The Patients Rising Podcast
Honest, Helpful Discussions About Issues Impacting Those with Chronic Illness
For years, Patients Rising has given patients the information they need about health policy developments from Washington, all while giving them a voice in the nation’s capital. Now we bring the news and insights to you in a format that’s easy to take with you.
Each week, Patients Rising Podcast digs deep into the week’s healthcare policy issues. Each episode features the latest news, in-depth discussions with policymakers and patient advocates, and updates from patient correspondents around the country. You’ll hear honest and helpful discussions about issues impacting those with chronic illness. Executive Director Terry Wilcox hosts the show, with Robert “Dr. Bob” Goldberg, Co-Founder and Vice President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.
Meet the Patients Rising Podcast Hosts
Terry Wilcox
Terry Wilcox helps patients find their voice and become advocates for their health care. As the co-founder and executive director of Patients Rising, Terry manages the organization’s day-to-day operations to help every patient gain access to the right treatment. An expert in multimedia storytelling, Terry uses her background in entertainment and media to present powerful personal patient narratives. She has a track record of building coalitions with survivors, caregivers, and medical professionals. A regular opinion writer on health policy and how it affects patients, she has been published in Fortune, the Boston Globe, The Hill, Morning Consult, Real Clear Health, Inside Sources, and mo
Bob Goldberg, PhD
Robert Goldberg is Vice President and co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (www.cmpi.org), a non-profit organization that advocates for consumer access to public health innovations. Prior to founding CMPI, Dr. Goldberg was Director of the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Medical Progress and Chairman of its 21st Century FDA Task Force that recommended ways to reduce the time and cost of getting innovative medicines to patients. Many of these recommendations are integral elements in the 21st Century Cures Act. Dr. Goldberg received his PhD in Politics from Brandeis University in 1984, is a devoted Yankee fan, father of two children, Sara 35 and Zach, 32, and grandfather to Miles, age 4.
Robert Johnson
NEWS HOST
Robert Johnson is an award-winning podcast host and producer who got his start reporting and anchoring radio news as a teenager in rural Arizona in the early 1980s. Before he graduated high school, the Associated Press declared him the "youngest radio news director in America." He has covered news for ABC Radio, Mutual Radio Networks, and news-talk radio stations in Phoenix and Tucson. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his broadcast journalism work, including a prestigious Associated Press Managing Editors Award, an honor usually reserved for print journalists.
