Part 1: CUTV News Radio Welcomes Back Dr. Jennifer Aviado-Langer

Commack, NY — Dr. Jennifer Aviado-Langer DNP is a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the largest and oldest cancer center in the world. Reporting to the Department of Anesthesia, Dr. Aviado-Langer works in a nurse practitioner-led pre-surgical testing unit with a team of patient care technicians to support patients as they undergo the rigors of their cancer diagnosis with their needs fulfilled. She splits her practice between Sloan-Kettering’s Manhattan and Commack campuses.

“I believe I have been a catalyst for change in enabling my patients to feel good in spite of their diagnosis,” says Dr. Aviado-Langer. “It is in realizing our weakness that we discover our ability to endure. I look at every encounter as a positive opportunity, for as long as they are seeking treatment there is hope; for as long as there is hope, there is life.”

Surgery is trauma with consent. Patients rely on pre-surgical testing to support a safe peri-operative course. It’s all about providing the patient with what they need to facilitate a complete diagnosis without subjecting them to unnecessary trauma, both physically or psychologically.

Dr. Aviado-Langer says it’s all about patients-centered communication.

“Shared decision making between the provider and the patient makes a big difference in terms of care,” says Dr. Aviado-Langer, “Patient-centered communication is an essential aspect of ensuring there is patient satisfaction and good outcomes.”

“It is satisfying for me as a provider to see a patient learn they still have control given their diagnosis,” says Dr. Aviado-Langer.

For more information on Dr. Jennifer Aviado-Langer, visit www.mskcc.org