Assoc Prof Rhea Liang (MBChB, BA(Ed), MSurgEd, FRACS, FACS, FFSTEd) is a general and breast surgeon on the Gold Coast, surgical educationalist, Surgical Discipline Lead at Bond University and immediate past Chair of the RACS (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) Operating With Respect Education Committee. She grew up and completed her training in New Zealand, and initially arrived on the Gold Coast for a short stint but soon found herself helping to set up the Gold Coast HHS Breast Service and is still there 14 years later. She has a passion for breast cancer care that extends well beyond the provision of medical treatments and continues ‘traditional’ quantitative breast cancer research as well as qualitative research about breast cancer decision-making, treatment experiences and survivorship. She tweets at @LiangRhea.