Simon Telian, MD, is a surgical oncologist — or most cancers surgeon — at UVA Well being. He cares for folks with a variety of cancers, together with breast, melanoma, endocrine, and gastrointestinal cancers.
Meet a Surgical Oncologist
We requested Telian our seven fast inquiries to get to know him higher.
1. What has most impressed and formed your method to affected person care?
My method has been formed by my mentors and their deal with maintaining sufferers well-informed and really listening. Appointments preserve getting shorter, and there’s typically not sufficient time to listen to the whole lot a affected person desires to share.
Whenever you take time to pay attention and ask open-ended questions, sufferers typically present clues that assist you perceive what’s actually occurring. Listening additionally helps us empathize and information the multidisciplinary care that finest serves every affected person.
2. What’s your favourite a part of your job?
Seeing sufferers after they’ve completed remedy and are doing properly. It’s extremely rewarding to look at them transition into the surveillance section of care after a profitable most cancers journey.
3. What’s your largest concern as a affected person?
Whether or not I’d have sufficient insurance coverage protection. I’ve all the time valued a multidisciplinary method — having many medical doctors working collectively to cowl each facet of care. If I ever face a medical downside, I hope to have that very same collaborative group supporting me.
4. What do you do for stress reduction?
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Basketball, scuba diving — and infrequently skydiving.
5. Canines or cats?
Positively canine.
6. Final present you watched? Thumbs up or down?
The final collection I watched was Severance. It was very thought-provoking, exploring what consciousness actually means. Thumbs up.
7. Greatest recommendation you have ever heard?
By no means take your foot off the gasoline pedal — and never simply when driving.
