Weei/nesn Jimmy Fund Radio-telethon

Dr. James Fanale worked in healthcare for nearly five decades, but never reallyknew what it meant to be a patient until he was told he had cancer - Stage 4 lungcancer. James was president and CEO of Care New England, retiring in 2022, shortly after being diagnosed. Jim typically ran the Falmouth Road Race and insists on being able to continuerunning. Since his cancer diagnosis, Jim has focused on his personal life. He’s retired and planning trips with his wife, Deb. Jim is in the middle of writing a book called “Onward,” which focuses on the empathy in medicine and the emotional weight of the journey of patients and their caregivers. All the proceeds will be donated to a new “caregivers fund” at the Dana-Farber. Dr. Barbie is the Director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology atDana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor of Medicine at HarvardMedical School. He is also Associate Director of the Belfer Center for Applied CancerScience and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute. According to