Each year during National Nurses Week, the Houston Chronicle recognizes an exceptional group of women and men in its ‘Salute to Nurses’ special section. This year, two nurses from Baylor and Texas Children’s Hospital, Debbie Barrera and Cassandra Duran, were selected for the Top 15 nurses in the area, and Baylor’s Shambra Exum was selected…
BCM Family will share insight from faculty on the culture of professionalism at Baylor College of Medicine, starting with this post by Dr. Tamara Ortiz-Perez, associate professor of radiology and breast imaging fellowship program director and a faculty senator. She provides care at the Breast Care Center at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Fourth-year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine did not let a pandemic stop them from safely celebrating Match Day 2021. Match Day, held Friday, March 19, at medical schools across the country, marks the culmination of the annual National Resident Matching Program that pairs fourth-year medical students with residency programs throughout the nation.
Dr. Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Baylor, has a passion for mentoring students, specifically underrepresented minorities. She is the inaugural recipient of the Genentech Career Development Award for Underrepresented Minority Emerging Vision Scientists from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
After a year of the pandemic, more and more people are returning to work in the TMC. This means navigating fellow commuters, pedestrians, bicyclists and others for the first time in many months. It’s important to keep safety in mind. Here are a few safety tips from Baylor’s security office.
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