Rewriting the Narrative 🌻

Patient Innovation Strategist | Healthcare Consultant | TEDx Speaker | Author

Roi Shternin - Patient Innovation Strategist

Architect of Patient Agency

From seven years bedridden to global stages in 27 countries, I use my experience as a "professional patient" to fix healthcare systems. I don't believe in inspiration—I believe in infrastructure.

I build tools for the millions of missing people living with chronic illness, helping them reclaim their power in a system that often overlooks them.

For 10 years, I told the inspiring story while hiding the relapses. Now I talk about what actually works—not what looks good on stage.

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Who I Actually Am

I combine lived experience with systemic expertise. 13+ years in healthcare, multiple organizations founded, and work across 5 continents.

First Patient-in-Residence Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (Austria National Health Research)
First Patient-in-Residence Sheba Medical Center (Top 10 hospital globally)
Founder & CPO Chronically (media outlet for patient innovation)
Founder tinyMHA (mini-MBA in Healthcare Administration)
13+ Years Emergency Medicine (AEMT, Instructor, MDA Medal of Valor)
Master's Degree International Health & Social Management (MCI)
TEDx Speaker Shanghai, Shenkar College, multiple events
LSB Counselor Licensed 2026 - Medical trauma & chronic illness
7 Published Books Including "Revolution From My Bed" & "What Do Patients Want?"
Advisory Board IMC Krems University (Health Sciences Master's)
Past Clients Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, Novartis, Sheba Medical Center
Alumni Mandel Leadership Institute (social leadership)

The Algorithm Will See You Now 🎙️

Watch my latest TEDx talk on how technology and data are reshaping patient care and medical empathy.

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My Work

Chronically 🎙️

A media outlet challenging medical paternalism. Amplifying patient-innovators and radical honesty in the healing process.

Content Pillars: Patient stories, healthcare systems analysis, patient-led innovation, healthcare futures.

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tinyMHA 📚

The "Mini-MBA" in Healthcare Administration. Democratizing the systemic knowledge needed to navigate and change modern medicine.

For: Healthcare professionals, patient advocates, health tech entrepreneurs.

Go to tinyMHA.com →

The Patient School 🏥

Patient empowerment methodologies (2020-2023). Built patient-centered design frameworks used by healthcare organizations globally.

Dysautonomia Israel 💙

Transformed a 5-year diagnosis period into national recognition. Created Israel's first POTS diagnosis and treatment program at Sheba Medical Center.

What I Offer

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Keynotes & Speaking

"From Performative to Real: Building Healthcare Systems That Actually Work"

For organizations ready to move beyond wellness theater. Topics include patient-led innovation, the relapse cycle, medical trauma, and building inclusive systems.

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Workshops & Training

Systemic Empathy Upgrades

For organizations ready to stop performing inclusion and actually build it. Creating systems that work WITH human limitations, not against them.

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1:1 Counseling

Medical Trauma & Recovery

LSB Counselor (licensed 2026). For people in the relapse cycle, high-performers hiding chronic illness, anyone ready to stop performing and start healing.

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Advisory & Consulting

Strategic Guidance for Healthcare Organizations

Patient-centered strategy, inclusion systems, honest leadership. Board advisory and strategic consulting for healthcare orgs, health tech, pharma.

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Speaking Examples

I've spoken in 27 countries across 5 continents, including TEDx events, medical conferences, corporate leadership summits, and healthcare innovation forums.

TEDx Shanghai

How patients are the best equipped to solve healthcare problems.

The Algorithm Will See You Now

Technology, data, and the future of patient care.

TEDx Shenkar College

Navigating a medical system designed to fail patients.

Past Clients & Partners: Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, Novartis, Sheba Medical Center, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, IMC Krems University, EIT Health, government health ministries

Books

7 published books exploring what happens when systems fail, what resilience actually looks like, and how to survive without pretending.

Revolution From My Bed book cover

Revolution From My Bed

The book that launched the patient innovation movement—raw, honest, and a roadmap for anyone fighting the medical system.

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What Do Patients Want book cover

What Do Patients Want?

A guide for healthcare professionals ready to actually listen. Used in medical schools worldwide.

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The Algorithm Will See You Now book cover

The Algorithm Will See You Now

Healthcare technology through the patient lens—where AI meets humanity.

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ABC of Public Speaking book cover

ABC of Public Speaking

How to tell your story powerfully, even when your body won't cooperate.

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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia book cover

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (Hebrew)

Comprehensive guide to POTS syndrome—the first of its kind in Hebrew.

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How To Save a Life book cover

How To Save a Life

An illustrated guide to first aid—making life-saving skills accessible to everyone.

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The Jerusalem Post Ludwig Boltzmann Society Stanford University Boehringer Ingelheim Der Standard Krone Zeitung

Selected Articles

Der Standard (Austria)

Neue Rolle im Gesundheitssystem: Patient als Chef.

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Dataconomy

How healthcare institutions and hackers cooperate to save lives.

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Boehringer Ingelheim

Patient-Powered Progress: We are all called to be patient advocates.

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Speaking engagements. Consulting. Counseling. Advisory. Or just a conversation about what's actually real.