Conversations with Patient Advocates - Episode #98

Bernie Williams is a former MLB star, a musician (a Latin Grammy award nominee), and an Interstitial Lung Disease advocate. He talked to Urban Health Today, in recognition of Rare Disease Day, about his father, whom he lost to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a rare ILD responsible for over 40,000 US Deaths annually that is often tragically misdiagnosed. Bernie also discussed raising ILD awareness, his partnership with Tune In To Lung Health, and the healing power of music.