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I'm a paramedic who became a patientwho became a teacher who learnedto build, write,and stand in front of rooms.
The short version
I was 25 when a senior doctor told my parents to take me home and accept it. He said I wouldn't walk again. Wouldn't work. Wouldn't marry. He said the kind thing was to stop hoping.
He was wrong about every single thing.
What he was right about was that the system had no idea what was happening to me. Thirty-three doctors. Seven years in a bed. I taught myself medicine from a horizontal position. I diagnosed myself with POTS — a real condition with a real name that nobody had thought to look for, because nobody had thought to listen long enough.
Then I made a choice. Go back to bed. Or make sure other people don't end up there.
I chose the second one. I've been working on it for twenty years.
What I do
This isn't one job. It's a portfolio.
01
I teach.
Over 30,000 professionals, patients, and audiences across 27 countries — trained, taught, and in rooms. Patient communication at IMC Krems University. Patient in Residence at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute — the world's first.
02
I write.
Seven books. One argument: there is a gap between what the system believes is happening and what patients actually experience. Revolution From My Bed. The Algorithm Will See You Now. The Complete Pocket Guide to Medical Appointments.
03
I build.
Fifteen-plus ventures across three decades. Spooniversity. Dysautonomia Israel. The Patient School. Chronically. Spoons.world. Bedcoders. Not a hobby. Infrastructure for the people the system can't see.
04
I work with technology.
Dell Precision Ambassador — one of two health voices among 24 ambassadors globally. I build local-inference AI tools for patient experience data. I'm not a speaker who talks about AI. I'm a patient advocate who uses it.
05
I advise.
Healthcare organisations. Pharma. MedTech. Founders building for patients. Government bodies thinking about AI in healthcare. Most of this doesn't appear publicly. If you need a patient expert who understands the system from inside both ends — that's the conversation.
06
I stand in front of rooms.
Twenty-seven countries. TEDx Shanghai. TEDxMedUniGraz. Boehringer, Takeda, Novartis, Sheba, PwC, Dell, the Vatican. Universities, hospitals, pharma boardrooms, leadership offsites. English, German, Hebrew.
Why this works
I'm not a coach. I'm not a motivational speaker. I'm not a consultant who learned the language.
I'm a paramedic who became a patient who became a teacher who learned to build, advocate, write, and speak — and every one of those is real and verifiable.
Most people who speak about patient experience have never treated patients. Most people who speak about AI in healthcare can't read the codebase. Most people who speak about invisible illness are telling their story without building the infrastructure around it.
I do all three. That's what you're looking at.
What people say
I have never seen a speaker like you before.
This is the most important lesson I have had in medical school. Every future doctor should listen to Roi.
My personal highlight was Roi's keynote on why chronically ill people might be our best employees.