CancerChoices Pathways to Healing

Pathways to Healing: CancerChoices Conversations

Conversations with integrative oncology practitioners and healing stories from people navigating cancer.

Episodes

  1. Meet the Practitioner: Dr. Diljeet Singh, Integrative gynecologic oncologist

    08/08/2024

    Meet the Practitioner: Dr. Diljeet Singh, Integrative gynecologic oncologist

    A conversation with Dr. Diljeet Singh about health insurance, cancer and exercise research, navigating integrative cancer care, tips for finding moments of mindfulness. Dr. Singh's bio: Diljeet K. Singh is a women’s health advocate and an integrative gynecologic oncologist currently based in Washington DC. Dr. Singh received her medical degree from Northwestern University and master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and a gynecologic oncology fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. She completed her doctoral degree in public health on cost analysis at the University of Texas School of Public Health and an associate fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. She is a long time member of the advisory board for FORCE Facing Hereditary Cancer EMPOWERED and the President-Elect of Physicians for a National Health Program. Resources mentioned in the podcast: Andy Weil 4-7-8 breath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fjYPC-k2k ACS Commission on Cancer, site directory: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer-programs/commission-on-cancer/ Maple Tree Alliance, fitness resources: https://www.mapletreecanceralliance.org/ CancerChoices: Moving More: https://cancerchoices.org/healing-practice/moving-more/exercising-wisely/ Guided Imagery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyd4MOI_R8 Research on physical activity and cancer mortality: https://academic.oup.com/jncics/article/4/1/pkz080/5582677 Research on lifestyle and breast cancer survival: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30299404/

    50 min

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Conversations with integrative oncology practitioners and healing stories from people navigating cancer.