Every year, first-year medical students at Baylor head outside the walls of the College for Community Health Day, where they and other organizations offer much needed services. But it’s also a rich learning experience for students. This year’s Community Health Day was March 25 at Ethel Mosley Young Elementary School near the Sunnyside neighborhood.
Visitors to the Super Bowl LIVE and NFL Experience festivities held at Discovery Green and the George R. Brown Convention Center during the week of the big game may have had the opportunity to interact with one of many volunteers from Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Thiago Halmer has a passion for the community and giving back, having been involved in outreach projects since he was an undergraduate student. He is continuing that tradition as chief resident in the emergency medicine program.
Since 2005, the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Baylor and the Department of Pathology at Texas Children’s Hospital have played an important role in global health initiatives, first in Africa and later extending their outreach to Southeast Asia.
Meeting the medical needs of Houston’s homeless veterans was the focus of the annual Houston Homeless Stand Down in October, but the community outreach project also served to provide training to healthcare professionals, including Baylor residents, on treating this unique patient population.
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