The days of treating illness such as obesity, heart disease, lung disease, cancer, or chronic pain from only a biological or physical perspective are long gone.
Conditions like these are initiated, exacerbated, or perpetuated by psychological, behavioral, or social factors. Effective treatment requires an integrated team which collectively treats the whole person. The new Behavioral Health Center at Baylor Plano offers behavioral health consults for patients struggling with a medical condition or associated problems. The following services are offered at the new center:
- Treatment of psychological problems including:
- depression
- anxiety / worry
- grief / bereavement
- Coping with a physical illness
- Pre-surgical psychological evaluations for weight loss surgery
- Psychological evaluations for pain surgery
- Health Behavior change and motivation enhancement
- Weight Loss
- Binge Eating
- Pain Management
Jamile (Jay) Ashmore, PhD, will serve as clinical director of the Behavioral Health Center. Dr. Ashmore is a licensed psychologist and obtained received his PhD in clinical psychology from The Ohio State University. He completed his clinical training in Medical Psychology at Duke University Medical Center and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at The Cooper Institute in Dallas. Prior to joining Baylor Plano, Dr. Ashmore served as Vice President at the Cooper Aerobics Center and maintained a clinical practice. He currently has appointments as clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler and in the Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Ashmore’s ongoing research focuses on the biological, psychological, and social aspects of chronic disease.
The Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano Behavioral Health Center is locatedon the Baylor Plano campus at4708 Alliance Blvd., Pavilion I, suite 830. A physician referral is not required to schedule an appointment. Patients can schedule an appointment by calling 469-814-4850.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano and at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano ranks fourth on U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Best Hospitals metro area ranking for the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Baylor Plano is also a 2010 recipient of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence and houses an Accredited Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commissions on Cancer. Baylor Plano is the only hospital in Collin County and one of six in Texas to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For more information, or a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.
CONTACT:Kayci Prince
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
Kaycipri@baylorhealth.edu
(469) 814-2109
Janeen Browning
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
Janeenbr@baylorhealth.edu
(469) 814-2108
About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,200 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com