Saranne Rothberg

From stage IV cancer patient to ComedyCures CEO, Saranne Rothberg is a sought-after healthcare thought leader, speaker, patient advocate, and health and happiness expert, and is regularly featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX & PBS.

Saranne consults and collaborates with Fortune 500 companies, leading medical centers, The World Health Organization, The United Nations, The National Cancer Institute, The American Association for Cancer Research, The U.S. Military, many prestigious universities, healthtech startups, and non-profits. She creates innovative global wellness-related programming in all media formats, collaborating with a myriad of healthcare professionals, thought leaders, researchers, and entertainers to start conversations, share ideas at healthcare conventions, stimulate research and find solutions across healthcare and many industries.

During the pandemic, Saranne has already created many digital experiences: "The 5-Day Laughter Summit", "The Mindset & Metastatic Cancer Research Study", "Developing Your Comic Perspective for Frontline Workers", JokeFest: The Funniest Game Show", "Finding The Funny", and The 31-Day "Can We Laugh At Cancer?" 'Tumor Humor' Comedy Challenge. These events have generated several hundreds of millions of impressions and brought her signature ComedyCures joy around the globe to many of all ages, especially the ill and underserved.

Saranne launched The ComedyCures Foundation from her chemo chair in 1999 and today is cancer-free, helping people at more than 1900 live and digital events worldwide rediscover their funny bone, mojo, and purpose. ComedyCures.org is an acclaimed non-profit organization that brings joy, hope, laughter, and therapeutic edu-tainment to patients, caregivers, and those who need it most.