Media & Speaking
Board-certified medical oncologist.
25+ years at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Author of Calming The Cancer Chaos,
an Amazon#1 Best Seller .
About Dr. Troso's Work
For more than 25 years, Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval explained diagnoses and treatment plans to women with breast and gynecologic cancers. She explained carefully, and she drew pictures. She also learned how little of that conversation survives the drive home.
The most important explanation of a woman's life happens in a short visit, on one of the hardest days she will ever have, when almost no one can absorb it. That is true in every exam room, including her own. Dr. Troso's book, podcast, and programs exist so that understanding can happen a second time, somewhere quieter, at the patient's own pace, so that she returns to her oncologist ready to follow the reasoning and ask better questions.
For Producers & Reporters
Dr. Troso gives interviews on breast and gynecologic cancers, treatment decisions, survivorship, and what new cancer research means for patients. She responds to media requests within 24 hours.
Story angles
Why brave faces cost patients care. Women learn that the right way to have cancer is cheerfully. In the infusion chair, "I'm fine" can cost a patient the dose adjustment or symptom relief she needed. An oncologist's view of performed bravery.
Awareness was achieved. Understanding was never built. "October sells a feeling. My patients needed an explanation." What a woman actually needs in the weeks after a diagnosis.
Why patients forget what the doctor said. Research on patient recall shows that much of what is said in a medical visit is forgotten soon after (Kessels, 2003). Why it happens, and what patients and care teams can do about it.
What this headline means for patients. Plain-English commentary on new findings from ASCO, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, and SGO: what changed, whom it applies to, and what it does not mean yet.
When a story calls for more than one voice, Dr. Troso can suggest a second expert, such as a survivor or a nurse navigator.
Media requests: [email protected] · 516-271-4114
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
PODCASTS
Everything Cancer
Winning the Cancer Journey: Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval, Women's Cancer Medical Oncologist
All Talk Oncology
Winning the Cancer Journey: Insights from Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval
Dear Cancer, I'm Beautiful
SABCS Highlights Made Simple" with Dr. Tiffany Troso
PRINT & ONLINE FEATURES
Authority Magazine
Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval On The 5 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Cancer
Five essential things everyone needs to know about cancer, from understanding your diagnosis to becoming an active participant in your care. Read More
The Daily Mail
Cancer breakthrough as scientists discover 'switch' that reverses disease
Scientists have discovered a 'switch' that reverses cancer cells, in what is being described as a major breakthrough. Read More
Women's Health Magazine
A Breast Self-Exam Could Help You Detect Signs Of Cancer—Here's How To Perform One Safely
When you consider that rates of breast cancer continue to rise in women under 50, per the American Cancer Society, Read More
Kevin MD
Scammers Stole My Doctor Identity On Facebook
15 years. That’s how long I’d been building my Facebook presence- from grammar school friends to medical school colleagues, from former patients to the professional community I'd cultivated
Press Materials
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Press release: Calming The Cancer Chaos named #1 Amazon Best Seller
Short bio (50 words)
Tiffany Troso-Sandoval, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist with 25+ years at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where she cared for women with breast and gynecologic cancers. She is the author of Calming The Cancer Chaos, a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Nursing Oncology, and host of The Empowered Cancer Patient podcast.
Long bio (148 words)
Tiffany Troso-Sandoval, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist with 25+ years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she cared for thousands of women with breast and gynecologic cancers. She earned her BA in molecular biology at Princeton University and her MD at Weill Cornell Medicine, and completed her fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
She is the founder of Winning The Cancer Journey and the creator of the Empowered Patient Method, which teaches women with cancer to understand their diagnosis, organize their care, and become the CEO of their cancer care. Her book, Calming The Cancer Chaos: An Oncologist's Guide for Women to Understand, Organize, and Take Control of Their Cancer Care, is a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Nursing Oncology. She hosts The Empowered Cancer Patient podcast, and her commentary has appeared in the Daily Mail, Women's Health, and KevinMD. She lives in Garden City, New York.
Suggested introduction for event hosts (about 30 seconds)
Our speaker spent more than 25 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering explaining cancer to the women living with it. She noticed how little of those conversations survived the drive home, so she wrote the explanation down. Her book, Calming The Cancer Chaos, is a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Nursing Oncology. Please welcome Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval.
Speaking
Dr. Troso speaks to patient and advocacy audiences, clinical teams, and employers. Every talk rests on one conviction: a woman who understands her diagnosis and the reasoning behind her treatment is a better partner in her own care, and a better-prepared patient makes her care team's work easier.
The Most Dangerous Thing a Woman with Cancer Can Be Is Agreeable
For patients, survivors, advocacy groups, and women's organizations. Why capable women so often nod along in the exam room, and how to become an informed partner in your own care, the CEO of your cancer care, while strengthening the relationship with your oncologist.
The Real Reason Patients Keep Calling After Visits
For physicians, nurses, navigators, and cancer centers, including grand rounds. We think patients keep calling because they were not listening. They keep calling because they never really understood. Why understanding fails inside the visit, and practical ways care teams can help it happen afterward.
October Sells a Feeling. Patients Need an Explanation
For advocacy organizations, community events, and employers during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What decades of awareness achieved, and what a woman actually needs in the first weeks after a diagnosis.
When Cancer Comes to Work
For employers and HR teams. How treatment fits into a life that already has a job, and how managers and colleagues can support an employee through it.
Formats: keynote (30 to 60 minutes), clinical talk or grand rounds, panelist or moderator, workshop, in person or virtual.
Books for your audience: bulk copies, with signed bookplates, can be arranged for any event.
If you are a physician or care team leader, I want to assure you that this work is designed to send your patients
back to you better prepared and more confident in their care.
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