[Video] A Doctor Works to Cure His Disease and Help Others

Wow, my head is spinning from these recent clinical trial results. Within minutes of one another, two conflicting studies were released. The first I’ll highlight is of tocilizumab (the drug that my friend and colleague Kazu Yoshizaki developed to treat Castleman disease and tested on himself to prove that it was safe before giving it…

I’m thrilled to share that my paper on Cytokine Storms with Carl June, MD, was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine! A “cytokine storm” is an immune response that spirals out of control and occurs with Castleman disease, CART, severe COVID19, and other conditions. We developed the first unifying definition of a…

This weekend, I was going to go to San Diego to see my best friends from medical school for the first time in 2-3 years and then to SF for 4 talks that I was really excited about! I was going to evangelize about repurposing drugs for new uses to save lives (I’m literally alive…

When fighting a war, information really matters. You need to know what weapons have been tried and which ones have been most (and least) effective. This information helps soldiers to adjust their strategy. The same holds true when fighting a global war against a disease like COVID19 (or Castleman disease or any disease!). We need…

I am beyond honored to be named the 2023 Philadelphia Citizen of the Year by The Philadelphia Citizen. This recognition is a testament to our amazing team’s work and the support that so many of you have shared with us! It has been the honor of a lifetime to work with our amazing teams at…

Check out the pdf of the article “He Cured His Own Disease” that ran in the May 2020 issue of Reader’s Digest here.