I have a personal bonus episode of Out of Patents to share today. No guests. Just me and the microphone. “Talk Amongst Myself” is a new kind of episode for me, where I speak extemporaneously about stories and experiences that have impacted my life. The first one of these solo…

If you missed this moving article last week by the perennially baseball-capped Gil Bashe over at Medika Life, then please have a read because his authenticity hits home hard. For the life of me, I cannot wrap my head around how surprised many are when it comes to “Now is…

It’s a good day to wake up “above the grass.” as my Father would say. Twenty-seven years ago today, one intrepid neurosurgeon and his supporting cast of cohorts spent eight hours resecting a golf ball-sized malignant tumor from my cerebellum during a radical craniotomy. …

There continues to be a voracious feed of healthcare and health-related expos, trade shows, conferences, symposia, and summits pervading my feed. The majority have chosen to embed some variant of the flaccid platitude “#patient” into their title and imbued allure to elicit sponsor dollars and attendees paid to be there…

I’m sick of the word “patient.” (How punny) What used to be simply defined as “a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment” has become commercialized biology. We are no longer people. We are products on a shelf, numbers on a page, ink stains on a fax transmission, and…

“Achieving health literacy requires we communicate with people — not patients.” I am proud to announce my panel session, “We The Patients,” at the 2022 STAT Summit in Boston this November alongside Peter Pitts and Kristie Kuhl. With gratitude, thank you for this opportunity. While I may be wearing many…

FULL ATTRIBUTION: This is copy/paste from my dear friend Stacy Hurt’s LinkedIn profile. Needless to say, she is the badass of all badasses when it comes to telling it like it is as far as ensuring the patient voice is involved in all healthcare conversations. Enjoy… Every #pharma/ #healthcare/ medical…

If you do anything this week (besides the usual human biology stuff) have a listen to today’s show, where my guest Kistein Monkhouse, further explains what’s wrong with our glorious healthcare system. Her groundbreaking mobile app, Patient Orator, is helping patients tear down the regrettable communication barriers faced by so…

For no reason, here is me in 7th grade as Wite-Out. Ten years prior to my being drafted into healthcare. Just a 12-year-old kid (same age as my son today) who came home from middle school, hopped on his bike, and rode around Staten Island for hours with his friends…