Stronger Than Ever: Liz Salmi in Sacramento Magazine

Written By Liz Salmi
Photo by Ryan Angel Meza

Photo by Ryan Angel Meza

This month I was featured in a story for Sacramento Magazine about six women who are kicking ass in our different ways.

This article describes the work I have been doing to redefine the patient role in health care, research, and medical education. I am proud of this story because so much of my life for the last 15 years has been defined by cancer; this one is focused on my work.

I felt validated to be featured here after the last year of my life where I faced a lot of unseen challenges: brain surgeries, radiation, hours of recovery work. I am still taking a chemotherapy drug. I wondered if anyone remembered me when I have been isolated in my Sacramento neighborhood recovering. Walking. Running. Re-learning how to drive. Loving the trees. Missing Boston and the rest of my health care fam on Twitter.

Check out the full story: Stronger Than Ever: Meet six women who persevered through adversity to develop notable careers.

Thank you to Sena Christian for her lovely writing, and Ryan Angel Meza for his talented use of light in this photograph.

Liz Salmi

Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.

https://thelizarmy.com
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