Rare Care Podcast

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, talks to Donavon Decker, who has limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Decker is the winner of the 2025 MDA Legacy Award for Community Impact in Research.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews 17-year-old Lily Sander with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The Muscular Dystrophy Association has named Sander its 2025 MDA Patient Ambassador.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Katherine Mathews, MD, winner of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2025 Legacy Award for Achievement in Clinical Research for her contributions to understanding and treating genetic disorders affecting the neuromuscular system.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Arash Mostaghimi, MD, an associate professor of dermatology and a practicing physician at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Mostaghimi is a recognized expert on generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP).

Rare Disease Advisor correspondent Tori Rodriguez interviews clinical hematologist and professor Luke Chen, MD, about IgG4-related disease and how it mimics various malignancies.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews John Anderson, MD, chief research officer at AllerVie Clinical Research, on the complexities of diagnosing and treating hereditary angioedema.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Art Still, former defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs and an NFL Hall of Famer who's now a patient advocate dedicated to raising awareness about amyloidosis.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews oncologist-hematologist Heather Landau, MD, of Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York City, for National Amyloidosis Awareness Month.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Timothy Craig, DO, a tenured professor of medicine, pediatrics and biomedical sciences at Pennsylvania State University in Hershey. Dr. Craig has been researching hereditary angioedema for 30 years.

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Sangeetha Venugopal, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Venugopal speaks on how smoking worsens outcomes for patients with a group of blood cancers known as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).