48: Molly Lindquist: Mom and Breast Cancer Survivor Paving New Ground in Supporting Research

The Health Crossroad with Dr. Doug Elwood and Dr. Tom Elwood

Molly Lindquist is a leading patient advocate and founder of Consano, a crowdfunding platform for medical research. Molly has a long history of professional work. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in economics, she worked as an investment banking analyst in the consumer group at Robertson Stephens before transitioning to World Market, where she traveled the globe sourcing products, and then doing company planning for Banana Republic and Gap. Molly's focus on patient advocacy began in 2011 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32. Her focus with Consano is helping facilitate the connections between individuals and medical research projects and has met with great success. Her slogan of Hope. Honor. Heal is a great representation of patient advocacy at its finest. In this interview, Molly shares her incredible story of her journey through breast cancer as well as her desire to affect the broader aspects of health by becoming an entrepreneur and starting Consano.