Summary: Dr. Keith Roach advises on the value of a second opinion for serious medical diagnoses.
Air Date: 4/21/15
Duration: 10
Host: Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Guest Bio: Keith Roach, MD
Dr. Keith Roach has been a practicing internist for over 20 years. Dr. Roach graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. Dr. Roach now teaches and practices at Weill-Cornell Medical College. He has over 20 peer-reviewed publications, especially in disease prevention. Dr. Roach is one of the creators of the RealAge test, a web-based interactive tool that empowers people to learn which lifestyle choices, medical issues, and genetic characteristics are making them healthy and unhealthy, and how to improve them. Dr. Roach is Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare and has a nationally syndicated health column.
With the recent news of actress Rita Wilson’s cancer diagnosis after seeking a second and third opinion, Dr. Keith Roach gives the lowdown on the value of getting additional opinions after a serious medical diagnosis.