AMPLIFY: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Patient Voice Partner Team Co-Hosts on Amplify
Amplify isn’t just another podcast — it’s a movement. A space where real stories spark bold conversations and diverse voices come together to challenge the status quo. Here, patients, caregivers, clinicians, decision makers, and innovators all share the mic to shape the future of healthcare.
BRENT KORTE
ANNE MARIE HAYES
From Brain Cancer to Patient Power: Challenging the System and Building a Movement for Change
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary At 21, pianist Matthew Zachary faced a brain cancer diagnosis that disrupted his education, career plans, and sense of belonging. In this candid conversation, he reflects on delayed diagnosis, difficult treatment decisions, and...
When One Diagnosis Becomes Many: Navigating Heart Disease, Cancer, and Kidney Disease
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary After facing heart disease, thyroid cancer, and kidney inflammation, Allan Smofsky shares what it is like to navigate several serious conditions, multiple specialists, and the lasting effects of treatment while continuing to...
Beyond the Prescription: How Patient Support Programs Help Patients Access and Navigate Care
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary When a patient leaves the hospital or waits for a new treatment to be covered, the cost and complexity of care can quickly become overwhelming. In Canada, patient support programs can help bridge those gaps through financial...
The Complex Medical Mama: Caregiving, Advocacy, and Seeing Healthcare Through a Different Lens
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary What changes when a patient advocate becomes the mother of a critically ill child? Julie Croner joins Ursula Mann and co-host Anne-Marie Hayes to share her experiences with psoriatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, complex...
Beyond Asking the Doctor: Bringing the Patient Voice Into Clinical Research
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary Who gets to define what matters to patients in clinical research? Martine Elias, CEO of Myeloma Canada, joins Ursula Mann and Anne Marie Hayes to explore why meaningful patient involvement must go beyond asking doctors what...
When Lived Experience Becomes a Calling: Building Advocacy Around IBD and Better Care
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary What does it take to turn lived experience into lasting change for patients? Gail Attara joins Ursula Mann and Anne Marie Hayes to share how growing up with a mother living with Crohn’s disease shaped her commitment to...
When Pregnancy Suddenly Becomes Life-Threatening: Bonnie’s Story of HELLP Syndrome
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary Pregnancy complications can affect a woman’s health long after delivery—but those connections are not always recognized. In this episode of Amplify, Ursula Mann and Anne-Marie Hayes speak with Bonnie about her experience with...
20 Years in the Fight: Kathy Barnard on Melanoma, Advocacy, and Innovation
🎧 Listen to the Episode Episode Summary When Kathleen “Kathy” Barnard noticed two small spots on her arm, she had no idea they would lead to a diagnosis of metastatic malignant melanoma—and a prognosis of just three to six months. In this episode of Amplify, Kathy...
When Caring for Patients Comes at a Cost: The Complex Reality of Chronic Hand Eczema
🎧 Listen to the Episode Sponsor Acknowledgment This episode is sponsored by LEO Pharma and is part of Amplify’s special three-part series on Chronic Hand Eczema. LEO Pharma is a global research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the standard of care...
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