Anthony Darcovich

Country: Canada

Anthony first injured his right shoulder when he was playing baseball as a teenager. He had to undergo several surgeries over the next few years to relieve the pain, but the pain persisted. Twelve years after his ordeal started, his shoulder joint samples grew Cutibacterium acnes, a slow-growing bacteria usually implicated in acne. Since it was resistant to Clindamycin, he had to take 8 months of injectable and oral antibiotics to get rid of the infection, apart from many other surgeries, one of which damaged his axillary nerve.

He had to undergo several muscle transfer surgeries to regain part of his muscle function. Right now, he is recovering from his 19th surgery. Anthony is now a patient advocate and works as a management consultant with Mckinsey in New York