Meet Dr. Rachel Greenup
July 07, 2021Meet Dr. Rachel Greenup
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Learn more about Dr. Rachel Greenup and her role as a breast cancer surgeon.
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- 00:00My name is Rachel Greenup and
- 00:03I'm a breast cancer surgeon.
- 00:05Breast cancer surgery is very
- 00:07unique and that we really have the
- 00:10opportunity to work with women and
- 00:12their families to make decisions that
- 00:15work best for them and their lives.
- 00:17There's so many treatment choices we
- 00:20have the opportunity to be involved in
- 00:23care at diagnosis and during treatment,
- 00:25but also because so many of our
- 00:28patients do well long term.
- 00:30We have the rare.
- 00:31Opportunity to be part of women's lives
- 00:34beyond treatment and to survivorship.
- 00:36So I am the daughter of two physicians
- 00:39and my parents love what they did
- 00:42so much that it was contagious.
- 00:45Their first visit with me is
- 00:47really reviewing their diagnosis,
- 00:49their treatment options,
- 00:50and what the course of treatment will
- 00:53look like from the surgical perspective.
- 00:55It's a really personal decision
- 00:58about whether women want to come meet
- 01:01their team alone or with support.
- 01:03Many of my patients find it to be
- 01:06such an overwhelming time that having.
- 01:09Friends or family there as a second
- 01:12set of ears can be really important
- 01:15as they work back through the
- 01:17series of complex decisions they'll
- 01:19make with their care team.
- 01:22But I am a health services researcher
- 01:24and I study cancer outcomes.
- 01:27My specific focus looks at the burden of
- 01:30Breast Cancer Care on patients lives,
- 01:32including time off work,
- 01:34the financial repercussions of a
- 01:36cancer diagnosis and treatment,
- 01:38including financial toxicity.
- 01:39I also study. Value in cancer care.
- 01:42As we think about providing high quality,
- 01:44patient centered care to women
- 01:46at the population level.
- 01:48So I've I'm very connected to my patients.
- 01:51Most of us who go into breast
- 01:53oncology care chose Breast Cancer
- 01:55Care because women are the decision
- 01:58makers in their families.
- 02:00They hold their families up and
- 02:02it's a time where they really need
- 02:05to let people take care of them and
- 02:08our Yale Cancer team can help.
- 02:10Do that.