On this episode, Jerry Cai and Dr. Fajgenbaum discuss his personal journey with his health and towards medicine. The conversation also covers the challenges facing rare disease therapeutics, the power of AI in drug discovery, and the current efforts of Castleman Disease Network. Please join us for this exclusive episode and conversation with our very own Dr. David Fajgenbaum.

Dr. Fajgenbaum, who has almost died five times from the rare disorder idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease, which he developed while in medical school, is now a physician and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Fajgenbaum has led research efforts into a cure for Castleman, discovering a drug that has kept him disease-free for eight years and is helping other patients. Dr. Fajgenbaum co-founded the CDCN in 2012 to accelerate research and treatments for Castleman disease through a ‘Collaborative Network Approach,’ a business-inspired approach to biomedical research, which has become a blueprint for advancing rare disease research