ACADEMIC
ENDORSEMENTS
Since publication, We the Patients: Understanding, Navigating, and Surviving America's Healthcare Nightmare has drawn growing interest from physicians and educators who see it filling a gap in how medical and healthcare curricula teach the patient experience.
The endorsements below were submitted independently by faculty and clinical leaders who read the book and recommended it for adoption.
“Few books capture the patient experience of serious illness with the honesty and clarity found in We the Patients. Matthew Zachary provides a firsthand account of what patients and families face navigating diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship , offering future clinicians valuable insight into the realities that exist beyond the clinic.”
Henry Friedman, MD
Deputy Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center
“As physicians, we spend much of our training learning to diagnose and treat disease, far less on understanding what patients and families experience navigating the system itself. We the Patients offers a candid look at the obstacles that shape care long before treatment begins.”
Allyson Ocean, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell/NewYork-Presbyterian
"We the Patients offers a perspective missing from academic coursework on healthcare systems and policy. Matthew Zachary examines how insurance design, administrative burden, and institutional decision-making shape patient outcomes in ways rarely visible from within the system itself."
Elizabeth Cohn, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor of Medicine
CUNY School of Medicine
"Patients face enough challenges navigating illness while working and caring for family. We the Patients adds patient-forward thinking and humanity back into healthcare, helping train the empathy of anyone who touches the patient experience, with real gains in satisfaction and outcomes."
Evelyn Fuertes, BA, AAS
Community Outreach Coordinator, Education
Rutgers Cancer Institute | ScreenNJ
"Understanding healthcare requires more than understanding medicine. It requires understanding how people navigate complex systems and how decisions made far from the point of care affect outcomes. We the Patients offers a thoughtful look at trust, access, and the disconnect between institutional priorities and patient needs."
Vernon Bainton, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Havas Lynx Group
“A BLISTERING EXPOSÉ”
– Publishers Weekly
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