Dr. Lisa Doggett - Up the Down Escalator - Multiple Sclerosis
b'Lisa Doggett is a family physician,\\xa0writer, and MS warrior based\\xa0in Austin, Texas. An activist at\\xa0heart, she is a cofounder of Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility and\\xa0a columnist for Public Health Watch.\\xa0She previously directed a safety-net\\xa0clinic where she saw a mix of patients\\xa0struggling with their own health challenges in a deeply dysfunctional system. She has battled frustrating symptoms, relapses, and insurance\\xa0companies. But she has also run two marathons and completed a Half\\xa0Ironman triathlon, traveled throughout the U.S. and internationally,\\xa0raised two daughters, and embraced her work as a physician leader\\xa0dedicated to improving health care for underserved communities.\\xa0Lisa graduated from Amherst College, Baylor College of Medicine,\\xa0and the University of Texas School of Public Health. She has been\\xa0published in the New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, Motherwell, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Austin American-Statesman,and on NPR.org. She blogs for the National MS Society\\u2019s Momentummagazine and has been featured in Parents magazine, Women\\u2019s World,and on CBS Sunday Morning. She lives near downtown Austin, with\\xa0her husband, Don Williams, a hospital-based pediatrician, and their\\xa0two daughters, Ella and Clara. This is her first book. For more, please\\xa0visit her website: www.lisadoggett.com'