“A brain MRI is a claustrophobic procedure in which you are passed through a tube so tight that it practically touches your nose and forehead and makes you feel like you might suffocate. I hated it.”
– Lance Armstrong, It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
