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

It has been amazing to see all of the incredible press and media attention for Chasing My Cure! Check out the various stories below: Chasing My Cure in the press: Good Morning America, August 26, 2019 Philadelphia Magazine, August 28, 2019 Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2019 Next Big Idea Club—Top 6 Nonfiction Books of Fall…

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HFHfTd9-Y8[/embedyt] Check out the above video about our COVID19 drug repurposing work or go to: https://youtu.be/0HFHfTd9-Y8 Thank you to Jimmy Baggott for making this amazing video! #ThinkItDoIt #FromHopeToAction #ChasingMyCure #ChasingCOVIDsCure   David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir, Chasing My Cure: A…

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…

Repurposing existing drugs to treat COVID19 provides our best opportunity to save lives ASAP. As I like to say, we’ve got to teach old dogs new tricks! I know the power of drug repurposing: I’m alive today thanks to a repurposed drug. Given the overlap between COVID19 and Castleman disease, I’ve suspected that treatments used…

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 decided to write Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race To Turn Hope Into Action, because I learned so much about life, hope, and resilience from nearly dying five times and fighting back to find a treatment that is saving my life. I knew these lessons were applicable beyond those battling disease and felt compelled…