A Surgical Oncologist’s Perspective on How to Empower Patients

Learn why it’s better to get bad news about your health when you have your clothes on and gather one surgical oncologist’s perspective on how to help patients make the best decisions for their health.

Bio: Dr. Osteen is a retired surgical oncologist with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and continues to teach students at Harvard Medical School. He is also my dad. He is impossibly cool for many reasons including the fact that he has provided surgical coaching to the well-known surgeon, writer, and public health researcher Atul Gawade and is featured as the coach in Atul’s New Yorker Article “Personal Best” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best.