Meet Dr. Sarah Mougalian

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• 00:00My name is Sarah Magali and I'm an
• 00:03associate professor of medicine
• 00:05here at Yale School of Medicine,
• 00:07and I treat exclusively
• 00:08patients with breast cancer.
• 00:09I chose oncology because I love
• 00:12connecting with patients for a long time.
• 00:14I love getting to know them
• 00:16that the patients themselves.
• 00:17I love getting to know their families,
• 00:19what makes them tick to understand
• 00:21their values and to help them navigate
• 00:24a really difficult time in their lives.
• 00:26The first visit with your oncologist
• 00:28is one of the scariest visits you'll
• 00:30probably ever have in your life.
• 00:32It's important to come prepared to have
• 00:35questions that you and your family and
• 00:37your friends may may contribute to.
• 00:39It's important to take a deep breath
• 00:41and know that your oncologist is
• 00:43going to be walking with you through
• 00:45this journey from the very beginning,
• 00:48all the way to the end.
• 00:51If you have specific questions about
• 00:53the diagnosis about breast cancer,
• 00:55about cancer about supplements,
• 00:56vitamins, chemotherapy,
• 00:57other anything else,
• 00:58we're happy to answer those questions
• 01:01and make a list before you come
• 01:03so that we can address all of your
• 01:05concerns at that first visit.
• 01:07It's really important to bring a second
• 01:09set of ears to your first appointment.
• 01:11There's a lot of information
• 01:13that's going to go back and forth.
• 01:16We're going to give you lots of
• 01:18information about the pathology
• 01:19and about the treatment plan and
• 01:21about what the next steps are.
• 01:24And at this particular point
• 01:26in time in your life.
• 01:29Things may go in one ear and out the other,
• 01:33so having another person,
• 01:34a caregiver, a friend, a spouse,
• 01:36a daughter,
• 01:37a son, a mother,
• 01:38anyone with you is maybe a father
• 01:41too would be really helpful.
• 01:43The team based approach that we
• 01:45take in the breast center is a
• 01:48really important part of the care.
• 01:50I work with a practice nurse.
• 01:52I work with a nurse practitioner.
• 01:54We have a nutritionist, social workers,
• 01:56physical therapists who work with us to
• 01:59shepherd patients from the very beginning.
• 02:01Of their cancer diagnosis
• 02:03through survivorship.
• 02:04We work with the surgeons very closely.
• 02:06We work with the radiation oncologists,
• 02:08the radiologists,
• 02:09the pathologists.
• 02:10Once a week we have a team based
• 02:13meeting where we get together and
• 02:15discuss new patients and difficult
• 02:17cases so you can rest assured
• 02:19that if you come see us,
• 02:22you're not just seeing me but you're
• 02:24seeing a whole bunch of people,
• 02:27all of whom are interested in making
• 02:29this process as easy for you as possible.