Camidge and Rabinowitz Reflect on Finding Strength and Inspiration on Both Sides of a Cancer Diagnosis

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 Ian Rabinowitz, MD, to talk about the intersections of Dr Rabinowitz’s career as an oncologist and experience as a patient with cancer. Dr Rabinowitz is the clinical director of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, where he is also the director of Hematology/Oncology Fellowship and a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

Drs Camidge and Rabinowitz discuss the balancing act between professional and personal life that Rabinowitz navigated when he was diagnosed with metastatic, ALK-positive lung cancer; the outlook on life that he cultivated when faced with an unfavorable prognosis; how he connected with the patients he cared for while receiving treatment for his own disease; and the importance of finding ways to help people throughout all stages of one’s life and career.