About Deane Waldman MD, MBA
Deane Waldman, MD, MBA is the author of award-winning Become an Empowered Patient and 14 other books as well as more than 450 articles and monographs. After fifty years as a pediatric cardiologist, educator, researcher, medical administrator and public policy advisor, Dr. Deane is in a unique position to help listeners break free of the nightmare we call our healthcare system by becoming empowered patients. Together with Vance Ginn, PhD (Economics) and in conjunction with Americans for Tax Reform, Dr. Deane recently released the Empower Patients Initiative that will make medical care affordable and readily accessible by restoring spending authority to you, to We the Patients.
About Vance Ginn PhD
After five decades of clinical medicine and leadership roles, Deane Waldman, MD, MBA, figured out the reason medical care is both unaffordable and inaccessible. Vance Ginn with his PhD in Economics and highest-level government experience, understood the central role of financial decision-making. Together, they developed the “cure” for US healthcare—a remarkably simple plan called Empower Patients.
About Nancy Peterson
Nancy Peterson is an award winning audiobook narrator with more than a decade in the industry. Nancy received an Audie Award for Catching the Wind by Melanie Dobson, a SOVAs Award for The Closed Cabinet by Anonymous, an Earphones Award for Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos memoir) by Michael Imperioli & Steve Shirripa (stars of the television show) and an Earphones Award for Chasing Chopin by Annika LaFarge. Her list of over 260 titles includes other industry related nominations for Best Female Narrator, Best Fiction Narration, and Best Romance Narration. Nancy has worked in almost every genre with both independent authors and notable publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Harper Collins, and Harlequin. While narrating full-time keeps her busy, she believes in continuing education to improve and hone her skills. Nancy has studied with the best coaches in the industry: January LaVoy, P.J. Ochlan, Sean Pratt, Johnny Heller, Christina Rooney, Carol Monda, and Paul Allen Ruben. Nancy has a following of over 30-thousand on TikTok where she can often be found recording live for her fans around the world, or offering tips and guidance for narrators and authors alike. Nancy is grateful to pursue her dream career from her home at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.