ONLINE: The [Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics](https://www.bcm.edu/academic-centers/medical-ethics-and-health-policy) presents its annual Health Policy Symposium with the theme “When Medicine Becomes Political.”

Description; “Our annual event where we highlight health policy work at Baylor College of Medicine and discuss contemporary challenges in health policy that impact our community. This year, we hope to have candid conversations about how to engage in productive discussion around controversial topics and promote respectful discourse in the face of disagreement. We will also have a poster session from Baylor students.”

**Keynotes:**

* **Where Do We Go from Here: Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D.**, Richard L. Menschel Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Policy Translation and Leadership Development at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at both the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He directs the Harvard Opinion Research Program, which focuses on better understanding of public knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about major social policy issues in the U.S. and other nations.
* **The Political Doctor: Admiral Bret Giror, M.D.**, CEO, Altesa BioSciences, Inc. Former Assistant Secretary for Health, Acting FDA Commissioner, WHO, Board Member, and Admiral in the US Public Health Service, Author of “Memoir of a Pandemic: Fighting the Coronavirus, the Presidency, and Leadership”
* **The Political Academic: Peter Jay Hotez, M.D.**, Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Texas Children’s Hospital, Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development; Author of new book “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning”

**Panels:**

* **The Political Patient:** April Dione Adams, M.D. MS, FACOG, FACMG, Joseph Kass, M.D., J.D., FAAN, Susan Patricia Raine, M.D., J.D., M.Ed., LLM, Jean Raphael, M.D., MPH.
* **Transcending Politics:** Mary Brandt, M.D., FACS, J. Wesley “Wes” Boyd, M.D., Ph.D., Ricardo Nuila, M.D., Stacey Rubin Rose, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.I.D.S.A.

This virtual event is **free and open to the public.**

**Full agenda and registration**: [https://www.bcm.edu/academic-centers/medical-ethics-and-health-policy/health-policy-program/health-policy-symposium](https://www.bcm.edu/academic-centers/medical-ethics-and-health-policy/health-policy-program/health-policy-symposium)

**NOTE**: RSVP’ing on this Meetup page DOES NOT mean you are registered for the event itself.