How To Be Your Own Medical Experiment

Dr. David Fajgenbaum is many things, but for the purposes of this episode, let's just say he went from an all-star college athlete to being read his last rites in a matter of weeks. In addition to his tenure as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UPenn's Perelman School of Medicine, David is the author of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race To Turn Hope Into Action. Why? Well, because he experimented on himself to discover the very medicine that would save his life and others. Born of his condition, David then co-founded the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, a global initiative dedicated to accelerating research and treatment for Castleman disease (CD) to improve survival for all patients with CD. He's young. He's smart. He's funny. And he's someone you're definitely going to want to be friends with. Enjoy the show.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.