CHRISTINA A. COLE
Transforming Lived Experience Into Better Healthcare.
Christina A. Cole brings lived experience, patient advocacy, and healthcare innovation together to help create a more informed, supported, and patient-centered healthcare journey.
LIVED EXPERIENCE
Sepsis survivor, amputee, and patient advocate.
PUBLIC SERVICE
15+ years of Federal Service.
AUTHOR & SPEAKER
Author of Through the Ashes and keynote speaker.
FOUNDER
Phoenix Health Compass & Phoenix Navigator.
AS FEATURED IN
CHRISTINA’S MISSION
To transform the patient experience through advocacy, education, and innovation. A future where every patient feels informed, heard, and empowered..
PURPOSE IN ACTION
Christina knows what it means to navigate healthcare from the patient side. What began as sharing her story through Through the Ashes grew into something much larger: a commitment to advocate for patients, challenge the gaps she experienced firsthand, and create better ways forward.
Today, that mission extends across her advocacy, speaking, education, and the Phoenix platforms she is building to help patients and caregivers feel more informed, prepared, and supported throughout their healthcare journey.
START HERE
Where Do You Want To Begin?
Explore the part of Christina’s work that speaks to what you need right now.
The Future of Patient-Centered Healthcare Starts Here. Designed for patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocates.
THE PHOENIX ECOSYSTEM
Two Platforms. One Mission.
Two connected platforms, one patient journey, from the first search to the conversation that matters.
RESEARCH. COMPARE. PREPARE.
Phoenix Health Compass
Research verified provider and hospital records, understand cited healthcare information, compare options, and prepare better questions for important healthcare decisions.
NAVIGATE. RECOVER. ADVOCATE.
Phoenix Navigator
Step-by-step guidance, educational resources, printable checklists, and recovery tools to help patients, survivors, and caregivers prepare for care, navigate hospital stays, and move forward through recovery.
THE MISSION
Built by a patient.
Designed to change what comes next.
Phoenix exists to make healthcare more understandable, navigable, and humane—so patients and families can move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Turning Survival into Innovation.
Christina A. Cole is a founder, author, keynote speaker, and nationally recognized patient advocate. After surviving septic shock and navigating years of recovery, she transformed her experience into a mission to help patients and families feel more informed, prepared, and supported.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
MEDIA & PRESS
Explore Christina’s speaking engagements, media features, interviews, and conversations.
WATCH & LISTEN
Christina in Conversation: Where Lived Experience Meets Healthcare Change.
Hear Christina speak about patient experience, survivorship, healthcare innovation, and why lived experience belongs in the conversations shaping the future of care.
GENERAL & COLLABORATION INQUIRIES
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With Christina.
Invite Christina to bring a powerful lived-experience perspective to your keynote, panel, podcast, interview, or healthcare event. Connect to discuss your audience, event, and how her voice can contribute to the conversation.