“I deliver care in the United States, one of, if not the wealthiest countries, certainly a country of privilege where we have every bell and whistle, and yet not everyone can access those bells and whistles. Not everyone has the capacity for receiving the highest quality of care. And even when I am able to offer the best, every bell and whistle delivered to the person and their capacity to receive it can be quite variable, right? And again, communication is a part of it, right? But access, affordability, these are all like large barriers.You know, one of my most well-lauded studies is on parking costs, which is quite frankly like a really stupid thing to study. Like, why would parking be a barrier to anyone? It's parking. . But what's truly insulting is that people who actually can’t get the care that they really need in the facility that would probably serve them best because of a silly barrier like parking.”

“I give people permission to be mad at me all the time or to be mad at their friends or family…. I know you don't want to look sick, you know, but because you look so great, people don't know, and they think that you're done with your treatment, for example, and they're like, okay, you're better now, let's get back to life, and you're still internally scarred. It's okay to just be like, “I need a minute, or I need to ramp up, or I need to have a break”. It's okay to snap at people occasionally, not all the time. You'll lose your friends, but it's okay to be a bitch. But just realize that we all have good days and bad days. So I give people permission all the time to be mad… I haven't been through cancer treatment myself, but I think just being along for the ride is bad enough.”

“...I would say that there's no right answer [for a treatment plan] often. Almost always, there's not a singular right answer, right? So understanding that, I think all physicians, providers, researchers are very type A personalities. We want to get the gold star, we want to get 100%, A++. Just realizing that what is the right plan for this person is probably not the right plan for this other person, and understanding that coming to that conclusion together, trying to figure out again, sussing out, even if it's the small tailored things of like, ‘What can we do to make this easier for you?’ It's not one size fits all. It's really, or it shouldn't be, how about that?”