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May 2012
MCKINNEY EDITION
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REAL PATIENTS. REAL STORIES.
Man Up
for Your Health
Men are notorious for avoiding the doctor.
But WAYNE REYNOLDS is alive today because
he sought treatment when he needed to
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OUR
PREMIER
ISSUE …
FOR YOU!
Just one more way
we’re putting down
roots in McKinney
Wayne is pictured
with his wife, Martha.
OPENING THIS
SUMMER
Take an early look
inside the new Baylor
McKinney PAGE 2
STAY INFORMED,
STAY HEALTHY
Get the latest health
news exactly the way
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We’re Putting
Down Roots
in McKinney
Baylor McKinney is opening its doors—and
here’s your first look inside
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER
AT MCKINNEY will open its
doors July 6, 2012—and we
couldn’t be more excited
about it.
With more than 469,000
square feet, this full-service,
95-bed hospital and medical
office campus is dedicated
to serving the health and
wellness needs of more than
136,500 residents in McKinney
and the surrounding area. The
hospital expects to receive
LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design)
certification for architectural
innovation, environmental
sustainability and energy efficiency
upon opening.
“As our community grows,
the hospital will continue
to expand to meet the need
for quality health care and
expanded services,” says
Melissa Winter, R.N., MSN,
chief nursing officer and chief
operating officer for Baylor
McKinney. “It’s truly an
innovative facility that has
been designed with guests’
comfort in mind. We utilize
advanced medical technology,
including completely
electronic medical records,
to provide quality care with
a personal touch.”
“Our vision at Baylor
McKinney is to be trusted
as the best place to give and
receive safe, quality and compassionate
care,” says Scott
Peek, president of Baylor
McKinney. “We’ve geared our
interview process to carefully
select leaders whose primary
drive is to serve others. That
amplifies both the technological
and aesthetic appeal
of this campus—without
great people, you can only
go so far.”
Find Dr. Right
No matter your health care needs, we can match you with a physician
who can help. To find the one that’s right for you, call 1.800.4BAYLOR
or visit BaylorHealth.com/McKinney.
Here When You Need Us
It’s comforting to know that whatever your health care
needs, Baylor Medical Center at McKinney is equipped
to provide you with the quality, compassionate care you
deserve—right in your neighborhood.
The services you will find at Baylor McKinney include:
• Heart and vascular care
• Cancer services
• Imaging
• Digestive diseases care
• Orthopedics
• General surgery
• Neurology
• Internal medicine
• Emergency care
• Outpatient services
• Obstetrics and gynecology,
including a Level III
NICU with private suites
Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, 5252 W. University Drive, McKinney, TX 75071. President: Scott Peek; Marketing/Public Relations Director: Kelly Maier; Editor: Jennifer Irwin. Baylor McKinney Main Number:
469.764.1000; Parent Education Classes: 1.800.4BAYLOR (1.800.422.9567); Baylor McKinney Breast Center: 469.764.7000; Baylor McKinney Physician Referral: 1.800.4BAYLOR. Visit BaylorHealth.com/McKinney or
call 1.800.4BAYLOR for information about Baylor McKinney’s services, upcoming events, career opportunities and more.
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Get a Sneak Peek
Take a virtual tour of Baylor McKinney at BaylorHealth.com/McKinney.
Every inch of Baylor
McKinney—from the
lobby to the guest
suites to the waiting
areas—has been
designed with guest
comfort in mind. The
result is a soothing
healing environment.
Meet Our Leadership Team
SCOTT
PEEK
PRESIDENT,
BAYLOR MEDICAL
CENTER AT
MCKINNEY
Before joining Baylor McKinney, Scott Peek served as chief operating officer at Baylor
Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, which received the Texas Award for Performance
Excellence from Texas Quality Foundation in 2009.
Peek, named Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital
Council in 2009, is known for his ability to facilitate employee engagement, accountability and
excellence everywhere he has served. He holds two master’s degrees, one in healthcare administration
and one in business administration, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Peek and his family recently relocated to McKinney and love their new community.
