit with me is
• 00:47really reviewing their diagnosis,
• 00:49their treatment options,
• 00:50and what the course of treatment will
• 00:53look like from the surgical perspective.
• 00:55It's a really personal decision
• 00:58about whether women want to come meet
• 01:01their team alone or with support.
• 01:03Many of my patients find it to be
• 01:06such an overwhelming time that having.
• 01:09Friends or family there as a second
• 01:12set of ears can be really important
• 01:15as they work back through the
• 01:17series of complex decisions they'll
• 01:19make with their care team.
• 01:22But I am a health services researcher
• 01:24and I study cancer outcomes.
• 01:27My specific focus looks at the burden of
• 01:30Breast Cancer Care on patients lives,
• 01:32including time off work,
• 01:34the financial repercussions of a
• 01:36cancer diagnosis and treatment,
• 01:38including financial toxicity.
• 01:39I also study. Value in cancer care.
• 01:42As we think about providing high quality,
• 01:44patient centered care to women
• 01:46at the population level.
• 01:48So I've I'm very connected to my patients.
• 01:51Most of us who go into breast
• 01:53oncology care chose Breast Cancer
• 01:55Care because women are the decision
• 01:58makers in their families.
• 02:00They hold their families up and
• 02:02it's a time where they really need
• 02:05to let people take care of them and
• 02:08our Yale Cancer team can help.
• 02:10Do that.