Ep 88: Behind the Scenes of Medical Advocacy with Dr. Susan Baumgaertel

Voices of Women Physicians

Dr. Susan Baumgaertel is an internal medicine physician with over 30 years of clinical experience. In 2020 she launched MenopauseMenu, a free informational website providing nourishing support for menopause and beyond. 2021 started a new chapter as she stepped away from direct patient care and founded a novel telemedicine business model, myMDadvocate. She uses her extensive lmedical experience and expertise to serve patients by providing medical consultation and advocacy support.
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. She 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. She published her first book "The Menopause Menu" in 2023—an all-in-one giftbook, medical guide, and recipe book for navigating menopause.
Some of the topics we discussed were:

• About Dr. Baumgaertel’s novel telemedicine business model, myMDadvocate
• The common topics for which she provides medical consultation and advocacy support
• How she helps primary care and specialty physicians and surgeons
• Dispelling misconceptions about menopause
• Menopause in the workplace
• Scientific evidence for what else can help menopausal symptoms apart from hormone replacement therapy
• Weight management and menopause and what helps
• Tips from her book on managing menopause

And more!
Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/
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Connect with Dr. Baumgaertel:
My professional business website, myMDadvocate:
https://www.mymdadvocate.com/

My free informational and blog website, MenopauseMenu:
https://www.menopausemenu.com/

My book website page:
https://www.menopausemenu.com/book/

YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@dr.susanbaumgaertel

LinkedIn Profile:
http://linkedin.com/in/susan-baumgaertel-md

SoMeDocs Professional Profile:
https://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/susan-j-baumgaertel-md/

Facebook Page—Menopause Menu:
https://www.facebook.com/MenopauseMenu

My book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFZC3RT6?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860