Charles B. Inlander
Biography
Charles B. Inlander is president of the nonprofit People’s Medical Society. Since its founding in early 1983, Inlander has guided the People’s Medical Society to its status as the most influential consumer health advocacy organization in the United States.
Inlander is also president of the Charles Inlander Organization, Inc., an international health marketing, media, and communications consulting firm.
Inlander is a faculty lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, an adjunct faculty member at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, and a Fellow of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He is a health commentator on Public Radio International’s Marketplace, heard throughout the country on public radio stations. He has also hosted his own program, The Charles Inlander Show, on WPEN in Philadelphia.
He is a founder of the Civil Justice Foundation and serves, or has served, on the board of directors of Consumers for Civil Justice, the National League for Nursing, the Pennsylvania League for Nursing, the American Academy on Physician and Patients, and the Lehigh Valley Business Conference on Health Care. He is on the advisory boards of the Citizen Advocacy Center, the Primary Care Management Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, HealthMarket and Bottom Line/Personal Publications. He served as an appointed member of the Quality Assurance Committee of the prestigious Institute of Medicine. He is also an appointed member of the Institute of Medicine’s recently announced committee on Drug Safety and Medication Errors. He is a columnist in BottomLine Health. He was a columnist in Nursing Economics and a contributing editor for Medical Self-Care magazine. His articles regularly appear in such publications as The New York Times, Glamour, and Boardroom.
He is coauthor of many best-selling and award-winning books including:
- Take This Book to the Hospital With You
- Medicine on Trial
- Medicare Made Easy
- Your Medical Rights
- Getting the Most for Your Medical Dollar
- Take This Book to the Gynecologist With You
- So You’re Going to Be a Mother
- Test Yourself for Maximum Health
- Good Operations: The Consumer’s Medical Desk Reference
- 150 Ways to Be a Savvy Medical Consumer
- 67 Ways to Good Sleep
- 77 Ways to Beat Colds and Flu
- Long-Term Care
- The Over-the-Counter Doctor
- The People’s Medical Society’s Men’s Health and Wellness Encyclopedia
- 62 Natural Ways to Beat Jet Lag
- This Won’t Hurt (And Other Lies My Doctor Tells Me)
- Family Health for Dummies
- Men’s Health for Dummies
- First Aid and Safety for Dummies
Inlander is listed in Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in American Business Leaders, and since 1991, in Health Care 500.
Prior to joining the People’s Medical Society, Inlander established a national reputation as an advocate for the rights of handicapped citizens.
A native of Chicago, Inlander is a graduate The American University in Washington, D.C. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, including Oprah , Donahue, Today, Good Morning America, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, 20/20, Geraldo, NBC Evening News, CBS Evening News, ABC Evening News, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
