Bonnie J. Addario

Bonnie J. Addario has been an activist, advocate, educator, and change agent empowering patients and giving them a strong voice in the fight against lung cancer since receiving a stage 3B diagnosis more than a decade ago. Recognizing the critical need for education, empowerment, advocacy, and research to help patients and families, Bonnie and her family founded the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation in 2006, and then went on to found the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute with her husband, Tony Addario, in 2008.