Out of Patients EP400: CancerCare Turns 81. Christine Verini Has the Keys
Christine Verini is the CEO of CancerCare, but more importantly, she’s someone who actually gives a damn. She’s a pharmacist who ditched the corporate ladder to lead an 81-year-old organization that helps real cancer patients with the things no one talks about—groceries, rent, rides to chemo, child care. Not clinical trials. Not shiny tech. Just survival.
I’ve known Christine a long time. She's not just competent—she's human. And in a system built to grind people down, that matters. I wanted her on Out of Patients because she represents what leadership should look like in healthcare: someone who listens more than she talks, doesn’t throw buzzwords around like candy, and shows up with empathy andreceipts.
In this episode, we talk about why CancerCare matters, why no one’s heard of it, and how she plans to fix that. We go behind the curtain of running a national nonprofit, swap burnout horror stories, and laugh about the tragic comedy of patients ghosting advocacy groups after asking for help. (Yes, it happens.)
If you want to hear from someone actually doing the work—without spin, posturing, or performative LinkedIn nonsense—this one’s for you.
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Out of Patients EP402: Dancing Through the Wreckage: Sally Wolf
