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Alicia D. Monroe
Alicia D. H. Monroe is an American physician and the Provost of the Baylor College of Medicine. Her research considers physician-patient communication and medical education. Early life and education Monroe was born in Indianapolis. Her mother was a beautician and her father worked for the United States Postal Service, and neither of her parents attended college. Monroe attended Broad Ripple High School, a public high school in Indiana. She has said that she was inspired by her childhood paediatrician, an African-American woman who mentored her throughout her time at high school. Monroe experienced a lot of premature death in her family, including her grandfathers and uncles. She lost her mother to Hodgkin's Disease and her father to lung cancer. Monroe has said that her mother's original symptoms were dismissed by her physician as being Psychosomatic medicine, psychosomatic, which motivated Monroe to work on new ways to improve the patient-physician relationship. Monroe earned he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baylor College Of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a medical school and research center in Houston, Texas, within the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical center. BCM is composed of four academic components: the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the School of Health Professions, and the National School of Tropical Medicine. The school is part owner, alongside Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, the flagship hospital of the CHI St. Luke's Health system. Other affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes include Harris Health System, Harris Health System's Ben Taub Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TIRR Memorial Hermann, the Menninger Clinic, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and the Christus Santa Rosa Health System, Children's Hospital of San Antonio. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
