Dr. Amy Elwell Harper, MD

I'm leaving this on behalf of my brother John Streck, who passed away from stage IV colon cancer at the age of 49. Dr. Harper was his first surgeon and given that he listed her in his goodbye blog post by name, I wanted to somehow let her know... As documented throughout this blog, the journey through cancer has brought me into contact with more healthcare workers than I can even remember, much less name. I’ve talked about a few of them in past posts, but at risk of repeating myself, I’m going to mention a few more here. I want to again thank my amazing surgeon at Group Health, Dr. Amy Harper, who was the best doctor I’ve ever had care for me. She insisted on treating me as a human, and made a relatively terrifying situation tolerable. The world needs more doctors like her. More generally, all the care I received during that first week of diagnosis was spectacular – and very much appreciated.