Episode 45: Brandy McFadden

Thank you for tuning into Life's Best Medicine. Brandy Parker-McFadden is a wife, mother, patient advocate, Executive Director/Founder of My Epilepsy Story and a woman living with epilepsy.  She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society and American Epilepsy Society Epilepsy Leadership Counsil (ELC). Mrs. McFadden is a member of the AES ELC: Surveillance/Prevention Working Group and Membership Committee, a Consultant and Patient Advocate on the MONEAD Project, and COPE. Mrs. McFadden was named PCORI Ambassador in 2014 and still continues to this day. In addition, she is also a member of the American Academy of Neurology: Epilepsy Quality Measure Development Work Group and American Academy of Neurology: Women with Epilepsy Guideline Work Group. Mrs. McFadden’s passion is to advocate for patient-centered care as well as patient-centered research. She believes the patient voice needs for be heard by allowing patients to have a seat at the table when decisions are being made regarding healthcare and when doing research. She believes that we can “bridge the gap” for females by addressing women’s health issues across the globe in the clinical and research settings. Also, she believes that women’s health issues are generally “just discussed” on a global scale but never fully addressed with plans being implemented to improve the patient outcomes of the female population.  Mrs. McFadden is also passionate about having a national pregnancy registry that is solely federally funded. In addition, she believes in “Women Demand Change”, with men standing with them, to make healthcare as an institution better for them and the next generation of females.  Life’s Best Medicine According to Brandy: “Faith—Faith in God and faith that there is a bigger picture and purpose for the hardships you encounter.” For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!   Links:   Brandy McFadden: Twitter My Epilepsy Story Instagram Facebook   Dr. Brian Lenzkes:  Website