David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc

Co-Founder, Every Cure & University of Pennsylvania

David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, co-Founder & President of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, and national bestselling author of ‘Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action‘. Dr. Fajgenbaum is also a patient battling a deadly disease which he discovered a treatment for that is saving his life and others.
He has identified and advanced 11 other treatments for autoimmunity and cancer and recently co-founded Every Cure (https://everycure.org/), a non-profit on a mission to unlock the full potential of FDA-approved medicines to treat every disease possible. Dr. Fajgenbaum earned a BS from Georgetown University, MSc from the University of Oxford, MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and MBA from The Wharton School. He has been profiled by The NY Times, TODAY, GMA, and others and received numerous awards including the 2016 Atlas Award along with then VP Joe Biden and Forbes 30 Under 30.