How Caregivers & Patients Can Empower Themselves with any Doctor, Dr. Ann Hester

Ann Maria Hester, M.D. is a board-certified internist with over 25 years of clinical experience caring for patients in multiple settings. She was struck by the tremendous amount of unnecessary pain and suffering, which motivated her to start writing patient empowerment literature while still in medical school. She has written several books, including her latest, published in 2022 called Patient Empowerment 101: More than a book, it’s an adventure! The ‘adventure’ is a sister website where readers can go to download fillable medical forms and watch empowering videos. Dr. Hester is a thought leader and former syndicated columnist. Her expertise has been showcased on CNN and KevinMD, as well as in TIME, Newsweek, Medium, and other publications. Most recently, she launched a one-of-a-kind on-demand health and wellness course platform, Patient World (https://www. patientworld.net) where people around the world can enroll to take fun and interactive courses taught by doctors, authors, and health experts