Brooke Gabster Memorial: Doctors as Patients: Lessons on Life, Mortality, & the Practice of Medicine

In honor of the late Brooke Gabster, please join us in Memorial Church for a powerful panel discussion with doctors who have faced cancer.

Panelists: Bryant Lin, MD, Diana Cejas, MD, Natasha Steele, MD

Moderator: Pete Poullos, MD

In honor of the late Brooke Peterson Gabster, please join us in Memorial Church for an insightful and powerful panel discussion featuring doctors who have personally faced cancer. As both patients and practitioners, these doctors will share unique perspectives on life, mortality, and how their experiences have transformed their approach to medicine.

Topics to be covered:

• Navigating life as both physician and patient
• How facing cancer has shaped their medical practice
• The intersection of empathy, science, and healing
• Disability identity, cancer, and patient advocacy

This event is co-sponsored by:

WellMD

Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE)

Medical Humanities & the Arts Program (MedMuse)

Stanford Office for Religious & Spiritual Life