When Doctor Becomes Patient – Navigating Side Effects from Both Sides of the Bedside
From Backstage @ Upstage · 35:08
Show by Upstage Lung Cancer
HOST: Hildy Grossman Co Host: Jordan Rich What happens when a top physician suddenly becomes the patient? Our guest today, Dr. Bryant Lin, holds an extraordinary background: a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford, primary care physician, educator, researcher, and an MIT-trained engineer who specialized in cardiac electrophysiology and health technology. Dr. Lin has dedicated his career to addressing human-centered needs in healthcare. But he never imagined he would experience those needs from the other side of the bed, until receiving a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer. In this heartfelt episode, Dr. Lin shares his journey through biomarker testing, treatment side effects, disease progression, and the realities of receiving a terminal diagnosis, openly, with warmth, humor and hope. He turned his personal experience as a lung cancer patient into a lesson on compassionate care for medical. He also wrote an important and reflective book, “Sunshine: An Exploration of Living While You are Dying”, a must- read guide on finding hope and making the absolute most of life. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation on finding hope, purpose, and joy every day.
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