No one wants to give it, and no one wants to get it. However, bad news is something that we all face at sometime in our lives. That�s why it�s so important to Rhonda Fishel, MD, associate chief of surgery and director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Sinai Hospital, associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins and cancer survivor to help people understand how they are affected by it. She has turned her experience into a talk entitled Giving and Receiving Bad News.� She has given her talk to thousands of people around the country, medical staff, nurses and other caregivers.

Dr. Fishel has been a top-notch surgeon for nearly 30 years, and more times than anyone can remember, she has been in the sensitive position of giving patients and families the diagnoses that they were dreading. Then last year, she was on the receiving end of a frightening diagnosis. After experiencing extreme fatigue and stomach pain, the 50-year old doctor was told she had a rare form of cancer that had progressed to stage four. From that day forward, her life and outlook changed forever.

Dr. Fishel�s story was recently profiled on ABC�s Nightline. To view this story, click here .

If you would like to contact or schedule Dr. Fishel for a lecture please e-mail her at rfishel@lifebridgehealth.org

Coming Soon: Dr. Rhonda Fishel's talk "Giving and Receiving Bad News" To reserve your copy, click here.