Generation Patient

Generation Patient is a nonprofit organization created by and for young adult patients with chronic, complex, rare or undiagnosed medical conditions. The organization’s focus includes providing peer-support groups, roundtable discussions and helping to drive systems-level change through policy work, leadership programming and advocacy initiatives across healthcare and research spaces.

Generation Patient also offers:

• “Creating Spaces for Young Adults with Chronic Conditions,” a step-by-step toolkit with resources and strategies for finding and creating peer support
• Virtual community-led peer-support groups for young adults (ages 18 and up), including:
  •  A general group for young adults with chronic and rare medical conditions,
  • A higher education group for patients in college or graduate school,
  • A group for young adults with irritable bowel disease (IBD)