Episodes

Matthew and Andrew welcome cancer survivors Nina Beaty, Creator, The EmPat Cancer Project, and Katie Brown, Vice President of Support and Survivorship Programs at The LUNGevity Foundation, to opine on the current status of lung cancer in America and around the world. Issues of stigma, the increasing prevalence in young women, new treatment options, and how to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic are just some of the pressing topics we cover in this crucial episode.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Peter MacDowell is the Clinical Director of Rochester Dermatologic Surgery and former Co-Director of Clinical Trials Office at the Wilmot Cancer Institute. If that last name sounds familiar, well that’s because Peter is the brother of Andrew MacDowell, my Co-Founder, and COO here at OffScrip Media. Sibling rivalry be damned — and while we may have reinforced some established biases between upstate and downstate New York — we had a fantastic conversation down the rabbit hole of clinical trial treatment, management, and administration in the 21st century.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How does one "Schoolhouse Rock" the interesting world of Clinical Trials? On the show, Matthew and his Co-Founder/COO Andrew MacDowell are joined by Medaptive Health’s co-founders Eric Kroll and Jeremy Block to help break down and de-jargon what exactly is going on in the world of trials, patient advocacy, drug approvals — and the ever evolving role of Industry, for better or for worse.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Six music Emmys, two Grammy nominations, four gold records, seven Public Television specials and 8 million records sold. After more than three decades as an international entertainer, John Tesh is a living legend. In his new book, "Relentless: Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit, and Faith," Tesh describes how the obstacles that shaped him—including being suspended from college, living homeless for months, and facing a deadly disease—shaped his remarkable life.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this sponsored episode, Matthew sits down with his friends to talk all about the glamorous issue of Xerostomia, otherwise known as "Dry Mouth." This is a problem for millions of Americans, but no one talks about it. Why don’t we talk about it? Maybe it’s because when your mouth is dry, talking is the last thing you want to do. There are way too many causes of dry mouth, such as stress & anxiety, cancer treatment, antihistamines, menopause, alcohol or cannabis, vaping, coffee, and nearly every...

Too often, patients are blatantly taken advantage of by Industry who profit off of our stories and our experience dealing with a disease we didn't ask to have. If our experience is so critical to Industry's bottom line, there should exist fundamental compensation standards under which which they operate. Period. Matthew Zachary welcomes OffScrip Media Senior Producers Andrew MacDowell (Co-Founder and COO,) Jen Horonjeff (Founder/CEO of Savvy Coop) and Sandy Vassos (Nonprofit Executive and OffScr...

Jean-Luc Neptune, MD MBA, or JL as he is known, is a serial entrepreneur and a digital health pioneer. He’s a licensed physician in New York State, founder of Suntra Modern Recovery, serves as Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Hospital For Special Surgery here in NYC, and if that’s not enough, the man has an MBA from Wharton. What makes this episode so special, is that JL just recovered from COVID-19. And this is not just a telling of the story of "when the Doctor becomes the patient", but a testimony and a warning, and an education into our modern day reality.JL's LinkedIn ProfileSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Craig DeLarge is a Digital Health Strategist and Educator at the Digital Mental Health Project , a project aimed at effectively using digital technology in the mental health field, aka MentalTech, to combat mental illness. His main missions are to improve health and build up leaders. Craig has also worked with companies such as IMS Health (IQVIA), CMI/Compas, J&J, GSK, Novo Nordisk, Merck and Takeda Pharma International (Singapore) to positively impact the health community. Craig teaches & lectu...

