Melanie L. Fritz, MD (she/her/hers)

Resident
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, United States

Melanie Fritz, MD is a general surgery resident at the University of Wisconsin. Originally from Maryland, she obtained an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame and worked as an HIV care coordinator in Chicago prior to completing medical school at Boston University. Her clinical and research interests include serious illness communication, palliative care, and patient-centered outcomes in colorectal cancer care, with an emphasis on qualitative inquiry.

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Presentation(s):

• eP434 - “This Is Kind of a Scary Conversation”: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient-surgeon Communication About Rectal Cancer Treatment

  Sunday, June 2, 2024
  1:45 PM – 1:50 PM ET, USA