Caissa Troutman

Jan 16, 2025 | patientcareonline.com | Caissa Troutman |Sydney Jennings

The following transcript has been edited for clarity. Patient Care Online: What are some common misconceptions about obesity and hypertension? Caissa Troutman, MD: One major misconception is the belief that losing weight will always lower blood pressure. While about 75% of hypertension cases are linked to excess weight, 25% are not. For example, patients with a strong family history of high blood pressure may not experience significant reductions in blood pressure despite weight loss.

Jan 15, 2025 | patientcareonline.com | Caissa Troutman |Sydney Jennings

The following transcript has been edited for clarity. Patient Care Online: What are the biggest barriers to managing both obesity and hypertension effectively, and how can physicians address these obstacles? Caissa Troutman, MD: There are many barriers, and they come from both sides—providers and patients. From the provider standpoint, one challenge is a lack of education about lifestyle management strategies. Another is time constraints.

Jan 14, 2025 | patientcareonline.com | Caissa Troutman |Sydney Jennings

For individuals with obesity or overweight, screening for hypertension should begin early, even in childhood, obesity medicine expert Caissa Troutman, MD, told Patient Care Online in a recent interview. In the video above, Troutman discusses the importance of early hypertension screening in patients with overweight or obesity, emphasizing its role in preventing cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome.

Jun 28, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Damane Zehra |Christine Tran-Boynes |Caissa Troutman |L. Joseph Parker

I think the greatest quality in humans that makes them far superior to other creatures is the ability to think and act on their own free will. But there is another ability that makes us unique: the gift of feeling emotions and the capacity to love. Unconditional love makes you a kid. I feel as if it deprives you of your cognitive ability to judge someone. It clouds your vision to see the shortcomings or negative qualities of a person when you are high on emotions. Love is silly like that.

Jun 28, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Caissa Troutman |Casey Paul Schukow |Naomi Tweyo Nkinsi |Judy Salz

In my personal life and my training as a physician, the burden of “trying to never be wrong” was a mantle I was accustomed to carrying. In retrospect, it was probably a fusion of people-pleasing and perfectionist tendencies. Part of this character trait is having a fix-it mentality. Everything that was not working according to my plan should be fixed. If my patient is sick, I need to find out what the problem is.