The emergency department. The boardroom. The camera. The page.One person. All at once.
Most people who explain healthcare have never worked inside it. She runs it — the medicine, the data, the stories — then translates it for prime time, for print, and for you.
Double board-certified 5× TEDx On-air medical expert National op-ed writer
Translating medicine — and its future.
Pull back the iron curtain of healthcare — so everyone can see how it works, and how to fix it.
As an ER doctor, I thought I was entering a profession to battle disease and fight illness. Instead, I find myself continually challenged by the Goliaths of social, economic, and political forces, armed with not even a slingshot. Newsweek
Emergency rooms no longer just exist for emergency care, but now encompass all available care. We are the safety net in health care, but who is ours? NPR · WBUR On Point
There is a saying that you enter medical school wanting to help people but exit it wanting to help yourself. It may be a cynical view, but a realistic one. KevinMD
As one of the most unassuming side effects of the coronavirus, the U.S., for the first time in its history, set up a system of universal healthcare. Los Angeles Times
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On screen, on stage, on mic.
The executive behind the commentary.
As Chief Systems & Informatics Officer, she sets strategy for the data, analytics, and metrics the health system runs on — and advises health-tech teams, boards, and the trade press on where health tech and AI can earn their place.
One of the few emergency physicians in the country also board-certified in clinical informatics — fluent from the physician build layer to the data models underneath.
The most human end of the work.
“To the superheroes who have both created lives and saved lives, the amazing women who have taught me that yes, women can have it all.”
The dedication of Is Mommy a Doctor or Superhero?
Is Mommy a Doctor or Superhero?
An illustrated children’s book about a doctor-mom — told from a kid’s-eye view, beloved by medical families, and published in English and Spanish. A #1 Amazon new release in children’s superhero fiction at launch.
Get the bookThe podcastAnamnesis
MedPage Today’s medical storytelling podcast — physicians tell the true, unvarnished stories behind the medicine.
ListenNarrative Medicine & StorytellingStories from the bedside
Essays on life, death, and meaning in the ER — and consulting that brings that realism to scripted television.
ReadOn the page, on the air, and on the stage.
A national voice on medicine, health policy, and informatics — she has taken the stage from TEDx to HIMSS, writes for the country’s leading outlets, and appears regularly on national television. For interviews, op-eds, keynotes, advisory, or collaboration, get in touch.
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