OUR MISSION
The Patient Empowerment Workshop is dedicated to helping patients get the care they deserve.
Coping with serious and ongoing illness is scary, frustrating, and bewildering. Worse, the medical systems we encounter as patients and caregivers often make things harder.
We believe that every patient and caregiver can learn the skills they need to take a seat at the table as equals. Each of us can empower ourselves to navigate the system in a way that yields the highest quality care and the best outcome possible.
The Patient Empowerment Workshop creates and hosts online, written, and interactive experiences that teach practical skills on how to cope with the stress of illness, balance life and caretaking, communicate with doctors so they listen, and stay safe in a chaotic environment. Our goal is to help you peak behind the curtain, discover how doctors think, & learn how you can maneuver the system in a way that gets you better care.
When hope is dim, we can shine the light to guide you home.
DAVID EZON, MD
David Ezon, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York. He is a 2025 Cullman Award recipient for being rated among the top 5% of physicians in the nation in his ability to communicate with patients. He was graduated by Rutgers University in New Jersey prior to completing medical school at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and residency in pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. He then completed fellowship in pediatric cardiology and advanced cardiac imaging at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. He is the co-author of the Atlas of Congenital Heart Disease Nomenclature and the author of Survive and Conquer: Your Guide When Illness Strikes. He has previously worked on developing ventricular assist devices for those coping with heart failure and augmented reality technology to assist in pre-operative planning and medical education. David lives in New York City with his husband and sons. In his free time, David loves travel, hiking, and getting in over his head on home improvement projects.
