Jimmy Fund Interview - Jillian McFall and Dr. Brian Wolpin

WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Jillian McFall joins Gresh and Fauria to discuss her battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Brian Wolpin joins to further discuss Jillian's journey.

Jillian landed in the ICU and cancer unit in Boston; where she met Dr. Brian Wolpin, who explained that she’d need to start chemotherapy as soon as possible or she’d die. She was so sick and doesn’t even remember her first chemotherapy session. Today, the tumor has been reduced to half its original size. She’s now on a break from her job and credits her family and endocrinology team for their unwavering support.

Dr. Brian Wolpin received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2001. He later completed his Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and his Medical Oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is the director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center and serves as the Robert T. and Judith B. Hale Chair in Pancreatic Cancer. His research focuses on biomarkers and novel therapeutics in gastrointestinal malignancies, and mechanisms by which lifestyle factors interact with malignant risk and progression.