On a flight to Boston for a dermatology conference, Dr. Suzanne Alkul heard a commotion in the row behind her. She turned around in her seat and saw a male passenger pale, sweating and struggling to breathe. Her instinct to help kicked in immediately.
In Room D-1 on the sixth floor of Ben Taub hospital, a group of Baylor College of Medicine residents were emphatically buzzing. With only a week before the annual American College of Physicians’ Doctor’s Dilemma on April 28, Drs. Nathan Spezia-Lindner, Ali El-Halwagi and Firas Bahdi needed to develop a solid team strategy.
They say you should never meet your heroes, but Angela Asch works with hers every day. As a laboratory animal technician for Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Comparative Medicine, Asch cares for more than 1,500 research mice daily.
On Feb. 24, Michael Mizwa was traveling abroad at Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Malawi when Russia invaded Ukraine. In less than 10 days, he flew to Romania, a country that borders Ukraine, to coordinate relief for Ukrainian refugees at Baylor Black Sea Foundation, part of Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS…
Army Veteran Roy Cadwalder recently stunned his Houston VA physician, also a Baylor College of Medicine faculty member, with a very special, but unique, honor. The surprise? Cadwalder, a farmer from Cleveland, Texas – the home of Sam Houston National Forest, named his newly born calf after his primary care doctor, Dr. Barbara Trautner, professor…
As a fourth-year graduate student, Bailey Martin-Giacalone has already checked off an impressive achievement in her career. Last October, she presented her research during a plenary session at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting in front of a virtual audience of more than 1,000 experts in her field.
The career of one of Houston’s most renowned trauma surgeons and medical educators was recognized and honored at an April 7 dedication ceremony for the Kenneth L Mattox, M.D., Surgical Suite at Ben Taub Hospital.
Dhanatcha Sadetaporn wiped away happy tears as she clutched a bouquet of light pink and white roses and smiled for photos with her close family. Moments before, the 25-year-old Katy resident ripped open an envelope revealing she had matched into the psychiatry program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, her first choice for residency partly…
For some scoliosis patients, wearing a brace is crucial. Children with scoliosis not only have to adjust to bracing physically, but socially. A Baylor College of Medicine expert in bracing has transformed the way adolescents deal with wearing a brace.
Dr. Jennifer Christner shares her educational vision and lessons learned so far as she takes on a new role as senior dean of Baylor’s School of Medicine and School of Health Professions. Read more in this Q&A.
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