Immunotherapy and Policy. How can the FDA evolve to help advance and support novel approaches to medicine? How does the field of immune-driven diagnostics serve as a case in point for the need for evolution in existing regulatory frameworks?Special guests:Meghan GutierrezChief Executive OfficerLymphoma Research FoundationLeo David Wang, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Immuno-OncologyAssistant Professor, Department of PediatricsCity Of HopeThis series is brought to you ad-free by Adaptive BiotechnologiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Beyond Immunotherapy. The present and future of immune-driven medicine; toward an understanding of the immune system as the driver of solutions for treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of disease; identifying and creating responses to specific immune activation pathways.Special guests:Meghan GutierrezChief Executive OfficerLymphoma Research FoundationLeo David Wang, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Immuno-OncologyAssistant Professor, Department of PediatricsCity Of HopeThis series is brought to you ad-free by Adaptive BiotechnologiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A Brief History of Immunotherapy. CAR-T, t-cell augmentation, and immunotherapy in general over the past decade. We will talk about why is this approach so compelling, and what its limitations have been to date.Special guests:Meghan GutierrezChief Executive OfficerLymphoma Research FoundationLeo David Wang, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Immuno-OncologyAssistant Professor, Department of PediatricsCity Of HopeThis series is brought to you ad-free by Adaptive BiotechnologiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jen Horonjeff is a chronic illness patient by birth, a PhD by training, and an entrepreneur by necessity. She was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs of 2018 for her work as Founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative, the first patient-owned public benefit co-op. Rooted in science, but driven by creativity and user-centered design, she believes that giving patients ownership in what they help create is not only the right thing to do, it benefits everyone. Her passion is to improve the patient experience, and to provide more patient engagement opportunities to industry that raises all ships.Jen's LinkedIn PageAbout Savvy CoopSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joe Dolce is the host of the Brave New Weed podcast and author of Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis, which was hailed by the New York Times as “a loving rethink of all things marijuana …a trusted hitchhiker’s guide to this new universe,” and by Dr. Raphael Mechoulam as “outstanding.” Joe is also the founder of MedicalCannabisMentor.com, the most modern, evidence based online education platform with courses aimed at healthcare providers, dispensary personnel and patients. In addition, Joe is the former editor-in-chief of Details and Star magazines. He is based in New York City.More at https://www.bravenewweed.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matthew Lamb, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor or Epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center. He focuses on infectious disease prevention, treatment, and scale-up. His research focuses on identifying best practices in public health approaches to HIV prevention, service delivery, and treatment in resource-limited settings.Dr. Lamb focuses on applying causal inference in implementation settings. He teaches courses in the Epidemiology department on introductory epidemiology and biostatistics, applications of epidemiologic research methods, and advanced techniques in epidemiologic methods. Dr. Lamb works in the Strategic Information unit at ICAP-Columbia University.More about Dr Lamb hereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Catharine Young has always been drawn to tackling big problems. She currently serves as the Executive Director for the Shepherd Foundation, an organization which seeks to build a movement to revolutionize treatment, care and education for rare cancer patients and their families. Catharine has also always been drawn to science - the thread that ties her career journey together. She holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences, with postdoctoral training in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. She has worked at both the US and foreign government level as well as the non-profit startup space. Her previous position was at the Biden Cancer Initiative where she served as the Senior Director of Science Policy. Her awards include being selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, TED Fellow and Social Enablers top 100 most inspiring social entrepreneurs. Catharine is a staunch advocate for women in science and science communication and is the founder of Supper with a Scientist, a grassro…

On today's show, Matthew discusses COVID-19 and its impact on the cancer community with Michael Parisi (CEO at Guidemark), Andrea Ferris (President and Chairman of Lungevity) and Andrew MacDowell (OffScrip Media Co-Founder and COO.) The world is burning, and we have to keep it spinning. The need is incalculable. The resources are scarce. We need hope, but more importantly, we need FACTS.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's show, in a role reversal, Matthew is interviewed by his two colleagues, Andrew MacDowell (OffScrip Media Co-Founder/COO) and Jen Horonjeff (OffScrip Media Senior Producer and Founder of Savvy Coop) From the origins of Matthew's original diagnosis, to the conception and founding of Stupid Cancer, his stepping down, taking a sabbatical and now — for his "Second Act" — this is OffScrip Media.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's show Matthew welcomes three of his legacy best friends from high school, Salvatore Diana, Elura Nanos, and Karen Marinelli. A bit of an origin story, the three reminisce abouhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/elura-nanos-esq-15253a14/ t the simpler times back in the 1980s when the biggest thing the world had to worry about was nuclear holocaust — and also when Matt had hair. Lots and lots of hair. Both Elura and Karen are mothers to children with rare diseases so the conversation does get pretty real. We hope you enjoy it.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's episode, the one and only Johnny Imerman joins Matthew to kickoff this podcast with style. As one of the defining founders of the young adult cancer movement, and someone who supported Matthew in the early days to start Stupid Cancer, Jonny is one of the single most influential cancer advocates in the world. The two talk about life, all the crap they went through, founding a nonprofit, building a community, launching a movement, and knowing when it was time to step down. Stories worth telling.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matthew Zachary is a 24-year brain cancer survivor, the Founder of Stupid Cancer, and an internet radio pioneer with the launch of The Stupid Cancer Show in May of 2007, which boasts over 450 episodes, 2,000 interviews, and 4 million listens.Pursuant to his stepping down as CEO of Stupid Cancer, Matthew marks his dynamic return to public broadcasting with Out of Patients, a podcast that calls out all sorts of stupid BS in healthcare while serving up stories of advocacy, heroism, and the audacity of health — because patients are losing their patience. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.