CHEST Advocates Podcast With Lilit Sargsyan, MD, FCCP
“I learned how scary it was to be on that side of medicine... I had gone from being a healthydoctor to a patient with cancer, and I had a lot of anxiety about reentering the world, especiallyas a doctor.” In a recording of a live performance from the CHEST 2023 annual meeting in Honolulu, LilitSargsyan, MD, FCCP, shares her experience in the health care system as a patient with thyroidcancer. Dr. Sargsyan had to advocate for herself—and fight too hard, she said—to receive the tests andcare she knew she needed. As a physician, she was in a place of privilege to do that. But itchanged her entire outlook as a medical professional. Listen to her story of how she overcame the feelings of fear, anger, and anxiety to reclaim herlife—and her voice.