Camidge and Okuyama Sasaki Highlight How Safety Net Hospitals Widen the Scope of Cancer Care

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 Sonia Okuyama Sasaki, MD, to discuss the details and challenges of providing cancer care to underserved populations. Dr Okuyama Sasaki is an associate professor of medicine at the Colorado University Anschutz School of Medicine in Aurora, as well as the division chief of the Oncology Unit at Denver Health.

Drs Camidge and Okuyama Sasaki discuss the unique features and goals of safety net hospitals; the formative educational experiences that shaped Dr Okuyama Sasaki’s medical career; the dynamics at play when helping low-income patients access cancer treatments and resources; and more.