Get to know a Caregiver: Anne Chiang, MD, PhD

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• 00:08Well, what's your life like
• 00:09now if you don't mind sharing a
• 00:11little bit about what what you grew up
• 00:14to be like what's what's your family?
• 00:16Like, Lifelike, and uh.
• 00:18Sure, uhm well I have.
• 00:21I have Twins and they just, um,
• 00:24graduated from high school last year.
• 00:27They were both in gap years and my
• 00:31daughter is in Germany helping right now,
• 00:34helping working with children and young
• 00:38adults that are refugees in Germany and
• 00:42or with kids with some with some issues.
• 00:46And my son and she's still been right now.
• 00:50My son is was doing a gap here in
• 00:53South Africa where he was working
• 00:56with kids in the townships and
• 00:59providing care for them and.
• 01:02He actually had to come back home
• 01:04after the country lock down or
• 01:06break prior to the lock down,
• 01:08and so he's been at home with my husband and
• 01:11me and and that's that's been really nice.
• 01:14I mean, I, I think it's less interesting
• 01:17for him to be with his parents at this time,
• 01:20but it's it's really nice to see
• 01:23how he's grown up and to be able
• 01:25to share and have
• 01:26conversations and dinner with the both
• 01:28of them. Yeah, go ahead appreciating
• 01:30that quality time, yeah?
• 01:32And is there anything here that
• 01:34is there anything that you wish
• 01:36your patience knew about you, um,
• 01:38or you know what makes your job?
• 01:40What are you so passionate about right now?
• 01:42Those are two kind of parting
• 01:44questions. I was
• 01:45thinking about asking. Uhm, you know.
• 01:49I think that most of my patients know, uhm?
• 01:54That Uh, that I'm passionate about
• 01:58what I do and and I'm passionate
• 02:01about communicating with them. I do.
• 02:05I do have the the honor and privilege of
• 02:09working with the quality committees in asco,
• 02:13which is our professional society and
• 02:16have a nice have a good look at at the
• 02:21really thoughtful conversations between
• 02:23caregivers and including doctors, nurses.
• 02:26I know pharmacists and lab folks
• 02:29and all everybody who provides care
• 02:31across not only our system but
• 02:33but across the USA tonight really.
• 02:39Would love for them to know that
• 02:41you know people are really thinking
• 02:44of them and especially during this
• 02:47time and trying to make really safe
• 02:50choices to help protect patients
• 02:52until allowed them to get care.
• 02:56It's. It's some, it's a really
• 02:58fantastic team as you know that
• 03:00we have it's Milo and I want to
• 03:03make sure that they know that.
• 03:07For me in particular,
• 03:09I think being uhm being you know
• 03:12Asian and my husband is German
• 03:15and so we have a cross cultural
• 03:18family and extended network.
• 03:20I just want folks to know that
• 03:24you know the care that we give is
• 03:28really meant to be inclusive of
• 03:31all folks and we want to we feel
• 03:34that having a diverse team and and.
• 03:38Being able to meet the needs of diverse
• 03:41communities is really important too, so.
• 03:45Thank you so much for
• 03:46taking the time to do this.
• 03:48I really appreciate it and I know,
• 03:50um, all of our patients are really
• 03:52going to appreciate getting to know,
• 03:54you know, thank you.
• 03:56It's it's a little interesting experience,
• 03:57but, uh, I'd love to be able
• 03:59to ask my patients the same way.
• 04:02I often have great conversations,
• 04:03but I think that one of the
• 04:05and I know you feel this way.
• 04:07One of the greatest.
• 04:10Privileges of what we do is
• 04:12to be able to have that.
• 04:14Peak in connection to to so many
• 04:17wonderful such a privilege. It's
• 04:19a real privilege. So thanks
• 04:21for doing this and we really
• 04:23appreciate getting to know you.