MELISSA
WINTER
CHIEF NURSING
OFFICER &
CHIEF OPERATING
OFFICER
STEVE
ROUSSEL
CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER &
CHIEF COMPLIANCE
OFFICER
Serving in two critical roles, Melissa Winter is responsible
for planning, directing and coordinating nursing and ancillary
services to ensure the delivery of quality, compassionate
care. Before joining Baylor McKinney, she served as
vice president of patient care services and chief nursing
officer for THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano.
Winter was listed among the Great 100 Nurses in
Dallas-Fort Worth in 2009 and received the Dallas-Fort
Worth Hospital Council’s Young Healthcare Executive of
the Year award in 2010.
She is a graduate of West Texas A&M University, where
she earned a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in nursing
administration, and is currently pursuing her doctorate in
nursing practice.
Steve Roussel is responsible for financial planning and
budgeting, and the hospital compliance program.
Before joining Baylor McKinney, Roussel served as
vice president of finance and as compliance officer for
Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie. During his tenure,
he helped improve hospital operations through strong
financial management and increased staffing productivity.
Roussel received a bachelor’s degree in finance/
accounting from Abilene Christian University and a
master’s degree in business administration from the
University of Dallas. He is a member of the Healthcare
Financial Management Association.
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REAL PATIENTS. REAL STORIES.
Live Longer,
Live Stronger
SSmart Smart strategies to defuse
men’s top health threats
35, Reynolds had several colonoscopies in his
30s and 40s before getting an all-clear report
when he was 48. Later, when bleeding cropped
Staying in shape is a priority for Wayne Reynolds. “I’ve always
been extremely health conscious,” says the 55-year-old bank
senior vice president. Because of bleeding polyps when he was
up again, internal hemorrhoids were diagnosed.
But Reynolds felt that it wasn’t a big enough
deal to want to take time away from his busy
work and family life.
When Reynolds finally scheduled repair surgery in 2010,
the surgeon discovered Reynolds also had a tumor in his
colon. It took almost a year of chemotherapy, radiation
and surgery to treat the stage-three cancer.
“If I had acted sooner, I might have
been diagnosed with stage-one colon
cancer,” Reynolds says. “It’s best
to err on the side of current
inconvenience instead of
long-term inconvenience.”
Although he still struggles
with chemo-induced peripheral
neuropathy, making it difficult to
feel his feet and be as active as he
would like, today Reynolds’ cancer
is gone and he is relieved.
Watch Wayne’s Story
To hear more about Wayne’s story, visit
BaylorHealth.com/Healthcast today.
Wayne Reynolds
survived colon cancer,
thanks to his good
sense to see a doctor
when he did and
the support of
his wife, Martha.
4 To download a tipsheet about men’s health at midlife, visit BaylorHealth.com/Healthcast

Like Reynolds, you may think you’re too busy for an annual physical, screening
test or minor medical procedure. But “sacrificing an hour or an afternoon or
even two or three days of your life is a lot more efficient than sacrificing weeks
and months of your life” for treating more-advanced disease, Reynolds says.
Here’s what you can do to guard against common diseases that strike men:
THREAT:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Strategy: Get your numbers in line
“The number-one killer of men
is cardiovascular disease,” says
Heather Bass, M.D., a family medicine
physician on the medical staff at
Baylor Medical Center at McKinney.
When fatty plaque deposits build up
in blood vessels, they can cause heart
attack or stroke.
Just like tracking business goals,
you can’t measure your progress
if you don’t know your numbers.
Keep an eye on your blood pressure,
cholesterol and weight.
“Generally speaking, you’re not
going to feel bad from high blood
pressure or cholesterol,” Dr. Bass says.
“So you don’t know you have them
until you get the screening done.”
Improving your diet and exercise
habits can help modify weight and
cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
If lifestyle changes aren’t enough,
medication may help reduce your
heart disease risk.
THREAT: CANCER
Strategy: Talk to your doctor about
necessary screenings
Lung, prostate and colon cancer
are the top three cancers in men.
“Screening is the biggest way to
catch colon cancer in its early stages,”
Dr. Bass explains. “Anytime you
can catch a cancer early, before it
spreads, you have a better outcome.”
If everyone older than 50 would
get recommended screening tests,
colon cancer deaths could be reduced
by as much as 60 percent, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention says.
“It’s important to have regular
visits with your primary care
doctor so you know if
you need to screen
earlier,” Dr. Bass says.
