During the 1960s, a national shortage of nurses, physicians and other medical professionals prompted action from healthcare educators to expand the scope of learning to inspire a new generation of students to pursue careers in medicine.
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…
National Allied Health Professions Week is being celebrated Nov. 7 – 13, 2021. Allied health professionals are an important part of the healthcare team at Baylor and its affiliates. In addition, Baylor is training the next generation of health professionals, including physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, genetic counselors and orthotists and prosthetists.
When Baylor’s Teen Health Clinic first opened in 1968 at Jefferson Davis Hospital, it stood as a once-a-week maternity clinic serving adolescents who became pregnant. Today, it encompasses multiple clinics offering a spectrum of healthcare services.
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