Hi Emily,

I was very happy to meet you in the first Zoom meeting. You have some great ideas about service delivery and I’m sure your personal experiences with the healthcare system will enable you to help many others in challenging medical situations. And congratulations on earning Board-certification!

Julie

Hi everyone,

I introduced myself on the wrong page. Oops! My name is Emily Egley. I just became a Board-Certified Patient Advocate this spring. I have had to learn how to navigate the healthcare system because of my own medical issues over the last 16 years. I am on Social Security Disability, but I want to start a business to teach people how to…[Read more]

Welcome to the Summer Cohort, Julie!

I think you know how I feel about your background… 🙂 I am partial to an OT’s knowledge, training and experiences! I absolutely LOVE that you have the additional motivational interviewing training. I took one MI course in healthcare and am 100% sold on how needed this is for everyone. It takes a lot of…[Read more]

Welcome, Emily!

I absolutely love that you are pursuing advocacy more in the form of training AND from the patient and family perspective. I think you will have a huge market for this type of work along with preparing yourself on how to help those who may seek additional help. You have so many options at your fingertips to decide how you could…[Read more]

Thank you for your introduction, Wendy!

I am not sure if you have dug into enough advocacy research to find that there are many amazing advocates in Texas! Hopefully you can connect with them to help build your network. I am super excited about your background in geriatrics because that is my primary focus for advocacy. I love working with older…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

I’m Julie Kochenderfer from Los Angeles and am very happy to be going on this adventure with all of you. My careers have been in the advertising agency business and in healthcare as an occupational therapist. I am drawn to private patient advocacy based on personal experiences as a hospital patient and observations as a healthcare p…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your introduction, Brigette!

How exciting to be partnering with you cousin! The two of you will obviously have some wonderful backgrounds to build off of as you start your business and work with clients.

You have come to the right place to learn about business development and networking! Healthcare backgrounds don’t…[Read more]

Hi Adam,

I have been a CSA since 2008. I encourage you to join wholeheartedly. APHA and CSA have had a long term relationship and you will receive a discount as an APHA member to join.

I have attended many of their yearly conferences. This year it will be held in August 22-24 in Baltimore, MD.

I will always be grateful to Elisabeth Schuler,…[Read more]

Hello everyone,
My name is Brigette Whitaker. I’m excited to join this course! I’m a Registered Nurse with nearly 30 years of experience, the majority of which has been in perioperative services. Over the years, I’ve developed a deep understanding of the healthcare system and a passion for advocating for patients and their families.
I’m c…[Read more]