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Podcast: The Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast
Episode: E133: Dr. Emma Westermann on Cracks in the System, PANDAS, and the Shift to Direct Care
Description: Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller! This week, returning guest Dr. Emma Westermann shares how her training in health policy at Harvard revealed the deeper flaws in the American healthcare system—and how that inspired her shift to direct care.Dr. Westermann opens up about the deprofessionalization of medicine, the hidden costs of insurance, and how the system fails complex patients. She also shares her personal journey navigating her son’s PANDAS diagnosis and how that led her to create a new coaching model for families dealing with neuroimmune conditions and medi...