David B. Agus M.D.
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
David B. Agus reads as The Catalyst because he turns complex cancer biology into movements rather than monographs. Co-founding the USC Norris Convergent Science Institute, writing bestselling books that reshaped public understanding of preventive health, and advising heads of state, he consistently converts medical insight into collective action. His energy is generative and persuasive, igniting change well beyond the clinic, which is the signature of a true Catalyst.
“We now have a large AI group that can design molecules targeting areas of cancer. What would have taken many years, we literally can do in months to design a molecule to go into the clinic.”
“I get to watch evolution happen. When I give a drug to a patient that cancer evolves. I'm watching evolution happen in weeks to months in my patient and learning the biology of cancer from perturbing it.”
“I do autopsies on my patients who pass away. So I see what I missed, where I was right, where I was wrong, and I learned to get better.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “David B. Agus M.D.”
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