Dr. Seyi Ojo became a cancer surgeon to build long-term relationships with patients. At The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, he says the multidisciplinary team treats patients like family, with everyone focused on supporting them through their cancer journey.
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I wanted to be able to develop a long standing relationship with patients, get to know how they're doing in the long term fashion. And taking care of cancer patients would allow me to be able to do that as a surgeon. And so as I went through general surgery, I aligned myself towards my goal of being a cancer surgeon. I considered the center when deciding where to practice because I saw that there was a group of people who had the same goals, similar to me in taking care of cancer patients. The culture of the center is different from other cancer centers because we want the patient to recognize that they are part of a family, a family that is going to take care of them, but also walk along with them along the cancer journey, their cancer journey, and will be an advocate for them, will be a support for them, and will care about them and care about all that pertains to them, even areas that does affect them because of their cancer diagnosis. I'm going to repeat what patients have told me over and over again. They feel like everyone that they encounter at the center actually cares about them. Each individual feels like they are the center of the care that they're getting. And so the center not only means meeting with one provider, but it means meeting with a group of individuals who are knowledgeable in all their different fields and who are able to offer all these services to this one individual in this one location. If I wanted to recommend the center to someone that I knew personally, I would say that the center has the best providers who care about what they do, care about, who they're taking care of, are very well learned, great advocates, excellent clinicians and surgeons, and we have the best support services for the patient as well. The patient feels like they are the most important person when they're getting care at that very moment at the center.
