Chasing My Cure Around the World

Check out all of the articles about Chasing My Cure and Dr. Fajgenbaum’s story from across the globe!

Special thanks to volunteer, Martin Lukac, MD, PhD, MPH, who generously compiled these articles

From the main page about Chasing My Cure: CDCN’s co-founder, Dr. Fajgenbaum, recently released a bestselling memoir called Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action about his journey from being a medical student and former college athlete to becoming a patient with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure as a physician and researcher—and became a champion for a new approach to medical research. It has been profiled by Good Morning America, CNN, and BBC News, among others, translated into four languages, and named one of the “Best Non-Fiction Books of 2019.”

USA

See all USA press for Chasing My Cure here

EUROPE

David Fajgenbaum with his wife, Caitlin, and his daughter, Amelia. More than five years later and now married to his college sweetheart, Fajgenbaum has seen his hard work pay off: A treatment that he identified has induced a tentative remission and his novel approach to collaborative scientific inquiry has become a blueprint for advancing rare disease research. His incredible story demonstrates the potency of hope, and what can happen when the forces of determination, love, family, faith, and serendipity collide.

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Radio ZET

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Dr. Fajgenbaum’s daughter, Amelia!

Israel

Doctors Only

Italy

Moldova

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Martin Lukac, MD, PhD, MPH, the CDCN’s European Communications and ACCELERATE Registry Lead, from Slovakia

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Podtail

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Daily Mail

Chasing My Cure. Dr. Fajgenbaum wrote the book to raise awareness and funds for the Castleman disease fight, inspire readers to fight back when they’re up against the ropes and to turn their hopes into action, and highlight the CDCN’s unique approach to advancing rare disease research and how there are 1500 drugs already FDA-approved for one disease that may be a treatment or cure for the 7,000 diseases without any–like how the kidney transplant drug Dr. Fajgenbaum is on is saving his life. How many drugs already exist that are cures for diseases that we just don’t know about?