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Dr. DIY

by Eugenie Hsu

This podcast features stories of patients and caregivers who serve as health advocates for themselves, family members or their rare disease community; conduct “citizen-scientist” literature reviews and research; and work (with or without research and clinical scientists) to discover their own treatment interventions for the difficult-to-treat conditions that often stump the medical establishment.Dr. DIY host Eugenie Hsu is a clinical psychologist and citizen scientist, who has been a patient advocate on behalf of her son and believes in working to advance science for optimal quality-of-life.

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Episodes

  1. Amy Wood and Eugenie Hsu, Raymond A. Wood Foundation

    Amy Wood joins Dr. DIY podcast host Eugenie Hsu in conversation about the upcoming Pituitary Brain Tumor Virtual Family Conference coming up on November 14 & 15. Register for the conference: www.pbtconference.org. Listen and learn about this exciting conference as well as about Eugenie’s…

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  2. Anthony Di Franco: Biohacker, Open Insulin Project

    Anthony DI Franco is a type 1 diabetic who decided to tackle big Pharma’s monopolistic practices and rising costs of insulin by founding the Open Insulin Project. Listen and learn about how he was inspired to apply an anarchistic and biohacker approach to contribute to the emerging and cutting…

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  3. Penelope Heller, Cancer Survivor and Patient Advocate

    Penelope Heller is a 23-year-old young woman from New York City who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her sternum and ribs at 17. When she found the chronic pain in the aftermath of the tumor resection intolerable— she used her research and advocacy skills to find and import a medical device…

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  4. Maria Picone, CEO of TREND Community

    Maria Picone is a patient advocate and co-founder and CEO of TREND Community, a digital health company whose mission is to improve the quality of life for all who live with rare and chronic disease: WWW.TREND.Community TREND uses technology to leverage social media to better understand disease...

  5. Julianne Baker, mom and neuroscience medical sleuth

    Julianne Baker has been researching her son’s mysterious medical condition for over 20 years and has recently found some answers. Listen to the story about her medical detective work on her son and learn about the connections she has made between suicidal tendencies, sleep, hunger, hormones, and…

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  6. Amy Wood, DIY brain tumor parent-advocate and founder of the Raymond A. Wood Foundation

    Join me in conversation with Amy Wood, parent advocate for her son (diagnosed with Craniopharyngioma in 2015) and founder of the Raymond A. Wood Foundation. She discusses the reasons for founding her organization, the passion behind her work in the brain tumor community and the accomplishments…

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  7. Interview of Saniona CEO, Rami Levin, about the results of the phase 2 trial of Tesomet.

    New Hope for HO: Tesomet is a new drug being trialed for Prader-Willi syndrome and Hypothalamic Obesity. Rami Levin describes the successful phase 2 trial results.

  8. Pilot Dr. DIY

    Trailer episode of Dr. DIY, a podcast that interviews guests who have something to share about being forward- thinking citizen scientists or health advocates for rare diseases and other health conditions not well understood or treated by the medical establishment.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

This podcast features stories of patients and caregivers who serve as health advocates for themselves, family members or their rare disease community; conduct “citizen-scientist” literature reviews and research; and work (with or without research and clinical scientists) to discover their own treatment interventions for the difficult-to-treat conditions that often stump the medical establishment.Dr. DIY host Eugenie Hsu is a clinical psychologist and citizen scientist, who has been a patient advocate on behalf of her son and believes in working to advance science for optimal quality-of-life.

HOSTED BY

Eugenie Hsu

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Dr. DIY have?

Dr. DIY currently has 8 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Dr. DIY about?

This podcast features stories of patients and caregivers who serve as health advocates for themselves, family members or their rare disease community; conduct “citizen-scientist” literature reviews and research; and work (with or without research and clinical scientists) to discover their own...

How often does Dr. DIY release new episodes?

Dr. DIY has 8 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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You can listen to Dr. DIY on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts Dr. DIY?

Dr. DIY is created and hosted by Eugenie Hsu.
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