Honoring Havi with Matt Goldstein, MD, PhD
The Trauma Therapist
Guy Crawford Macpherson
4.5 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
His commitment to genetic awareness is deeply personal—after losing his daughter, Havi, to Tay-Sachs disease in 2021, he became a passionate advocate for proactive testing and prevention.
Through JScreen, Dr. Goldstein honors Havi’s legacy by helping families make informed health decisions, most recently leading the record-breaking Pink Power Hour event with NBC’s TODAY Show, Mount Sinai Cancer Center, and Myriad Genetics.
In This Episode
- JScreen
- Matt on Instagram @getjscreened
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Trauma Therapist podcast. My name is Guy McPherson. I interview incredible people who've dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma. A big thank you to our sponsors and our guests who are supporting this show. |
| 0:15.6 | Five, four, three, two, and one. Our folks, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:22.0 | Very excited to have his mic get today, Dr. Matt Goldstein. |
| 0:26.1 | Matt, welcome. |
| 0:27.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:27.9 | It's great to be here. |
| 0:29.8 | Dr. Matt is the CEO of J.Sreen, a national nonprofit making genetic testing accessible |
| 0:35.5 | for cancer and reproductive health. |
| 0:38.1 | A Stanford trained MD PhD who completed his clinical training at Harvard, Dr. Goldstein |
| 0:43.4 | has led groundbreaking biotech ventures. |
| 0:46.2 | His commitment to genetic awareness is deeply personal. |
| 0:49.9 | After losing his daughter, Javi, to Tasek's disease in 2021, he became a passionate advocate |
| 0:55.2 | for proactive testing and prevention. Through J-Screen, Dr. Goldstein honors Harvey's legacy |
| 1:00.8 | by helping families make informed health decisions, most recently leading the record-breaking |
| 1:05.9 | Pink Power Hour event with NBC's Today Show, Mountain Sinai's Cancer Center and Myriad Genetics. |
| 1:13.6 | All right, Matt, obviously just a little bit about you. |
| 1:15.8 | Before we keep going, share with our listeners where you're from originally and where you are |
| 1:19.9 | currently. |
| 1:21.1 | Yeah, I grew up outside of San Francisco and spent most of my formative years there. We bounced around a bit as I was growing |
| 1:31.3 | up, but mostly consider myself a Northern California boy. And now I'm based in Boston. |
| 1:38.6 | Still struggling to get through the winter, but it's been home for a number of years. |
| 1:44.5 | Brutal. Those winners are brutal. I spent some time there and it's been home for a number of years. Brutal. |
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