ME: Dr. David Fajgenbaum, MD - COVID-19 Drug Repurposing

David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir, "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action." Labeled the ‘doctor who cured himself’ by NY Times, Fajgenbaum went from being a college quarterback to receiving his last rites while in medical school. He nearly died four more times battling Castleman disease, a deadly cytokine storm disorder. To try to save his own life, he spearheaded an innovative approach to research through the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network discovering a treatment that has put him into his longest remission ever. This approach is saving his life and others as well. Now, he is spreading this approach to other diseases like COVID-19 and sharing lessons he learned about living from nearly dying through "Chasing My Cure,"

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