User:Kathy Kastner/sandbox

User:Kathy Kastner/sandbox

Kathy Kastner (1953 - ) is an author, and health entrepreneur, noteworthy for being a chosen as a Canadian Woman Changing Healthcare twitter influencer

Kastner created the first layperson’s perspective on end of life planning - BestEndings.com which won a Federal Innovation Grant and a Women's College Hospital  competition

She did TEDxYorkU:Exit Laughing, and was selected for (2013)Stanford MedicineX Conference

Kathy is an invited contributor to Health Conferences ((International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference) International Healthcare Summits Peer-reviewed Health Publications. and health industry publications

Prior to BestEndings.com

In 1989, she pioneered hospital based patient-education television networks Healthtv™ and The Parent Channel®. ) supported by Fortune 500 companies.

Kastner was selected to participate in the First Business Women's Trade Mission to Washington In 2005 she won the [|H. Winter Griffith] for the patient education video Medication Safety

[http://Prior%20to%20her%20focus%20on%20health,%20https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/the-new-year-can-spark-a-career-reinvention/article6399145/? Prior to her focus on health] Kathy was an Entertainment Reporter and child tv star

Early Life

Growing up, Kathy Kastner came from a media family, including brothers [|John] and [|Peter] and sister, Susan.

Personal Life

Kathy Kastner lives in Toronto with her husband. She has two daughters.