NMMAA & Malpractice Diaries Post-Screening Panel: Drug Safety & Legal Advocacy

This event was hosted by The National Medical Malpractice Advocacy Association (NMMAA) & Malpractice Diaries. The National Medical Malpractice Advocacy Association (NMMAA) was founded in 2013 by a group of everyday people who personally were victims, or knew someone who was a victim, of medical malpractice. The NMMAA dedicates itself as a national network to end medical malpractice through partnerships with local and national organizations across America.

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Deirdre Gilbert, founder/national director of NMMAA, moderated this panel discussion. Deirdre's journey began with the struggle for justice for her daughter who succumbed to medical negligence. NMMAA, a non-partisan educational organization, was created to promote transparency, integrity in the medical profession, and accountability.

Panelists:

Kim Witczak, Drug Safety Advocate. Kim co-founded Woodymatters, a non-profit dedicated to advocating for a stronger FDA and drug safety system.  She co-created and organized the international, multi-disciplinary conference  Selling Sickness: People Before Profits  conference in Washington, D.C.  In 2016, she was appointed Consumer Representative on the FDA Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee and is on the Board of Directors of National Physicians Alliance and MISSD (Medication Induced Suicide Prevention in Memory of Stewart Dolin.)  She is an active member of the DC-based Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition making sure the voice of non-conflicted patients and consumers is represented in healthcare/FDA related legislative issues.

Michael L. Baum is the senior managing partner of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman. He has successfully led the firm through thousands of wrongful death and personal injury cases stemming from major pharmaceutical drug catastrophes, harmful consumer products, and commercial transportation mass disasters.

Angela Peacock, MSW, former Army Sergeant and subject of the film

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Books and websites mentioned in this discussion:

The Withdrawal Project & The Inner Compass Initiative

The Antidepressant SolutionA StepbyStep Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and Addiction” by Joseph Glenmullen M.D.

SparkThe Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey MD