"It started as a cold email outreach. August 6, 2024.
William Thomas sent an email to Lucid Diagnostics through the general inbox. As an esophageal cancer survivor, he wanted to introduce himself. He wanted to tell his story. But most important, he wanted to help describe, through his experience, the importance of early detection.
We had a virtual call a few days later. He articulated, in painstaking detail, what he went through post his esophageal cancer diagnosis.
His initial thoughts. How it affected his family. How it almost crippled his business. The complications associated with this highly invasive surgery. Painstaking. Detail.
But then the tone of the discussion changed and he spoke about all the positive aspects of his life post diagnosis and treatment.
Jeff is the epitome of why we do this, he is a reminder of the (existential) importance of early detection in this anatomical location.
EsoGuard has unprecedented performance for precancer detection. If a screening diagnostic can't identify early stage disease in the esophagus (Short Segment Barretts Esophagus, SSBE), we won't have the ability to treat those with existing proven technologies. That's why targeted cell collection combined with EsoGuard is THE only solution to make an impact on this deadly disease.
Jeff's not going anywhere. We have plans to further tell his story and we may even bring Matthew Zachary along for the ride!"
-October 24th, 2024
-October 24th, 2024
SHAUN O'NEIL
President & Chief Operating Officer at Lucid Diagnostics
"William Thomas is a remarkable human being. Survivor. Evangelist. Educator. Supporter. Fierce Patient Advocate. We are determined to work alongside him to share his harrowing personal experience with the scourge that is esophagealcancer and how we live in a brave new world a world where no one has to go through what he did, where esophageal cancer can be PREVENTED thanks to cutting edge technologies to detect the earliest esophageal precancer."
-October 24th, 2024
-October 24th, 2024
LISHAN AKLOG, MD
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder at PAVmed Inc and Lucid Diagnostics Inc.