August 2019

A family affair in healthcare

Categories:The Flame

There is something quintessentially American about children following their parents into the family business. Even in the highly competitive, unique field of healthcare, having a son or daughter follow doctor mom or doctor dad into medicine is not unusual. What is unusual is five members of the same family–representing different specialties–working at the same hospital and even on the same cases. But for the past several years, it’s been a dynamic that Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, has been fortunate to have in the Lichliter’s.

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August 2019

Second annual medical education alumni picnic

Categories:Baylor Scott & White Health|Baylor University Medical Center|The Flame

Dear Baylor Alumni:

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to our 2nd annual Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, Medical Education Alumni Picnic, Saturday, September 28th. Alumni and their families are invited to spend the afternoon where it all started here at Baylor University Medical Center at the beautiful Landry Park. All ages are welcome to attend and enjoy lunch, yard games, bounce house, music and much more. This reunion picnic will also include Faculty and current Housestaff from all the programs.

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July 2019

Novel thoracic aorta device trials enrolling at Baylor Scott & White – The Heart Hospital Plano

Categories:Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano|Clinical Trial|Heart and Vascular|Research

Below are two novel thoracic aorta trials being conducted at Baylor Scott & White – The Heart Hospital Plano. These trials leverage our multi-disciplinary team approach, which brings Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeons together in our TAA clinic for collaborative, simultaneous visits with each patient. This approach has proven time and again to better inform decisions surrounding patient care plans and help produce stronger outcomes.

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July 2019

Baylor University Medical Center hosts international conference to determine role of liver transplantation in acute alcoholic hepatitis

Categories:Baylor University Medical Center|Education|Liver Disease

For decades, transplant programs have performed liver transplants on patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis. Most of these patients have not used alcohol for many months, if not years. However, a small subset of patients—many of them younger and female—are presenting with acute alcoholic hepatitis. Historically, liver transplants have not been performed on these patients.

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July 2019

Baylor Scott & White Health transplant teams successfully utilize organs from hepatitis C-positive donors

Categories:Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth|Baylor University Medical Center|Liver Disease|Research

The opioid epidemic has caused the incidence of acute hepatitis C (HCV) in the United States to triple over the last several years. More than 5 million people in the nation carry the virus. Because many of these people are undiagnosed, especially in high-risk populations, many organs from HCV-positive donors are still being procured.

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