Join Dr. Keith Eaton at this year’s Breakfast with Friends March 28

We are very honored to have Dr. Keith Eaton join us at this year’s Breakfast with Friends as our speaker. He will share some of his cancer journey, both as a doctor treating patients with cancer and through his own experience with leukemia.

Dr. Keith Eaton is a medical oncologist specializing in thoracic and head and neck cancers. He is a Professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington and serves as Clinical Director of the Thoracic, Head and Neck Cancer group and Medical Director of Quality, Safety, and Value at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Dr. Eaton completed his undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Physics at the University of California at Berkeley, and a PhD in Physics and MD at the University of California at San Diego. He completed his residency and oncology fellowship at the University of Washington and has been on the faculty since 2004. In addition to his clinical and administrative roles, Dr. Eaton is an active clinical investigator with interests in immunotherapy, molecularly targeted therapies, and quality improvement.

Dr. Eaton is also a cancer survivor and he will share his story with us at this year’s Breakfast with Friends, Cancer Lifeline’s signature fundraising event to be held on Thursday, March 28 at 7:00 am. To gain more insight into Dr. Eaton’s journey, check out this story on KCTS 9.

“Dr. Eaton’s reflective nature offers a glimpse of the difficulties he has endured as a cancer doctor and cancer patient, but always through a positive lens. He recounts that the most difficult part of his job lies in helping patients for whom there is no cure in sight. But in those circumstances, he says, ‘I can still give them something. I try to focus on trying to help people the best way I can, even if cancer will still be a part of them lifelong.’ He has always felt sympathetic for his patients, and now is able to truly be empathetic.”