D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine-medical oncology, and director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinical Program and Clinical Research Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center – Anschutz Medical Campus.

How This Is Building Me, hosted by world-renowned oncologist D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, is a podcast focused on the highs and lows, ups and downs of all those involved with cancer, cancer medicine, and cancer science across the full spectrum of life’s experiences.

In this episode, Dr Camidge sits down with Jeff White to discuss the intersections between White’s head and neck cancer diagnosis and radiation oncology communications career. White is the director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications at the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Washington, DC.

Camidge and White discuss the ins and outs of White’s communications career, the story of his cancer diagnosis, the importance of word choice and timing when health care providers communicate information to patients, and more.

To hear about White’s communications career, listen from the beginning until 21:30. To hear about White’s cancer journey, listen from 21:30 to the end.

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Camidge and White discuss the intersections between White’s head and neck cancer diagnosis and radiation oncology communications career. 

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