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Andrew Schorr on How Journalism Led Him to Patient Advocacy

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Andrew Schorr, founder of Patient Power and Patient Empowerment and 2016 MPN Hero, discusses how his background in journalism led him to patient advocacy.

Andrew Schorr, founder of Patient Power and Patient Empowerment and 2016 MPN Hero, discusses how his background in journalism led him to patient advocacy.

Being in the field of journalism, Schorr made it a goal to make a difference in people's lives by informing them with need-to-know information. Then, when he was diagnosed with leukemia and subsequently myelofibrosis, that aspiration became personal.

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