Anal Cancer — Who should be screened? What are treatments? And how can we prevent it? Dr. Kinga Skowron Olortegui, Dr. Ross Zeitlin, and Dr. Lindsey Zhang
Deep Cuts: Exploring Equity in Surgery
English - December 27, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science Life Sciences dei diversity doctor equity health equity inclusion medicine physician race south side Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Anal cancer screening isn’t a topic one often discusses with their doctor, but that’s changing. Dr. Kinga Skowron Olortegui, Dr. Lindsey Zhang, two colorectal surgeons, and Dr. Ross Zeitlin, a radiation oncologist, discuss who should be screened for anal cancer, the most common type seen clinically, and what physicians can do to treat it. They also get into the discomfort that can emerge for physicians and patients when discussing the topic — and how to move past it.
Dr. Kinga Skowron Olortegui is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at UChicago Medicine specializing in colon and rectal surgery. She’s a specialist in the use of minimally-invasive surgery techniques including laparoscopy and robotic surgery to minimize pain for patients after an operation. Dr. Olortegui is an expert in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease as well as colon, rectal and anal cancer.
Dr. Lindsey Zhang is a fourth year, general surgery resident at UChicago Medicine, and a clinical scholar at the American College of Surgeons. She has published on a variety of topics including postoperative health of older adults, bullying in medical training, and the experience of being an Asian American physician during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Ross Zeitlin is a radiation oncologist for Cook Radiation Oncology. Dr. Zeitlin’s academic interests include gynecologic malignancies and oncologic health disparities in sexual and gender minorities. He is also an advocate for sexual and gender minority inclusion within the field of radiation oncology.
“Deep Cuts: Exploring Equity in Surgery” comes to you from the Department of Surgery at UChicago Medicine. Our host is Dr. Jen Vigneswaran. Our senior producer is Tony Liu. Our podcast cover art comes to you from Pombie Silverman, episode art from Sam Higgins, and music from Sen Morimoto off of Sooper Records.
A special thanks this week to Christian Olortegui and happy holidays to all of our listeners. Find more about our work at surgery.uchicago.edu.