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The CHEST Pulse podcast, from the American College of Chest Physicians, provides clinicians practicing in the pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine fields with the information they need to provide the best patient care.
CHEST Advocates Podcast With Lilit Sargsyan, MD, FCCP
CHEST Pulse
17 minutes 54 seconds
1 year ago
CHEST Advocates Podcast With Lilit Sargsyan, MD, FCCP
“I learned how scary it was to be on that side of medicine... I had gone from being a healthydoctor to a patient with cancer, and I had a lot of anxiety about reentering the world, especiallyas a doctor.”
In a recording of a live performance from the CHEST 2023 annual meeting in Honolulu, LilitSargsyan, MD, FCCP, shares her experience in the health care system as a patient with thyroidcancer.
Dr. Sargsyan had to advocate for herself—and fight too hard, she said—to receive the tests andcare she knew she needed. As a physician, she was in a place of privilege to do that. But itchanged her entire outlook as a medical professional.
Listen to her story of how she overcame the feelings of fear, anger, and anxiety to reclaim herlife—and her voice.
CHEST Pulse
The CHEST Pulse podcast, from the American College of Chest Physicians, provides clinicians practicing in the pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine fields with the information they need to provide the best patient care.
