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.
