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Selection, Systems, and Outcomes in Rural Whipple Surgery | Dr. Cate Straub Pt. 1
She started with one distal pancreatectomy alongside a senior partner and built a referral base by handing out her personal phone number across rural Washington.
Dr. Randy Lehman and Dr. Cate Straub focus on what it actually takes to keep complex cancer care local when patients are otherwise absorbed into distant systems. Mentorship, referral control, and internal case review became the structure that made pancreatic surgery possible in her setting.
Volume did not come from advanced cancer. It came from incidental cysts, earlier identification, and creating a pathway that kept patients from…
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