How is the little guy?

Listening to Justin makes we wish that all doctors were driven in the same way. He’s a fantastic example of ethical progress in oncology

Dr Justin Call went from community medical oncology practice to building a community phase I drug development program. Not a trials machine eating patients but a personalized, integrated addition to his Utah patients treatment when most appropriate.

In essence, Drugs that by chance inhibit TRK are hypothesized, based on breast cancer lab data and lung cancer clinical data, to stop deposits of cancer establishing themselves in the brain. If lung cancer lab data confirm then the potential to change oncology for the better across tumors is huge.

It’s a visionary or misguided idea depending on how more lab data and more clinical data shake out

We were thrilled to recruit him to the University of Colorado in 2025. At the risk of over-exposure I had agreed to be a guest on his podcast. Im glad I did - it’s always awesome to see the next generation shine. I love how his humor and heart fit together perfectly with his brains.

Not just the passion, the drive to help but how he and his brother (also a community oncologist) turned their regular calls after work, helping confer on each other’s cases, into a community focused educational platform in oncology.

This was a real delight. Rahul Gosain - from India, Canada, to rural New York - makes me value community oncologists so much

I really don’t want any of my patients to have gaps in coverage. If anything it feels like being a professional athlete retiring undefeated.

Also the podcast continues. I had wondered when this move came if it would feel emotionally traumatic but it just feels right. I’m doing good but there are things I want to do with some of that freed up extra time. And, as I anticipate treatment…

Now a Professor in Edinburgh and a champion of personalized radiation his career has spanned radiation from its initial carpet bombing beginnings to the present day of nuclear scalpels

Free medical education to anyone with the right skills (both brains and, sometimes, sporting skills). Something that is awesome to reflect back on. He ended up a Clinical Oncologist - the practical answer for the NHS - one doctor for both radiation and chemotherapy.

Duncan McLaren describes himself as a fortunate man. From an upbringing in Coventry in the UK he describes as encapsulated by The Specials song ‘Ghost Town’ he ended up propelled into medical school by his rugby skills in the days when you just could. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2o...