Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis created and moderates the internationally-recognized #hcsm (health care communications and social media) conversation and community on Twitter.
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At Not Standing Still’s Disease, Kirsten Schultz writes about her personal experiences with Still’s Disease and issues facing children and young adults affected by rheumatic and other chronic diseases.
Read more »Martine Ehrenclou
Martine Ehrenclou is a healthcare consultant, an award-winning author, a freelance writer, and a blogger at thetakechargepatient.com.
Read more »Danielle Edges
Danielle Edges is a mother to two daughters, Alexandra and Aria. Alexandra was born with a rare medical condition, Heterotaxy Syndrome, resulting in 5 heart surgeries and an abdominal surgery all before the age of 4.
Read more »Sabine Schwab
Sabine Schwab is a 32-year old native German who moved to the USA in 2010. When diagnosed with a grade II-III astrocytoma – a brain tumor – she quickly had to master the American health care system to take charge of her care. She is an international ePatient, a young mom, and a blogger at sabineandmichael.blogspot.com.
Read more »Sarah Kucharski
Sarah Kucharski, or AfternoonNapper, blogs as a health advocate fostering the patient voice in medicine.
Read more »Julie Doskicz
Julie (Jewels) Doskicz RN is a health blogger, ePatient, and creator of shesugar.com. She serves JDRF as a mentor, advocate, volunteer, and member of the online diabetes support team.
Read more »Leslie Rott
Leslie Rott was diagnosed with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in 2008, at the age of 22. She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan, and is currently working on a Master’d Degree in Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College. She writes about her illness experience in her blog Getting Closer To Myself.
Read more »Liza Bernstein
Liza Bernstein is a three time cancer survivor who has used Twitter and social media to extend her patient advocacy work to help others become engaged patients and partner in their own care.
Read more »Joe Riffe
Joe Riffe is also known as the Prosthetic Medic. He literally fell into his role as an ePatient and amputee activist when he fell 110 ft off of a waterfall. Joe has been on the ePatient Honor Roll; spoken to the Kentucky House of Representatives; and is petitioning the President to push Prosthetic Insurance Fairness nationally.
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