WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Brock Holt and Lisa Scherber talk to Dale and Keefe about Brocks involvement with The Jimmy Fund, how he got involved with The Jimmy Fund after being traded to Boston from the Pirates, the relationships he and Dale have formed with childhood cancer patients, dealing with the loss of some of those children, watching some of them grow up, and the homerun Brock hit over the weekend following the deat...

Lilla Woodhouse is a 79-year old thyroid cancer patient at Dana-Farber, having been diagnosed in April of 2016. She had trouble with medication at the start of her treatment but has done better since being moved to a clinical trial. Lilla and her nurses, Patty McHugh, RN, and Elizabeth Mueller, RN, talk to Dale and Keefe about Lilla’s diagnosis and journey and why they’re a family.

Bobby Kariotis and Dr. David Steensma talk to Dale & Keefe about Bobby’s diagnosis, which came partly due to his wife’s intuition. Bobby talks in depth about the tests and process and having young kids at his time of diagnosis. Dr. Steensma discusses advancement in leukemia research and treatment.

The Giove family learned their son Mason had a golf ball-sized tumor in the middle of brain when Mason was only a year old.  Mason is now 15 years old, and his entire life has been a battle with illnesses stemming from the tumor and fighting the tumor itself. Mason and his father Mark talk to Dale & Keefe about Mason’s battle with these illnesses as well as Mason’s hobbies, which includes strategy...

Dale & Keefe are joined by Ron Melampy of Marshfield, who survived cancer back in 1997 and in 2017. Ron explains his diagnoses and treatments for both battles. Dr. Atish Choudhury gives details on why different patients need to be treated differently and why prostate cancer disproportionately afflicts older men.

Dale & Keefe are joined by leukemia patient Dominic Deluca, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in July of 2016. Dominic went through four rounds of chemotherapy, three types of targeted gene therapy, and a bone marrow transplant before going into remission. Unfortunately, Dominic recently relapsed. Dominic details his diagnosis and speaks very poisitively about his life with cancer. Dr....

Stephanie Wills tells the story of her 2-year-old son Mason Wills, his love of trucks, his diagnosis of leukemia after he showed pain while walking, and how lucky they feel that Mason can be treated thanks to donations to Dana-Farber through non-profits like the Jimmy Fund.

Author of “The Adventures of Fenway and Hooper at Fenway Park,” Brian Kalfass, speaks about his sons treatment at Dana-Farber and his efforts to help fundraise for the foundation through sales of the book.

Liz Page talks to Dale and Keefe about her rapid treatment for lung cancer at Dana-Farber. Thoracic oncologist Dr. Geoff Oxnard, Liz's doctor, explains the new ways to diagnose and treatment of lung cancer.

20-year-old sarcoma cancer patient Caroline Grape tells the story of how her rare cancer diagnosis interuped her life in college and her Dr. Katherine Thornton explains the way Dana-Farber came up with a unique and personalized treatment to deal with her disease.

Dana-Farber patient Charles Benoit and his Dr. David Reardon, Clinical Director of the Center for Neuro-Oncolocy of Dana-Farber, join the Greg Hill Show to talk about the doctor-patient relationships at Dana-Farber. “It’s a family.”

Hour 4. Mayor Marty Walsh joins the Greg Hill Show and shares his story about his treatment at Dana-Farber. Mayor Walsh also speaks about the new Boston Marathon memorial, the conspiracy trial of two of his former aids, and answers questions on the Boston traffic study and potential solutions.

Dana-Farber patient 15-year-old Camden Bailey joins the Greg Hill Show to share why he chose Dana-Farber, the support of the Jimmy Fund, and Camden’s dream to become a physical therapist after treatment.

7-year-old Dana-Farber cancer patient Nixon Clark joins the Greg Hill Show on his friendship with Brock Holt, his trip on a duck boat in the Red Sox parade, what he loves about Dana-Farber, and the great job the Dana-Farber doctors and nurses do to make patients feel comfortable.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask and former Bruins enforcer Shawn Thornton join the Greg Hill Show for day one of the Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon. Rask speaks about the devastation of the Bruins Stanley Cup loss to St. Louis and preparations for next season. Shawn Thornton calls in to share his experience with the Jimmy Fund and rank his best NHL moment and fight.

Dr. Barrett Rollins, the chief scientific medical officer at Dana-Farber, joins the Greg Hill Show speaks to the importance of basic cancer research and its role in the development of clinical advances.  Dr. Rollins also describes managing the scientific, technologic, and research operations of the Dana-Farber institute.

Currivan Alouidor joins the Greg Hill Show to discuss being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bones.  Currivan walks us through his diagnosis and the treatment that included chemotherapy and surgery to remove his leg.  Dana-Farber helped make what could have been a horrible time for Currivan and made it as memorable as they could.  Currivan looks back o...

Tom Brady joins the Greg Hill Show to endorse the Jimmy Fund for day one of this year’s radio telethon. Brady speaks about his relationship with Mike Vrabel, the reason behind his pizza eating this week, the importance of getting back wide receiver Josh Gordon, and the release of kicker Ryan Allen. Plus, Nick’s fanboy question of the week: who is the best trash talker you know in the NFL?

Pediatric oncologist Dr. Brian Crompton joins the Greg Hill Show to speak about his work treating the patients at Dana-Farber and the Red Sox role with patients and partnership with the institution.

Dana-Farber nurse practitioners Courtney Shea and Sara Shobin join the Greg Hill Show to talk about what inspired them to work with cancer patients and how the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber helps uplift the spirits of the children going through treatment.

Hour 2: Keefe now believes the Bruins won’t make the playoffs and the team is falling apart this season. And youth football players potentially not going to be allowed to play tackle football until high school and Keefe thinks coaches know how to teach tackling better now to make it safer.

Seventeen years, $50 million raised. Listen to some of the best moments over the years since the WEEI NESN Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon began in 2002.  

Mut and Joe are joined by Dr. Matthew Davids the Associate Director for the Center for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia   After obtaining an A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard College, Dr. Davids completed his M.D. at Yale University School of Medicine. He served as an intern, resident, and assistant chief resident in internal medicine at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Slo...

Stephen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last April after experiencing abdominal discomfort following a trip to Florida.   He came to Dana-Farber for his treatment, which included a whipple surgery, in which part of his pancreas was removed, followed by 16 weeks of chemotherapy.   Stephen considers himself incredibly lucky that his disease was caught relatively early. The five-year survival ra...

Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner joins Joe and Tim in the booth during the bottom of the 2nd inning to talk about this year's WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon.