Tag - gynecology

Texas Children’s Health Plan to host special live CME event

Eating Disorders and Gynecologic Care for Young Women  Recognize eating disorders and common menstrual problems, and know the resources available for at-risk patients to sex trafficking. This is a free, online CME course for contracted providers of the health plan provided by Texas Children’s Hospital. Thursday, February 25, 2021 – 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Live stream via WebEx Topics covered will include: Eating disorders Amenorrhea Abnormal Uterine Bleeding STIs Contraception Sex Trafficking To register today, click here. For questions, email tchpcme@texaschildrens.org The...

Texas Children’s Health Plan’s Chief Medical Officer Named ACOG President-Elect

Houston—Lisa Hollier, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Obstetrics and Gynecology for Texas Children’s Health Plan and Medical Director for The Center for Children and Women, has been selected President-elect of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists to serve the May 2017-May 2018 term. She will take office at the Executive Board Meeting on May 9, 2017. Hollier is also a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Division of Women’s Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine....

Vaccines and Pregnancy

By Dr. Lisa Hollier, MD MPH Chief Medical Officer Texas Children’s Health Plan Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Director, Health Policy Division, Baylor College of Medicine Pregnant women, along with their fetuses, are particularly vulnerable to vaccine-preventable disease-related complications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made recommendations for adult vaccines and there are two that are directly recommended for administration during pregnancy, four are recommended in pregnancy based on additional risk factors, and two are specifically recommended during the postpartum period (see table)....