DOWN
DOWN INCUE YOU'RE ME MAKE ME SMILE. HE HAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS IN HEALTH CARE.
HE'S AN ONCOLOGIST. WHAT'S
SOMETIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO
HAVE VERY DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR
PATIENTS. BUT DR. STEPHEN
EISENBERG IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE
SINGING ONCOLOGIST. YOU HEARD
HIM RIGHT THERE. HE USES MUSIC,
LAUGHTER, MEDITATION AND SONG
TO COMFORT HIS PATIENTS AND HE
SAYS IT WORKS WELL NOW HE HAS
HIS BRAND NEW BOOK OUT. IT'S
TITLED LOVE IS THE STRONGEST
MEDICINE AND DR. EISENBERG IS
JOINING US RIGHT HERE ON THE
FORE. FIRST OF ALL, SO GLAD
YOU'RE HERE. THANKS FOR JOINING
US, HEATHER. THANKS SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME. I'M SO THRILLED TO
BE HERE TODAY WITH YOU. SO NOT
ONLY DO YOU SING THE SONGS FOR
YOUR PATIENTS BUT YOU ACTUALLY
CUSTOMIZE THEM. YOU WRITE THE
SONGS BASED ON THEIR PERSONAL
STORY AND THEN YOU GREET THEM
WITH THE GUITAR. YES, YES WE
WERE COHRAN BECAUSE MEDICINE
AND ONCOLOGY ESPECIALLY IS ALL
ABOUT LOVE. IT'S ALL ABOUT
LISTENING, OBSERVING VERBALS,
SIZING AND EMPATHIZING AND THE
FIRST STEP IS LISTENING. SO
I'LL JUST ASK A PATIENT TELL ME
ABOUT HOW YOU MET YOUR LOVED
ONE. WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A
KID? WHAT MOVES YOU, TOUCHES
YOU, INSPIRED YOU AND THAT
BECOMES THE LYRICS AND IT HELPS
THEM FIGHT THROUGH THE CHEMO.
SO WHEN DID YOU REALIZE, DR.
EISENBERG, THAT THIS SEEMED TO
BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR
PATIENTS? WELL, WHEN I BROUGHT
THIS THING INTO CAME OVER AND
ONE DAY WHEN I WHEN I THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW, I JUST NEEDED TO
CHEER THEM UP, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE IN THERE FOR HOURS. IT
CAN GET QUITE BORING. SO I
THOUGHT WELL I'VE GOT A FEW
MINUTES. I'LL BRING IN THIS
HERE GUITAR AND I'LL WRITE SOME
SPONTANEOUS SONGS AND I SAW
THEIR FACES LIGHT UP AND
EVERYONE SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, I
FORGOT I WAS GETTING CHEMO FOR
A FEW MINUTES. IT FELT LIKE A
COFFEE HOUSE OR EVEN 30 40
SECONDS. THAT IS SUCH A
BREAKTHROUGH BECAUSE IT GAVE
THEM JUST A LITTLE PLEASANT
DISTRACTION AND IT BROUGHT LOVE
THROUGHOUT THE ROOM AND
EVERYONE WAS FEEDING OFF
OF EACH OTHER. THE NURSES ARE
CLAPPING. THE PATIENTS WERE
SMILING AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S
ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT THAT HUMAN TO
HUMAN CONNECTION MAKES SUCH A
DIFFERENCE ESPECIALLY ON
SOMEONE WHO'S GOING THROUGH
CANCER TREATMENT. YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY SEVERAL
OF THE MAJOR NETWORKS AND EVEN
PERFORM ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
ASSIGNMENT. NICE TO YOU SIMON
WAS NICE TO ME FOR THE FIRST
HALF BUT THEN WHEN WHEN YOU
KNOW I TOLD HIM I'M NOT A
PROFESSIONAL SINGER, I'M HERE
FOR MY PATIENTS TO SHOW THAT A
DOCTOR AND PATIENTS CAN COME
TOGETHER AND CREATE SOMETHING
TO HELP FIGHT THROUGH CANCER.
SO IT'S A SHARED PROCESS BUT IN
THE END ALL FOUR OF THE JUDGES
WERE ACTUALLY LIKE WE REALLY
LOVE WHAT YOU DO. SO CONGRATS.
YEAH. AND KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK. CERTAINLY YOU HAVE A NEW
BOOK OUT. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THIS BOOK LOVE IS THE
STRONGEST MEDICINE IN IT. YOU
MENTIONED THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN
THE MIDDLE OF CANCER TREATMENT
AND CARE IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAP
INTO CREATIVITY. WHAT DO YOU
MEAN BY THAT? WELL, YOU'VE GOT
TO BE CREATIVE EVERY DAY
BECAUSE EVERY EVERYONE'S GOING
TO TELL YOU JUST THINK
POSITIVE, JUST THINK POSITIVE.
JUST THINK POSITIVE. BUT
SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT HAVING THE
BEST DAY YOU DON'T FEEL GREAT
SO YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND
HOW YOU CAN YOU CAN COME ALIVE
IN DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU MIGHT
HAVE TO WATCH YOUR FAVORITE
COMEDY. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC.
ANYTHING THAT BRINGS YOU SELF
CARE IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST JUST
THINK POSITIVE JUST BEING
POSITIVE, BE CREATIVE BOND WITH
THOSE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. LISTEN
FROM YOUR HEART. OBSERVE YOUR
SURROUNDINGS VERBALIZED FROM
YOUR HEART AND GET EMPATHY.
HAVE EMPATHY ALL AROUND YOU
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH LOVE AND
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
OK, AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED
AS WE WERE CHATTING DURING OUR
COMMERCIAL BREAK THAT YOU HAVE
A SONG FOR ME NOW. YES, RIGHT.
RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL YES I DO. I
DO. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE
PLATFORM HERE. THANK YOU. WE
WERE GOING TO END WITH THIS BIG
SONG FOR YOU, OK? BECAUSE YOU
ARE AN ANCHOR IN AMERICA'S
FINEST CITY. SO HEATHER OUR
CITY MORE THAN WHETHER HEATHER
MYERS WE'RE MUCH MORE THAN
FIRES. SHE'S THE ANCHOR SO I'D
LIKE TO THANK HER. SO THANK
YOU, HEATHER. DR. STEPHEN
EISENBERG, OUR PRODUCER SAID
OK, THAT'S ENOUGH OF YOUR SONG.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KEEP UP
THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR CHEERING UP PATIENTS
RIGHT HERE IN SAN