Episode 9: Caveman to Cutting Edge with Dr. William Gradishar, Northwestern Medicine

In this episode of After the Visit Ends, we are joined by Dr. William Gradishar, a breast medical oncologist at Northwestern Medicine, former Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology, former Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Director, and Chair of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for Breast Cancer. Dr. Gradishar reflects on more than three decades in oncology, including how breast cancer care has transformed from a chemotherapy-centered field into an era of targeted therapy, immunotherapy, precision medicine, and increasingly personalized treatment. He shares what it has meant to care for patients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives, how oncologists carry both loss and progress, and why the human connection in medicine remains irreplaceable even as AI and new technologies enter clinical care.