MedShadow Founder, President to Speak at PharmedOut Conference

New York, NY – May 19, 2023 – PharmedOut will host its ninth annual conference, “Making Healthy People Sick: Invented Diseases and Overdiagnosis” on June 15 and 16 at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC.

PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center project that aims to “advance evidence-based prescribing and educate health care professionals and students about pharmaceutical and medical device marketing practices” through educational slideshows, videos, events, and information about Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses. The organization does so free of industry sponsorship and influence.

The upcoming conference will include MedShadow Foundation’s Founder and President Suzanne Robotti speaking on the “Make the FDA Great Again” panel during the two-day event. Accompanied by Sharon Batt PhD, of Dalhousie University, as well as John Powers MD, of George Washington University, Robotti will discuss the challenges and opportunities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its many processes and functions.

“As a nonprofit organization focused on informing readers about the side effects of medications, all without the funding or influence of the pharmaceutical industry, our mission aligns well with the goals of PharmedOut,” said Robotti of the upcoming conference session.

As the sole consumer representative on the FDA’s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee since 2017, Robotti offers a unique perspective to the process of new drug approvals.

“The Consumer Rep role on the FDA Advisory Committee empowers me to speak for and on behalf of the patient and from the consumers’ point of view,” Robotti adds.

She has written several blogs about her recent experiences with the FDA, which can be found on the MedShadow.org website. MedShadow welcomes other publications to share its content with credit. For more information on partnerships, contact editorial@medshadow.org.

Other session topics at the conference include discussions on psychiatric diagnoses, dementia treatment, messaging to patients, negatives to early cancer detection, viagra and Low-T, drugs for menopause, and patents. A pre-conference event will be held on June 14 with Carl Elliot MD, PhD at the New Research Building Auditorium at 4 p.m.

The PharmedOut annual conference is open to the public. A total of 12.75 CME credits are available for those who qualify. For pricing information and a full agenda of the two-day conference, visit PharmedOut’s website. Questions regarding the conferences can be directed to at pharmedout@gmail.com or (202) 687-1191.

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About MedShadow Foundation

MedShadow Foundation, founded in 2013, is a nonprofit that focuses on the safest ways to take over-the-counter and prescription medications, as well as lifestyle and nutrition options. Medications have many benefits, but knowing how to balance these against their potential side effects is essential. Side effects can sometimes be difficult to recognize, so MedShadow works to illuminate and explain medication reactions that may be otherwise minimized or obscured. MedShadow does not accept or receive any financial support or funding from the pharmaceutical or supplement industries, and requires that all staff, writers, advisors and other partners be free from any financial relationships with such companies. medshadow.org