Elisabeth Schuler

Elisabeth Schuler is the Founder of Patient Navigator LLC, a pioneering, full-service patient advocacy firm established in 2004 to help patients and families navigate illness and the U.S. healthcare system. She earned her Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)® credential in 2007 and her Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA) credential in June 2020. She is a founding member and past President of the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy (NAHAC) and the winner of the APHA 2012 Patient Advocacy Compass Award. From 2011-2012, she was a member of the strategic planning task force at the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Patient Partnerships. She is a trained bereavement counselor and launched a Parent Loss Support Group in 1991.

In her first career, Elisabeth worked 25 years in the U.S. Government, 22 of them as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State during which she earned nine prestigious Honor Awards. She holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies from the American University in Paris, France and the Sorbonne. The gift of her daughter’s survival from an inoperable pediatric brainstem tumor in 1998 led Elisabeth to her new calling as a patient advocate so that she can champion, educate and solve problems for patients and families.