Dr. Elizabeth Comen

So then where'd you go to med school?

So I went to Harvard for undergrad, majored in the history of science.

Then I went to Harvard for medical school.

And then I had to leave preparation age in Boston and spread my wings.

And they had better dance classes in New York.

So I did my residency at Mount Sinai and then my training in oncology and my fellowship in

at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Okay.

All the way through.

I never, I became a New Yorker and now I'm at NYU, which I'm thrilled to be at.

And I am co-directing their Mignone Women's Health Collaborative, which is looking at women's health in its entirety.

Oh, well, you can make an appointment at NYU.

Yeah.

Yes.

And I'm available as are my colleagues, my amazing colleagues.

Yes, I think there were a couple of things that went into it.

And it relates to my interest in the humanities and history and literature is that oncology is one of those fields that really throws into high relief.

What does it mean to be alive?

And these big existential questions.

And it makes you kind of dive into the narrative stories of who people are and the experience of illness.