 I'm Dr. Ashley Haggerty and I'm a gynecologic oncologist here at Hackensack Meridian Health. The patients that I most often treat are women with gynecologic cancers, specifically ovarian cancer, uterine and endometrial cancer, as well as patients who might possibly have a cancer and need surgery to determine if they have cancer or not. As a physician my personal care philosophy is that the patient is most important. We often have patients that are going through a difficult time with a possible or known cancer diagnosis and our job is to make this the best possible experience for them, making them feel supported and have the knowledge of how to treat their cancer as they go throughout their cancer journey. The relationships that I develop with the patients is why I chose to do this. This is a very difficult time for patients and their families but getting to know them so well, getting to know what their experience is like is so helpful for me to be able to support them with what they need through this cancer journey. I hope that under my care my patients families feel incredibly well supported, feel like they are a member of our team that we're there for them for anything that they need and to feel like their questions are answered well. We understand that chemotherapy, surgery, cancer can be very overwhelming and we understand that at first people may not take all of the information in, it's can be very overwhelming and so we do hope that they feel well supported and invite me throughout their care.