
Introduction: Navigating your Health with myMDadvocate
A brief introduction to an 8 episode series aiming to demystify how to approach health care with the virtual help of Dr. Baumgaertel.
Dr. Susan Baumgaertel draws upon her 30 years of experience as a physician in primary care internal medicine, and uses her personal story-telling style to communicate with you as if you are sitting right across from her. Pull up a chair and enjoy.
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Dr. Susan Baumgaertel draws upon her 30 years of experience as a physician in primary care internal medicine, and uses her personal story-telling style to communicate with you as if you are sitting right across from her. Pull up a chair and enjoy.
A brief introduction to an 8 episode series aiming to demystify how to approach health care with the virtual help of Dr. Baumgaertel.
Finding quality primary medical care can often be a daunting process, but it is of vital importance to our physical and mental well-being.
There are many complexities in securing a medical diagnosis, a journey that is too often compounded by our current healthcare climate.
Dr. Baumgaertel dives deep into the layers of support for caregivers, and explains her new acronym DAIS: Delegate, Ask, Identify, and Set boundaries.
Dr. Baumgaertel reviews the various types of aging, and shares her Top Ten ways to age with intent.
Dr. Baumgaertel talks about identifying personal needs early, having a multidisciplinary team, and shares a poignant poem from a cancer survivor.
Dr. Baumgaertel reviews definitions for different menopausal stages, clarifies how to understand the early signs of menopause, and gives some great tips on things to pay attention to.
Dr. Baumgaertel gives an introduction to the full lecture she gave in December 2022 entitled “What I’ve Learned from Running a Weight Management & Wellness Program for 7 Years.”
In this final episode of Navigating Your Health with myMDadvocate, learn four concrete ways you can reclaim control of your medical journey.
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Behind the scenes
Dr. Susan Baumgaertel has hung up her stethoscope after 25 years of clinical practice in internal medicine and now owns a novel medical consultation business, myMDadvocate. She serves patients in WA state as their virtual physician advocate, guide, partner, coach, resource, navigator and educator. Common topics include aging with intent, preventive care, menopause, chronic diseases, autoimmune conditions, weight management, behavioral health, cancer and survivorship support, caregiver stress, coping with chronic pain, and referral advocacy. Dr. Baumgaertel also serves as an ally to primary care and specialty physicians and surgeons by helping to “offload” more thorough and deep-dive discussions with patients on medical issues and navigational concerns, a service that our current strained healthcare system often cannot support in a timely manner.
Parallel to her professional services she maintains her passion project website MenopauseMenu which offers nourishing support for menopause and beyond. This site offers science-based health information, balanced with a holistic focus on personal well-being. All are invited to improve individual empowerment, reinforce sustainable life balance, and build nourishing paths to feeling healthy and well.
Her upcoming book The Menopause Menu will be a great resource for everyone interested in all things menopause!
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