About
Dr. Tiffany Troso
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I help women facing cancers move from overwhelmed and invisible to clear-headed, confident and fully in charge of their care - with the expert guidance they deserve between every appointment.
You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone - and You Shouldn't Have to
Cancer doesn't just challenge your body. It challenges everything you thought you knew about your life, your strength, and who's really in your corner. The system moves fast, the language is overwhelming, and somehow you're expected to make the biggest decisions of your life while barely catching your breath.
That's where we change the story - together.
We Prepare
Together, we translate the medical chaos into plain-English clarity. You'll understand your diagnosis, your options, and what questions to ask - before you walk into that next appointment.
We Participate
Together, we build your confidence to actively engage in treatment decisions. No more sitting quietly while doctors talk over you. You'll have the tools to speak up and be heard.
We Partner
Together, we create a relationship where your medical team works with you, not around you. I help you build the partnerships that put you at the center of your own care.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
The Moment That Changed Everything - And the Doctor It Helped Me Become
My path to medicine didn't start in childhood. I found it in college, when I fell in love with molecular biology at Princeton. I was fascinated by how microscopic changes in DNA could lead to something as life-altering as cancer. One of the labs on campus was studying the p53 gene - a mutation found in most tumors. I was hooked.
But the seed for my approach to care was planted much earlier.
As a little girl, I watched my mother struggle to care for my grandmother, who had thyroid cancer. I remember sitting in the back seat of her white Pontiac, the red leather scorching in the summer heat, as she returned from the hospital - frustrated, in tears. The doctors didn't talk to her. No one explained what was happening. She was left alone to manage fear and pain without a roadmap.
That memory stayed with me. I didn't always know I would become a doctor, but once I did, I knew exactly the kind I wanted to be.
Then I spent 25 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center treating thousands of women with breast and gynecologic cancers - and I saw my grandmother's experience repeating itself every single day.
I'll never forget Tracy. She was in her early thirties, visibly pregnant, and had just been told she had triple-negative breast cancer. Another doctor told her she needed to terminate her pregnancy to save her life - but no one had sat down to actually explain her options. She didn't need just a doctor. She needed someone who saw her as a whole person. We sat together for over two hours that day, and I walked her through ever scan, every option, every question she was afraid to ask. What I thought would be a standard consult turned into the moment I knew I had to practice medicine differently.
Tracy wasn't the exception. She was the pattern. Brilliant, capable, strong women walk into my office completely lost - not because they lacked intelligence or courage, but because the system had failed to see them. I watched patients swallow their questions because the doctor seemed rushed. I saw women who managed entire households and careers go silent in exam rooms, putting everyone else first - even in the middle of their own crisis.
I saw what rushed appointments did to their confidence. What half-answers did to their trust. What drowning in medical jargon - a language they never asked to learn - did to their ability to make decisions about their own bodies. Some delayed treatment. Others turned to unproven therapies - not because they were gullible, but because no one took the time to explain their options in a way they could trust.
The most important person in the room kept becoming invisible in her own care. And I recognized that invisibility, because I'd watched it break my mother's heart decades earlier in the front seat of a white Pontiac.
That's why I built something different.
Not to replace your oncologist, but to fill the gap the system leaves wide open: the translation no one offers, the preparation no one walks you through, the advocacy no one teaches you, and the human connection you deserve at every stage of this journey.
Today, I help women navigate cancer with the clarity, compassion, and communication my family never received. I bridge the science with the human side - because both matter. And just because no woman should ever leave a doctor's office in years, wondering why no one would just explain what's happening.
EXPERTISE & CREDENTIALS
25+ Years of Clinical Excellence
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
BA, Molecular Biology - Princeton University
MD - Weill Cornell Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency - NY Presbyterian/Cornell
Oncology Fellowship - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology - American Board of Internal Medicine
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
25+ Years treating breast & gynecologic cancers at MSKCC
20+ Peer-reviewed publications in leading medical journals
National speaker, educator & clinical researcher
Expert consultant for Hologic/Biotheranostics & AbbVie
CURRENT VENTURES:
CEO & Founder - Winning the Cancer Journey
Chief Medical Officer - Second Look Oncology
Host - Empowered Patient Podcast
Editorial Advisor - Women's Health
WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING
Real Women. Real Journeys.
Real Transformation.
A FEW THINGS ABOUT ME
Behind the White Coat, I'm a Real Person Too
I believe the best doctor-patient relationships happen when we see each other as whole people. So here's a peek behind the credentials:
Princeton Tiger - Through and Through
Molecular Biology major. Those late-night lab sessions taught me that the best answers come from asking better questions.
Long Island is Home
Garden City, New York - close enough to Manhattan for world-class medicine, grounded enough for real life.
Podcast Host & Educator
I host the Empowered Patient Podcast because I believe knowledge shouldn't be locked behind medical jargon.
Author in Progress
My upcoming book, Cancer Clarity, distills 25 years of patient wisdom into the guide I wish every woman had at diagnosis
Fierce Advocate, Always
I've always been the person to speak up when something isn't right. In medicine, I channel that into making sure no woman gets lost in the system.
Avid Tennis Player
Would you believe I also played soccer for Princeton?! Yup I was a left wing and boy do I miss those days sprinting down the field to get the ball!
I came to Dr. Troso after my second opinion left me more confused than my first. She sat with me, pulled apart my pathology report line by line, and for the first time in months, I understood what was happening in my own body. She didn't just give me answers - she gave me back my voice. I walked into my next appointment prepared, confident, and unafraid to ask for what I needed. That changed everything.
- Breast Cancer Patient
Diagnosis: Stage II Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
YOUR NEXT STEP
Ready to Stop Feeling Lost and Start Feeling in Charge?
Whether you're newly diagnosed, mid-treatment, or navigating survivorship - you deserve expert guidance that puts you first. Let's talk about what your plan could look like.
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