This was enlightening.  A much needed perspective about todays medical  research .  Thank you!

Chadi’s guest Kashyap Patel (@KashyappatelMd), MD, president of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), joins the show to give an update on the current initiatives and state of COA and community oncology as a whole. He chronicles his journey to becoming a medical oncologist at a small community center outside of Charlotte (SC) and how he became aware of the pain points of community oncology in the U.S. The conversation moved into the history and initial aim of COA to help community practices prepare to work with and have an identity when facing policymakers, how COA membership dues are put to use, the top five problems facing community oncology today, and why many community practices feel compelled to sell to large health systems. Dr. Patel also shares his vision as the president of COA and what he hopes to accomplish before his term ends.

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Updates from the Community Oncology Alliance with Kashyap Patel

David Fajgenbaum (@DavidFajgenbaum), MD, MBA, MSc, assistant professor in the department of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the associate director of patient impact for the Penn Orphan Disease Center, joins the show to talk about his experience writing and receiving feedback on the national bestseller “Chasing My Cure” as a survivor of Castleman disease – a commentary on how he turned hope into action and discovered an old drug that had never been researched in Castleman disease into a personal life-saver. Dr. Fajgenbaum then details the Cure Drug Repurposing Collaboratory, a public/private relationship between the FDA, the NIH, the Critical Path Institute, and academics like himself with the goal of identifying drugs with approved indications in one disease that have efficacy in other diseases. Additionally, he shares the work of the CORONA Project, the COVID-19 registry of new and repurposed agents that seeks to record any drug given to any patient with COVID-19 for the purposes of research and understanding the disease.

View Dr. Fajgenbaum’s viral Tik Tok  https://twitter.com/DavidFajgenbaum/status/1354478246826569728

View Chadi’s book review of “Chasing My Cure” https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/12/16/chasing-my-cure-a-book-review/

Resurfacing Old Drugs: Lessons From "Chasing My Cure"

Healthcare Unfiltered is an honest, raw, timely podcast tackling any and all topics in healthcare that affect stakeholders. Dr. Chadi Nabhan uses his dynamic conversational skills to challenge his guests to address controversial and important topics. He also brings on world renowned experts to discuss clinical advances in medicine.

Resurfacing Old Drugs: Lessons From "Chasing My Cure"

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