When the Doctor Becomes an Amyloidosis Patient

Send us Fan MailWhat if you are a doctor and diagnosed with amyloidosis, and now you’re a patient? In this episode we’ll be talking with Dr. Charles Schulman, a general cardiologist. He was on the staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for over 53 years, until he retired in early 2024. Back in 2020 he was diagnosed with Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy – or ATTRwt-CM. It’s an interesting situation to be in, with lots of questions to understand how being a doctor impacts your experience as a patient and vice versa. For an overview of amyloidosis, please see episode 2 (for clinicians) or episode 3 (for patients).