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Making Healthcare Work for You (MHWFY) is a mission-driven online talk show that’s shifting the healthcare conversation to love, hope, inspiration, and real solutions. Stephanie Feals & Dr. Apurv Gupta host conversations with an elite group of leaders who are solving healthcare’s most complex challenges. MHWFY shines a light on leaders’ personal dedication, unique perspectives, and empowering solutions through unscripted, authentic conversations. The show helps educate people and connect the dots to drive healthcare transformation. Guests & audience members are the people shaping the future of healthcare - from those working on the front line, to those creating the technology, to those driving policy change in government.
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Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
In this revealing interview, Matthew Zachary shares his inspirational life story, from cancer diagnosis to long-term survival, advocate, acclaimed podcast host, and more.
Matthew is a 28-year brain cancer survivor, and it was remarkable hearing his about journey.
Prior to his diagnosis, he was a concert pianist, but those plans changed upon learning he had brain cancer.
Matthew is a trailblazer who used his own experiences to ensure others had a better experience than his. He works endlessly as an advocate, and has reached millions as the founder of Stupid Cancer, through his successful Out of Patients podcast and his documentary Cancer Mavericks.
Check out the interview to hear more!
Connect with Matthew Zachary:
Topical time codes:
00:51 - Diagnosis: “I lost my life, but I didn’t die.”
2:48 - Plan B: new career
5:06 - Working with Livestrong organization
7:22 - Mentors along the advocacy journey
10:04 - Achieving changes through advocacy
12:38 - Hard to see progress in the moment
16:51 - Getting things passed in congress
19:21 - Cancer Mavericks documentary
26:56 - Social media
29:58 - Healthcare on LinkedIn
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