In this video, Dr. Dan Raz, assistant professor and Co-director of the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program, and Director of the Tobacco Exposure Program at City of Hope, discusses the barriers many individuals, especially Hispanics, face with regards to lung cancer screening. 

At City of Hope, I am Associate Director for International Relations, but my “day job” is surgeon. My primary specialty is surgical oncology, with clinical/sub-specialties in hepatobiliary (liver, gall bladder and bile ducts) and pancreatic surgery.

As a board-certified infertility specialist, my practice is dedicated to the treatment of fertility issues, with specific focus on full service In Vitro Fertilization, artificial insemination, male factor infertility, anatomical infertility and fibroids, and a particular interest in endometriosis and advanced gynecological surgery.

Asked about Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy, Dr. Thomas Hudson says, “Before going for a genetic test, women must make sure that they know what they are doing.”

As a follow-up to his article, Setting a Healthy Example Can Keep Kids Off the Path to Diabetes, editor-in-chief Marisa Salcines sat down with Dr. Raynald Samoa, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at City of  Hope, to get his further thoughts and advice for parents concerned about the rising rate of diabetes in Hispanic children and young adults.