You can also discuss the risks
and benefits of screening for
prostate cancer by means of a digital
rectal exam or prostate-specific
antigen testing.
Smoking is the culprit for about
90 percent of lung cancer deaths in
men. “If you don’t smoke, don’t start,”
Dr. Bass says. “If you do, quit.”
See your doctor if you experience
symptoms such as chest pain,
chronic cough, coughing up blood
or unexplained weight loss.
THREAT: DIABETES
Strategy: Be physically active
and lose a little bit of weight
Being overweight and inactive are two
major risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
“Losing weight and exercising have
been proven to decrease your risk of
developing diabetes,” Dr. Bass says.
Losing just 5 to 7 percent of your body
weight can delay or prevent diabetes,
according to a National Institutes of
Health study. Even without weight loss,
exercise can help lower blood sugar,
other research has shown.
“Diabetes affects every system in
the body,” Dr. Bass says. Uncontrolled
high blood sugar puts you at risk
for heart disease, stroke, vision loss,
kidney disease, erectile dysfunction,
and nerve damage that causes a loss
of feeling in the feet and legs.
It can be hard to make time for
your health in the midst of work and
family responsibilities, Reynolds
acknowledges. “But if I’m gone, I
can’t take care of my family. Your
physical health is more important
than anything else.”
Acting now can preserve your
ability to enjoy life in the future. “You
need to catch these health conditions
in their early stages,” Dr. Bass says,
“so you can prevent complications
as you get older that can limit your
ability to be active.”
Should You Head
to the ER
“There are situations in which it is
clear that you need to go straight to
an emergency room,” says Christa
Lambert, emergency department
manager at Baylor Medical Center
at McKinney. “But other times, it’s
not such an easy decision.”
As a general rule, Lambert
advises people to use urgent care
centers for ailments such as earaches,
throat pain, fevers that can
be controlled with medication,
simple sprains and cuts, or during
evening and weekend hours when
your doctor’s office is closed.
Should you require emergency
care, Baylor McKinney’s emergency
room is ready for you. “We are a
full-service ER, which means we are
capable of stabilizing all emergent
conditions,” Lambert says. “We utilize
electronic health records as well,
which increases the safety and timeliness
of care. In addition, we work
closely with local EMS providers to
provide seamless, quality care to
the community.”
More Than an ER
Emergency care is just one of
the services offered at Baylor
McKinney. Learn more at
BaylorHealth.com/McKinney.
Emergency photo: ©Blend Images/Photoshot
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33.5%
More than a third
of U.S. adults have
high blood pressure.
Easing the Pressure
Baylor study investigates alternative to blood pressure medication
UNCONTROLLED HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE can lead to serious health
issues, including heart disease, kidney
disease and stroke. Baylor researchers
are studying a new approach that
could help normalize blood pressure—
without medication.
The Symplicity trial is testing a
minimally invasive procedure known
as renal denervation. The experimental
procedure uses heat that is generated
by radio frequency to disrupt nerve
communication to and from the kidneys.
This can reduce overactivity in the
sympathetic nervous system, a frequent
cause of chronic high blood pressure.
“The sympathetic nervous system
controls blood pressure and can
cause hypertension initiated by life
and stress,” says David L. Brown,
M.D., principal investigator at THE
HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano.
“This investigational device is being
tested to determine if it will disrupt
the sympathetic nervous system,
which may significantly lower blood
pressure, stop multiple antihypertensive
medications, and have an effect on other
conditions affected by the sympathetic
nervous system.”
Blood pressure is measured in
millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Less
than 120/80 is considered healthy. To
enroll in the Symplicity trial, patients
must have a blood pressure level in which
the top (systolic) number is above 160.
They must also be taking the maximum
dose of three to five different blood
pressure medications simultaneously
Do You Have High
Blood Pressure
To enroll in the Symplicity trial,
visit BaylorHealth.com/
AdvancingMedicine.
but not achieving the desired
lower blood pressure levels.
“In previous studies of this
device in limited numbers of
people, this simple procedure
reduced patients’ blood
pressure by an average of
about 30 mmHg, a reduction
that persisted throughout
subsequent assessments,”
says Sonia Prashar, M.S.,
CCRC, research coordinator
at THE HEART HOSPITAL
Baylor Plano. Baylor Jack
and Jane Hamilton Heart
and Vascular Hospital also is
participating in the study.
