Executive Summaries

Innovative Medicaid: State-Backed Strategies for Better Health

This document presents key discussions from the sixth annual health policy symposium hosted by the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. The symposium's central theme was "legislating health: the role of the state in health policy," highlighting the significant influence states wield in shaping healthcare landscapes and discussing contemporary challenges.

The format of the event encouraged candid conversations among experts, foregoing slides to foster direct dialogue and provide practical takeaways for participants navigating the complexities of health policy.

Sleep Concerns and Solutions in Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This document provides a comprehensive overview of sleep, its importance, and sleep disorders, with a particular focus on challenges and solutions in patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).

Sleep is presented as a vital, evolutionarily conserved process crucial for brain function, memory, immune system health, and growth, with approximately seven hours being the recommended duration for adult

Sexual Health: Why It's Important and How to Help Patients Struggling with It

This document presents an insightful discussion led by Dr. Ashley Fuller, a board-certified gynecologist specializing in sexual health, menopause, and complex vulvovaginal diseases.

It highlights the critical importance of addressing female sexual health concerns, revealing that many women struggle with these issues but often feel uncomfortable discussing them. The presentation delves into understanding conditions such as Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) and various forms of sexual pain, including genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and vulvodynia.

Recognizing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence: Practice Clinical and Legal Considerations for Mental Health Professionals

This summary draws on insights from a presentation on recognizing and responding to intimate partner violence (IPV), covering practical clinical and legal considerations for mental health professionals.

The presentation highlighted the pervasive nature of IPV, its profound health consequences, the importance of systematic identification and intervention, and specific legal frameworks in Texas.

Coaching Medical Students to Become Physician Leaders: Insights from a Coach’s Journey

This document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Samir Nangia, a highly acclaimed physician coach, on his extensive experience in coaching medical students and physician leaders.

Dr. Nangia serves as an Assistant Professor at TCU School of Medicine and the University of California, San Diego, where he leads a leadership program for nephrology fellows, including those from Baylor.

From Data to Action: Using Science to Transform Perinatal Mental Health Care

This summary outlines key insights regarding the challenges and advancements in integrating mental health care into perinatal settings, based on the provided audio excerpts.

The speaker's passion for this work is deeply rooted in a powerful personal history involving transgenerational trauma stemming from her grandmother's untreated psychiatric illness after her mother's birth.

This experience highlighted the critical importance of maternal mental health and its potential transgenerational impact.

More Turns Than a Back Road: The Career Journey of an Academic Clinician-Scientist

This document outlines the winding career path of Barbara Trautner, M.D., Ph.D. an academic clinician-scientist, emphasizing key pivot points, research evolution, and lessons learned.

Annual Wellness Visits & Preventive Screening Schedule

This summary outlines the key aspects of Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs), particularly focusing on Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (MAWVs), based on the provided source material.

It covers their importance, the different types, eligible providers, required components, documentation, handling of concurrent medical issues, and practice models.

Tropical Medicine Case Presentations: Schistosomiasis

This document summarizes the key findings, discussions, and outcomes of two tropical medicine case presentations:

The first case describes a pediatric patient from Peru with symptoms mimicking hematologic malignancy, ultimately diagnosed with paracoccidioidomycosis.

The second case involves an adult patient with liver cirrhosis and pulmonary hypertension, presenting with a history of schistosomiasis.

2025 Update on Mpox: Epidemiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

This document provides an overview of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, covering its virology, history, current epidemiology, transmission, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

The information is based on a presentation drawing heavily from recent review articles, including one published in JAMA in October 2024 and another from 2022. The nomenclature changed from monkeypox to mpox in November 2022, recommended by the WHO and adopted by the CDC, primarily to reduce stigma associated with the name.