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Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Amplify brings you real stories and bold conversations — from patients and caregivers to clinicians, advocates, innovators, and system leaders. Together, we explore the human side of healthcare and the bold ideas that make it better.
Powered by Patient Voice Partners, this podcast elevates lived experience to shape better care, access, and policy.
Tune in to hear what healthcare looks like — when people are finally heard.
Episodes
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Brain Cancer to Patient Power: Challenging the System and Building a Movement for Change
At 21, pianist Matthew Zachary faced a brain cancer diagnosis that disrupted his education, career plans, and sense of belonging. In this candid conversation…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
When One Diagnosis Becomes Many: Navigating Heart Disease, Cancer, and Kidney Disease
After facing heart disease, thyroid cancer, and kidney inflammation, Allan Smofsky shares what it is like to navigate several serious conditions, multiple…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Beyond the Prescription: How Patient Support Programs Help Patients Access and Navigate Care
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…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
The Complex Medical Mama: Caregiving, Advocacy, and Seeing Healthcare Through a Different Lens
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…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Beyond Asking the Doctor: Bringing the Patient Voice Into Clinical Research
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…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
When Lived Experience Becomes a Calling: Building Advocacy Around IBD and Better Care
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…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
When Pregnancy Suddenly Becomes Life-Threatening: Bonnie’s Story of HELLP Syndrome
Pregnancy complications can affect a woman’s health long after delivery—but those connections are not always recognized. In this episode of Amplify, Ursula…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
20 Years in the Fight: Kathy Barnard on Melanoma, Advocacy, and Innovation
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…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
When Caring for Patients Comes at a Cost: The Complex Reality of Chronic Hand Eczema
This episode is part of Amplify’s special three-part series on Chronic Hand Eczema, sponsored by LEO Pharma Canada. Across this series, we’ve explored Chronic…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
More Than Skin Deep: The Unseen Impact of Chronic Hand Eczema on Nurses at Work
Sponsor Acknowledgment This episode is sponsored by LEO Pharma. LEO Pharma is a global research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Chronic Hand Eczema: A Nurse’s Story of Pain, Work, and Family
Sponsor Acknowledgment This episode is sponsored by LEO Pharma. LEO Pharma is a global research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing the…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Beyond Accommodation: Building Workplaces Where Everyone Can Thrive
Episode Summary What happens when lived experience becomes a catalyst for systemic change? In this episode of Amplify, Ursula Mann and Anne-Marie sit down with…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Caregiver to Changemaker: Transforming Rare Disease Advocacy Through Policy
Episode Summary What does it take to turn personal caregiving experience into lasting healthcare change? In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Rewriting the Rules of Women’s Health: Power, Policy, and Patient Voice
Episode Summary In this powerful episode of Amplify, Carmen Wyton joins Ursula Mann and Anne Marie for a bold conversation about the invisible gaps in women’s…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Motherhood to Medicine: Curiosity, Connection, and Reinvention
Episode Summary This episode is sponsored by Medlior Health Outcomes Research. Sponsorship supports Amplify, while all conversations and perspectives remain…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Listening to the Heart: Lived Experience as a Catalyst for Better Cardiac Care
What happens when surviving cancer in your 20s leads to a completely different health journey decades later? In this powerful episode of Amplify: Elevating…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Wheezing to Leadership: Living with Asthma and Leading Change
Episode Summary This episode is sponsored by Medlior Health Outcomes Research. Sponsorship supports Amplify, while all conversations and perspectives remain…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
The Gift of Life, Twice: Charles Cook on Why Organ Donation Matters
Episode Summary In this deeply moving episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, we sit down with Charles Cook—a two-time deceased donor transplant…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Breaking the Silence: Harjeet Kaur on Rare Cancer, Cultural Stigma, and Turning Pain into Purpose
Episode Summary In this powerful episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, Harjeet Kaur shares her journey through an ultra-rare stage IV blood…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Two Steps Forward: Living, Advocating, and Rebuilding After a Brain Tumor with Claire Snyman
What happens when your life changes in an instant—and you’re left to navigate uncertainty, fear, and a system that isn’t built around you? In this episode of…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Dialysis to Second Chances: The Truth About Kidney Transplants and Patient Advocacy
Kidney disease is often called a “silent illness”—but for those living with it, the reality is anything but quiet. In this powerful episode of Amplify…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Impact in Action: Leadership, Caregiving, and System Change
In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte sit down with Sandra Walker, venture capital partner at Hard Climate…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Redefining Care: Women’s Wellness, Emotional Wellbeing, and Leadership
Episode Summary In this episode, Ursula Mann is joined by Christine Pisapia for a thoughtful conversation with Sigrun Watson, a healthcare leader and…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Beyond the Clinic: How Communities Shape Health
Episode Summary In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte speak with Reg Joseph, CEO of Health Cities, about how…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Living Beyond Diagnosis: Colorectal Cancer, Screening, and Patient Advocacy
In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Barry Liden are joined by Barry Stein, President and CEO of Colorectal Cancer…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Closing the Gap: Patient Voices and Pharma Transformation in the Middle East
How is patient engagement evolving in one of the world’s fastest-changing healthcare regions? In this episode, Ursula Mann and Christine Pisapia sit down with…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Welcome to Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices Through Listening and Action
Welcome to the launch episode of Amplify, the podcast powered by Patient Voice Partners, where real stories spark bold conversations. In this episode, host…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Living With Huntington’s: Inheriting Risk, Finding Purpose
Episode Summary In this powerful episode of Amplify, hosts Ursula Mann and Christina Pisapia speak with Erin Paterson, a writer, caregiver, and advocate whose…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Beyond the Dome: Humanizing Healthcare with Mark Stolow
In this conversation, Ursula and Anne Marie sit down with Mark Stolow, Founding Director of People Before Patients, to explore what it truly means to humanize…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Stage Zero, Full Strength: Share’s Story of Early Detection, Self-Advocacy, and Choosing Light
A routine nudge from a family doctor changed everything. After being sent for a mammogram she had delayed, Share was diagnosed with stage 0, triple-negative…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Physician to Patient to Pioneer: Dr. Shazhan Amed on Surviving TEN and Building Haibu Health
Episode Summary What happens when a physician becomes the patient—and then an entrepreneur? Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Shazhan Amed shares her harrowing…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Postpartum Psychosis: Cara’s Story of Crisis, Care, and Recovery
Trigger warning This episode includes discussion of severe postnatal mental health challenges, including postpartum psychosis, hospitalization, and panic. If…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Making Data Meaningful: From Health Literacy to Real-World Evidence
In this episode, Ursula and Christine are joined by Tara Cowling, Founder and President of Medlior Health Outcomes Research—a Canadian leader in real-world…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Listening as a Leadership Superpower: A Conversation with Brigitte Nolet (Roche Canada)
How do you embed patient voices across a complex, research-driven organization—and across a country’s health system? Brigitte Nolet shares how her own journey…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Fresh Voices, New Perspectives: Meet Izi
Welcome to Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, a podcast powered by Patient Voice Partners. In each episode, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte bring together…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
A Life in Healthcare: Christine Pisapia on Caregiving, Advocacy, and Patient Voices
In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte sit down with their teammate Christine Pisapia for a deeply personal…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Engagement to Inclusivity: A Conversation with Anne Marie Hayes
From Engagement to Inclusivity: A Conversation with Anne Marie Hayes In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte…
- Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
From Law to Listening: Barry Liden on Data and Patient Voices
What happens when you bring law, data, and patient stories together? In this episode of Amplify, Ursula and Brent sit down with their teammate Barry Liden to…