Participants will be
randomly assigned into
two groups: One group will
have the renal denervation
procedure and the other group will not.
(No one but the surgical team will know
who is in each group.) Patients will be
given home blood pressure monitors and
followed up with frequently. After six
months, participants who did not have
the procedure may be given the option
of having it done, if they still qualify.
If the study confirms that renal
denervation can result in a large,
persistent decrease in blood pressure, it
could be excellent news for people who
have high blood pressure that isn’t being
successfully controlled with medication.
“Improving blood pressure has
a profound effect on longevity and
reducing the risk of stroke,” says James
W. Choi, M.D., primary investigator for
the Symplicity trial at Baylor Hamilton
Heart and Vascular Hospital. “Catheterbased
renal denervation is an exciting,
investigational treatment for patients
with resistant hypertension who
otherwise might not be able to be helped.”
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AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Delivering the latest health news to your door—or inbox
THESE DAYS, IT SEEMS you can’t turn on the news or click through your favorite
newspaper without coming across new health recommendations. It can be
overwhelming. Luckily, you and your family can stay up to date on the latest
health news with one source—Baylor Medical Center at McKinney.
“We offer resources to help educate our community about the latest health
and wellness information as well as future happenings at our hospital,” says
Jennifer Irwin, senior marketing consultant at Baylor McKinney. “We’re sharing
important, helpful information that people really value and appreciate.”
BaylorHealth
Magazine
This complimentary, full-color, glossy
magazine (the one in your hands!)
is delivered free right to your door
six times a year, and features inspiring
patient stories, important health
and wellness information, and news
updates from Baylor McKinney.
“We get a lot of positive feedback
from BaylorHealth readers, and we are
excited to share the publication with
the growing community of McKinney
and neighboring areas,” Irwin says.
Most residents in McKinney and
the surrounding communities will
receive BaylorHealth automatically. If
you or someone you know does not
currently receive our magazine, call
1.800.4BAYLOR to sign up for your
free subscription.
BaylorHealth.com/
McKinney
Consider this your online destination
for all things Baylor McKinney—from
patient testimonials to maps of the
campus to directions to the hospital.
“You can also find a list of upcoming
classes and events,” Irwin says.
And don’t forget Baylor’s extensive
HealthSource library, which connects
you to information on a variety of conditions
and diseases with the click of
your mouse.
Find Us on Facebook
To join our Baylor Babies Facebook
group, visit Facebook.com/groups/
baylorbabies and click “Ask to
Join” to connect with other new
and expecting parents who are
partnering with Baylor
on their journey through
parenthood.
New Parent
E-Newsletter
For expecting families who plan
to deliver at the hospital, Baylor
McKinney offers the New Parent
E-Newsletter, a free weekly email featuring
healthy tips, interesting facts
and helpful suggestions.
“Our New Parent E-Newsletter gives
you weekly updates on your pregnancy
as well as your baby’s growth,
from conception through age 3,”
Irwin says. “It’s a favorite among our
growing families.”
This weekly email isn’t just for
moms, Irwin stresses. “It helps dads,
grandparents and friends keep up on
your baby’s development, too.”
To sign up, visit BaylorHealth.com/
McKinney.
Mother photo: ©Jupiter Images
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From private Level III NICU suites, to advanced care for cancer, heart and vascular, and round-the-clock emergency services,
we’ll be delivering the quality, compassionate care you’d expect from the health care system that is deeply rooted in North Texas.
But we won’t stop there. You’ll see us cropping up all over the community with health fairs, seminars, and events designed to
deliver advanced medicine through every stage and phase of your life. Baylor and the community, getting better, together.
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
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• Cancer Services
• Heart and Vascular
For a virtual tour or for more information, go to BaylorHealth.com/McKinney or call 1.800.4BAYLOR.
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• Emergency Care
• Neurology
• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Digestive Diseases
• Orthopedics
And many more services to care for you and your family.
• General Surgery
• Imaging
• Outpatient Services
For a virtual tour or for more information, go to BaylorHealth.com/McKinney or call 1.800.4BAYLOR.
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