About Lauren Wheeler, Patient Advocate

Lauren Wheeler, BCPA, MD

Lauren is a board-certified patient advocate, former family medicine physician and medical writer. After graduating from medical school with an MD, she entered a family medicine residency program intending to become a fully licensed doctor. Lauren left this program early and instead utilized her knowledge base to became a medical writer and patient advocate. The focus was on creating well-researched patient education materials that anyone could read.

Sometime during the pandemic, Lauren moved from Kansas to Humboldt and finally feels that she’s found home here on the lost coast, splitting time between medical review and editing and patient advocacy.

In all of her work, she tries to make medical information easy to understand for everyone. Lauren’s passion lies in organizing information into a story that makes sense, but never at the expense of the truth.

As a patient advocate, Lauren works for you to make sure that you get the healthcare that you want and need. She is in no way licensed to practice medicine, nursing, or anything else. She cannot (and doesn’t want to) replace your doctor, but can help you navigate healthcare as only an insider could.

Because Lost Coast only accepts payments directly from clients or those who choose to pay on their behalf, we can truly prioritize the client’s wishes. Lauren doesn’t work for any insurance company, hospital, or other institution. This is the meaning of an “independent” or “private” advocate. Because of this, Lost Coast cannot accept insurance payments at this time, and will never sell client information or take money for referrals.

We are happy to provide you with our full curriculum vitae (CV) and references upon request.