Media & Speaking

Victoria Killian is a Board Certified Patient Advocate and founder of Chronically Advocating. She speaks regularly on patient advocacy, complex healthcare navigation, chronic illness, disability, insurance barriers, and systemic gaps in care, drawing from both her professional expertise and lived experience.

Her work has been featured in podcasts, webinars, and media conversations focused on empowering patients and caregivers while improving accountability within healthcare systems.

Selected Media & Interviews

Selected examples of Victoria’s media features and speaking engagements include:

• Los Angeles Daily News — Op-Ed on medication access & California policy
• Bankrate — Interview on rising private health insurance costs
• HealthCentral — Patient advocacy guidance for ankylosing spondylitis
• Spondycast (SAA) — Navigating treatment denials & self-advocacy
• Patient Advocacy Now (Greater National Advocates) — From patient to professional advocate
• HealthAdvocateX XCenter Series on Rare Disease — Panelist on systems gaps, access barriers, and the future of rare disease advocacy

Speaking Topics

Victoria speaks to patient communities, professional audiences, advocacy organizations, and healthcare-adjacent groups on topics including:

• Navigating insurance denials, appeals, and patient rights
• Advocacy strategies for complex, chronic, and rare diseases
• Systemic barriers in U.S. healthcare and how patients fall through the cracks
• Executive functioning challenges in healthcare navigation
• Caregiver advocacy and burnout
• Translating lived experience into effective advocacy

Media & Speaking Inquiries

For media inquiries, podcast invitations, panels, or speaking opportunities, please use our contact form. Media inquiries are welcome.