Dr. David Fajgenbaum
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And I also told her that I would start a grief support group for kids in college that were dealing with grief and loss.
I also didn't know what that was going to really entail.
But now I just promised my mom these two things on her deathbed.
And like I said, she responded by saying unconditional love.
And so for me, it was like, all right, I got two things I got to do in this life.
I got to support other college students that are coping with the death of a loved one.
We named the group AMF.
My mom's initials were โ her name was Ann Marie Fagan.
Her initials were AMF.
And we started this group that stood for Ailing Mothers and Fathers.
It's been over 20 years.
It actually still exists.
It's now called Actively Moving Forward.
And so I knew I had to do that.
And then now I knew I also had to make sure that as long as I'm breathing that I'm fighting to try to find treatments for people.
I commend you for doing that.
Yeah, so we get to now I'm a third-year med student making progress towards this dream.
Even had just finished an OBGYN rotation.
I helped to deliver babies into the world, which is sort of like a
a pinnacle experience in medical school.