The 2025 Community Oncology Conference will feature 50+ speakers addressing the latest information on key subjects like practice consolidation, Medicare drug price negotiations, working with a new president and Congress, and more.
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Our Tenacious Keynote Speaker
David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 2:45 – 3:30 P.M. ET
Our powerful keynote speaker this year is Dr. David Fajgenbaum whose story is one of resilience, innovation, and a relentless drive to save lives—beginning with his own. Diagnosed with the rare and life-threatening Castleman disease while still in medical school, Dr. Fajgenbaum took matters into his own hands. He identified a repurposed drug that put him into remission, sparking his mission to match existing medications with rare diseases that lack treatments. Now in remission for a decade, he has expanded this work through Every Cure, a non-profit that uses AI to unlock the untapped potential of FDA-approved drugs to treat thousands of rare diseases.
Dr. Fajgenbaum’s groundbreaking work recently received over $48 million in federal funding to build a comprehensive drug-repurposing database, accelerating access to life-saving treatments for patients like Kaila Mabus, an 18-year-old Castleman survivor now in remission due to his efforts. His keynote promises to be both inspiring and actionable, offering a vision for transforming treatment through innovation and tenacity.
Co-Chairs
Johnetta Blakely, MD, MS, MMHC
Tennessee Oncology
Moshe Chasky, MD, FACP
Alliance Cancer Specialists
Fred Divers, MD
American Oncology Network
Kathy Oubre, MS
Pontchartrain Cancer Center
Alti Rahman, MHA/MBA, CSSBB
American Oncology Network
Emily Touloukian, DO
Coastal Cancer Center