Baylor Health Policy Symposium 2024
This event is organized by The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Center for Professionalism (bcm.edu).
May 14, 2024
Theme: When Medicine Becomes Political
Overview: Our annual event where we highlight health policy work at Baylor College of Medicine and discuss contemporary challenges in health policy that impact our community. This year, we hope to have candid conversations about how to engage in productive discussion around controversial topics and promote respectful discourse in the face of disagreement. We will also have a poster session from Baylor students.
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- Opening and Keynote from Dr. Giroir "The Political Doctor"
- Panel: “The Political Patient”
- Dr. Hotez Keynote "The Political Academic"
- Panel: "Transcending Politics"
- Dr. Blendon Keynote: "Where do we go from here" and Closing Remarks
- Virtual Poster Session
| Time | Topic | People |
|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | Opening | Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine
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| 9 - 9:40 | Keynote: The Political Doctor | Bret Giroir, M.D., CEO, Altesa BioSciences, Inc.; Former Assistant Secretary for Health and Admiral, US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Moderator: Vaso Nataly Rahimzadeh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine |
| 9:40 - 10:25 | The Political Patient | Susan Patricia Raine, MD, JD, MEd, LLM, Professor April Dione Adams, MD MS, FACOG, FACMG Joseph Shimon Kass, M.D., J.D., FAAN, Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine Moderator: Jean Raphael, MD, MPH, Professor, |
| 10:25 - 10:35 | BREAK | |
| 10:35 - 11:15 | Keynote: The Political Academic | Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Texas Children's Hospital, Co-Director, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development Moderator: Laura A. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., Professor Medicine-Health Srvcs Research at Baylor College of Medicine, Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center |
| 11:15 - Noon | Transcending Politics | Mary Brandt, MD, FACS, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine J. Wesley “Wes” Boyd, MD, PhD, Professor of psychiatry and medical ethics at Baylor College of Medicine, Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School Ricardo Nuila, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine-General Med/Ben Taub at Baylor College of Medicine Moderator: |
| Noon - 12:20 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 12:20 - 1:20 | Keynote: Where do we go from here? | Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy, Emeritus Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Moderator: Ellen M Friedman, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P, Senior Associate Dean of Professionalism, Director, Center for Professionalism and Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine |
| 1:20 - 1:25 | Closing | Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine |
Virtual Poster Session | ||
