Martie Carnie

Co-Chair, Patient Family Centered Care Steering Committee / Senior Patient Advisor Brigham and Women's Hospital

Martie Carnie, a 28 year, four-time survivor of breast and melanoma cancers, is a founding member and past co-chair of Dana-Farber’s Adult Patient and Family Advisory Council. Currently, she is co-chair of Brigham & Women’s Patient Family Advisory Council, which encompasses 16 councils and 85 patient and family advisors. As a patient advocate and the Senior Patient advisor she is actively involved in promoting the voices of patients and families as partners of the health care team in clinical inpatient and outpatient settings, patient education, and Hospital wide committees and projects. In research, she brings her voice to the Brigham Research Institute, she serves as a clinical investigator and the patient experience perspective for PCORI  Research . She is a frequent spokesperson at conferences and seminars about patient-centered care, patient experience, patient safety, and the Voice of the Patient in healthcare and Design.
Martie is a strong proponent of Patient Family Centered Care principles which guides the process for partnership with senior leadership and staff to work together to improve healthcare delivery, patient engagement and the patient experience at BWH.