Your Stories: Conquering Cancer

Dr. Arti Hurria, ASCO board member, talks to her patient and friend, Margaret Sedenquist, about her career and what inspired her along the way.   Arti, how did you happen to decide to become a doctor?   Both of my parents had immigrated to the US, and both were doctors. So growing up, I was surrounded by medicine pretty much day and night. They were either studying or on call or taking calls. And so I really was immersed in the field from the very beginning and felt like the natural path that proved to be the right one.   How did you happen to go into geriatrics as such a young person?   I was incredibly fortunate. I had a mentor who was a geriatrician. And she had this love of caring for older adults. And I acquired that through watching her interact with her patients. That beautiful relationship that you develop with someone and learn about all that they've been through was very appealing to me and the idea that you were going to travel with them through the end of their life. I knew I wanted to be an oncol