Highlights Archive: July 2024

Here you'll find the latest news and featured highlights from Clinician Resources.

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Featured Grand Rounds

Quality, Patient Safety, and Equity in BCM Obstetrics

Dr. Christina Davidson and Dr. April Adams update learners about recent and ongoing quality, safety, and equity improvement projects that have been implemented at Ben Taub General Hospital and TCH Pavilion for Women. They also review national and statewide data regarding maternal morbidity and mortality, highlighting the need for continued work in quality improvement in obstetrics and gynecology.

CME credit available

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Myocardial Recovery: What Have We Learned and Future Directions

Dr. Stavros Drakos discusses heart failure's global burden of disease, pathophysiology, and current treatment methodologies. He then shares updates in our understanding of myocardial recovery and remission and how these advances may lead to new heart failure treatments.

CME credit available

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On-Demand Activities You May Have Missed

Addictions Update 2024: Hot Topics and Emerging Trends in Substance Use Treatment

Dr. Daryl Shorter discusses recent epidemiological, research, and treatment trends in addiction medicine and related disorders. He focuses on updates in our understanding of the opioid use epidemic, including the impact of stigma reduction and of the availability of evidence-based therapies.

CME & Pain Management credit available

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Menopause: A Much-Neglected Neurological Transition State and Period of Psychiatric Vulnerability

Dr. Karen Horst discusses advances in the understanding of the cognitive, emotional, and sleep symptoms of menopause, and how they can be managed. She highlights recent studies on brain imaging and metabolic findings during perimenopause, and reviews the staging and associated physiological changes of menopause. Additionally, she provides strategies on how psychiatrists can help women through this transition period.

CME credit available

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Game-Changing Updates in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease

The speakers and panelists discuss sickle cell disease, its prevalence, new gene therapy management strategies, and relevant ethical considerations. A pioneering CRISPR patient gives her perspective on undergoing gene-editing therapy and how that has impacted her health and quality of life.

CME & Ethics credit available

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Graham-Schwartz Lecture: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Dr. Arun Sanyal discusses the history, current recommendations, and potential future directions of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously known as non-alcoholic steatotic liver disease (NASH). He also shares his personal professional journey as a clinician and researcher in this field.

CME credit available

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