Written by Trish Pooley It’s National Doctors’ Day, a day first celebrated in 1933 to recognize the contribution of a physician who performed the first surgery with anesthesia. George H. Bush later established this day as a National Holiday to recognize the physicians, researchers and medical educators who work to …
Last week, the Peggy Lillis Foundation traveled to Texas and Ohio to fight C. diff through education and advocacy. I left New York on Sunday, March 12 to travel to Austin to speak on a panel at South By Southwest (SXSW). The panel, Consumer Reports Wants Patients to Track Superbugs, …
On Wednesday, March 15th, the Akron Beacon published an op-ed by Advocates Council member and Arkon resident Apryl Gleespen and our Executive Director Christian John Lillis: Protect these public funds to stop fatal infections By Apryl Gleespen and Christian John Lillis Imagine becoming sick from an infection you’ve never heard …
