Dr. Jay Harness introduces himself and discuss what he tells patients who ask if they need chemotherapy.

Watch Dr. Harness, President American Society of Breast Surgeons and Medical Director of the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in Orange County California.

Dr. Jay Harness:
I am Jay Harness. I am a Surgical Oncologist, and I serve as a Medical Director of the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in Orange, California. In addition to that I have a national role as a President of the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

One of the most common questions that I am asked by newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer is, "Doctor, do I need chemotherapy?" and I think the reason the patient ask that question is the inherent fear of chemotherapy. I immediately tell them to please hold off on worrying about their fears and allow us to figure out what is really needed so that they receive a contemporary state of care. That might include chemotherapy, but chemotherapy today is not as bad as patients think and once we are able to sort of ease patient’s fears, they do a lot better.

Bio:
Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in the fields of breast and endocrine surgery. Over his career, he has established three multi-disciplinary breast centers including the nation’s first academic multi-disciplinary at the University of Michigan in 1985. In 2003, Dr. Harness established the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in the city of Orange, California, which is, located Orange County. Over the years, Dr. Harness has held various academic appointments including at the University of Michigan where he attended medical school and did all of his surgical training as well as at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, the University of California, Davis, the University of California, San Francisco, and now currently at the University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Harness is the immediate past-President of The American Society of Breast Surgeons and is President-elect of Breast Surgery International. He has also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Secretary-Treasurer and President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Harness is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of EmpowHer. He is well-published with 80 articles and book chapters in the medical literature. He has also been the lead editor of two textbooks: Breast Cancer-Collaborative Management (1988) and Ultrasound and Surgical practice: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications (2001).

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