Vicky Levy, Part 1: Survivor

Vicky Levy’s story is so compelling that one episode of this podcast can’t contain it all.

In Part 1, she touches on her journey into life sciences and her current role as Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry Leader at Deloitte. But a big reason for her staying in life sciences and healthcare is even more profound than her reasons for pursuing the industry in the first place. You see, Vicky is a cancer survivor. As luck would have it, her diagnosis occurred at just about the same time that a miraculous category of drugs emerged to treat her rare condition.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Vicky – a history major at Amherst College – learned to advocate for herself with her doctors and their cutting edge medical research
• Her keys to navigating a life-altering medical diagnosis
• The extraordinary generosity her Amherst friends and sister-in-law demonstrated as Vicky and her husband contemplated starting a family

In Part 2, we will talk more about her work and perspective on the global healthcare industry. We also will talk about her Amherst College experience, the role that liberal arts plays in her work today, and the Amherst classmates she’d like me to interview next.

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