How to Approach a Patient and Provider Relationship
Nov 11, 2021 8:00 PM (ET)
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We’ve all had one: that person on your medical team that doesn’t listen to your needs and thinks they know what is best for you. Patients and caregivers can sometimes feel like they have lost their power due to well-intentioned providers not considering their unique perspectives. In this live role-play session, we will hear from a patient and a physician as they model different scenarios to help us all navigate the sometimes tumultuous relationships of patients and providers. We will leave this session with insights that we can all apply to our interactions with our medical team, turning what once made us feel powerless into power.
Speakers
Terri Coutee (she/her/hers)
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Terri Coutee (she/her/hers)
Founder and Director, DiepCFoundation
Terri created DiepCFoundation to help others who are seeking information about breast reconstruction options. She gives patients the personal first-hand knowledge they are seeking by sharing, from beginning to end, her positive journey through breast reconstruction.
Terri is a Project LEAD® Institute graduate and a consumer patient advocate. She is currently serving on the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for the breast cancer vaccine under the leadership of Dr. Vincent Tuohy of the Cleveland Clinic, “Primary Immunoprevention of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.”
Her Foundation strongly supports the United Nations, SDG3, Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being. She works with thought leaders across the globe to promote the value of shared decision-making and personalized care to develop methods to be utilized globally to improve patient outcomes in healthcare.
Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, FACS (he/him/his)
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Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, FACS (he/him/his)
President, PRMA Plastic Surgery; Founder, Toliman Health
Minas is a board-certified plastic surgeon, breast reconstruction surgeon, and microsurgeon. He specializes in state-of-the-art breast reconstruction, focusing on perforator flap breast reconstruction, nipple-sparing mastectomy, techniques to maximize aesthetic outcomes, and restoring sensation after mastectomy.
Minas is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is an active member of several professional societies, including the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). He serves on several educational committees for these organizations. Minas has authored and co-authored several book chapters and scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and is routinely an expert speaker at regional, national, and international academic meetings.
Minas has dedicated his professional life to advocating for breast cancer patients. He strongly believes that shared decision-making between the physician and patient is crucial in achieving the best outcomes and has built his practice on this philosophy. To empower as many patients as possible to advocate for themselves, he created the Breast Advocate® App, a free app that provides anyone with a breast cancer diagnosis or at increased risk of developing breast cancer, a much-needed voice in their breast cancer treatment planning.