My name is Tom Loughran. I'm a physician scientist and I'm the director of the UVA Cancer
Center. I see around four or five patients from all over the country and even from all around the world that have a kind of a rare disease called LGL leukemia. It stands for a large granular lymphocyte leukemia. I discovered this illness when I was back as a fellow in Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. I do really enjoy a seeing patients again with LGL leukemia because, even though the diagnosis is fairly straightforward, it's a very rare illness so people generally have seen physicians for many years, the illness has been unidentified. They have a lot of questions when they come to see me. And even though the definition is the same, each patient has some interesting finding that's a little bit different than other patients. I think every patient really welcomes the personal attention they get from our team.