When I spell my name in hospital, I’m met with “Wow, that’s too hard - you’ll have to shorten that name when you become a Doctor.” I usually get embarrassed & not respond, but finally had the courage to say: “I’ll just teach my patients to pronounce it.” BIPOC and proud💪🏾 #MedEd

SHIFT: There's a price to missed diagnoses healthing.ca/wellness/opini…

“In his own practice, Chochinov has seen family members kept out of hospitals and nursing homes because of safety protocols, forced to let their loved ones die alone. A year later, he describes them as still being “emotionally broken.”

Report from the regional sessions at #CMLHZ21 what the world regions have been discussing and doing on CML patient advocacy, and what their plans are moving it forward in their region - always with a smile!

Lisa Machado from Lisa Machado presenting regional update of the North America region of the CML Advocates Network. #CMHZ21 #CML #LearnShareGrow

Thank you Lisa Machada for your piece. Lisa Machado "Imagine all the women who are waiting for years while their cancer grows because of some rule." Absolutely! Women r dying because of a corrupted study. It's time to act Minister of Health Prime Minister of Canada link.calgaryherald.com/view/5c8170f22…

Hey densebreastscanada! Thank you for reading. You are right, it’s time to act. Healthing.ca lisa machado

This is amazing news! I hope Canada follows suit, and soon!!! albertacancer @MBC_Advocacy_CA AHS_CancerCare

Gaining the Attention of Mainstream Media by the talented Lisa Machado “what is your hook?” #HealtheMatters #HeM22

Thank you to all the patients and allies who jumped through hoops at QP yesterday and called for equal access to take-home cancer drugs. See more here 👇 #BitterestPill #OncSM #CancerCannotWait toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

How long do we have to wait? Healthing.ca lisa machado

Today I’m recognizing International #ClinicalTrials Day #ICTD2022 by thanking everyone involved in clinical trials- participants, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, #PatientPartners and more- for all you do/have done to help us gain more knowledge and evidence. 🙏

North American reps Jerry Clements and lisa machado moderating the first medical session at CML Horizons in the beautiful Marrakech with @andreasHochhaus and @janeapperley #CMLHZ22

Save The Date - Get ready for it! September 30 - The "We're Back and Better Than Ever" conference mailchi.mp/fc4ac0a5c9fb/s…

Here's what some top advocates have to say about the findings of recent patient and doc survey by Novartis aimed at identifying gaps in CML patient care. @llsc CML AdvocatesNetwork #healthing #patientvoices youtube.com/watch?v=mda2sw…

#love #CML Despite a dismal 10-per-cent expectation of survival, there once was a mom who took a shot. Her son is now a man. Ask her now what she would have done with even worse odds, and she’ll tell you that she would have still tried. CML AdvocatesNetwork healthing.ca/wellness/opini…

It’s time to acknowledge that survival and quality of life aren’t the same thing. #QoL #CML #LMC CML AdvocatesNetwork International CML Foundation Lisa Machado patientvoice.io/perspectives/s…

Quality of Life is not the same as Survival says Lisa Machado and rightly so, Lisa Machado speaks at the Satellite Symposium on Quality of Life for CML patients at the International CML Foundation #ESHCML2024 John Goldman CML Conference

Get ready for it! Living Well with CML 2024, November 30 in Toronto. Register here livingwellCML2024.eventbrite.ca