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 Join Dr. Susan Tsai and Miranda Wainberg as we have a conversation with Karen Kersting, PhD. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides counseling and psychotherapy to patients treated by surgeons in the Division of Surgical Oncology. She completed an undergraduate degree in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at the Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Center in Dayton, OH. She joined the faculty of MCW in 2016, happily moving back to her hometown of Wauwatosa.

Dr. Kersting’s research interests include the development and assessment of integrated psychosocial services for people coping with cancer diagnosis and treatment, with an emphasis on patients diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas. Additionally, her works aim to highlight issues related to social determinants of health and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy interventions.

Dr. Tsai is an Associate Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, and the Director of the LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program. Her clinical practice focused on pancreatic cancer.

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