BCM Pediatric Residency Program

Join us on September 4th for our Virtual Open House!! Don’t miss out on the chance to:

🌟 Meet our incredible residents & faculty
🩺 Learn about our different core pediatric programs (Categorical, Primary Care LEAD, Global Health, & Pediatrician-Scientist Program)
💡 Discover why Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital is a truly exceptional place to train
❓Ask any questions you may have

You can find the Zoom meeting info on our Weebly’s home page (🔗 in bio)! We can’t wait to meet everyone! Good luck with applications, y’all!!!

Join us on September 4th for our Virtual Open House!! Don’t miss out on the chance to:

🌟 Meet our incredible residents & faculty
🩺 Learn about our different core pediatric programs (Categorical, Primary Care LEAD, Global Health, & Pediatrician-Scientist Program)
💡 Discover why Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital is a truly exceptional place to train
❓Ask any questions you may have

We can’t wait to meet everyone! Good luck with applications, y’all!!!

Dear incoming PGY-1s, we cannot wait to cheer you on and celebrate you from afar tomorrow! It is wild how fast how intern year has flown by - it feels like our own Match Day was just yesterday. We are so excited for y’all to join our family!

We would love to see your Match Day pics tomorrow - tag us in your posts & stories!! 🩺🥳

Love,
Your Rising PGY-2s

🩺Yohanna Tesfaye, she/her
🩺PGY-1, categorical
🏡Los Angeles/Alexandria, VA
🏥Career goals: emergency med vs NICU and entrepreneurial
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“It’s important to celebrate black people in medicine because first we have to acknowledge all the adversity and challenges we as a people have faced and overcome to not only succeed but excel in this field. And even more important, to show the next generation that we are here, we do exist, we can do this, and we do it well so they are encouraged to continue on this path especially when trials come (because they will both internally and externally). But seeing people that look like you and me is a push to know that there is support and a network of people behind you even if we dont know you personally, we still know you and are here for you.”

Black history IS American history, and for the next 2 weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our incredible black residents and faculty and sharing about what it means to be a part of the 5%

Not only are we kicking off black history month but TODAY is National Black Woman Physicians Day! Black women make up less than 3% of doctors in the US and at Baylor we’re committed to increasing that number 💪🏾 here are some of our PGY-3s representing!

Some awesome PGY-3s and gen peds faculty Dr. Rueda as Brazos Bend Half Marathon finishers! It IS possible to run a half marathon in shorts in December! Average temps right now are in the high 60s-low 70s 😉

Beyond proud of our PGY-3 and PGY-4s for matching into fellowship yesterday! Excited to meet the new fellows of

Our residents out rocking the vote! Many of us voted early because our program adjusted our schedules to give us time to leave our clinical rotations early and vote!

Global health residents and clinic staff from our partner Baylor-Botswana enjoyed a historically rich and engaging art exhibition in Gaborone, Botswana this weekend. Here they are pictured with the artist, in blue.

🔦Isabella Orozco Hung, MD she/her
🏥Year: PGY-1
🏠Hometown: Cali, Colombia
🌎Future Plans: General outpatient pediatrics

“Inclusion and representation are vital in medicine. Celebrating Hispanic heritage in medicine is an important way of highlighting and encouraging diversity in our healthcare. It allows us to highlight the reflection of the communities we serve and encourage better relationships with to create more compassionate care. “
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At BCM Peds, we specialize in 2 things:
1. Caring for babies 👶🏾👶🏼👶🏿👶🏻👶🏽
2. Having the cutest pets!!!🐶🐱🐕‍🦺🐈

⭐️Fun fact: There are ~25 dog parks within 5 miles of the Texas Medical Center!🌳

Here are the happy, fluffy faces of a few of our residents’ furbabies! DM us for questions about coordinating resident life + pet parenting! Photos of your pets are also appreciated 💛

🐾Ft. Axel, Leo, Ellie, Felix, Bailey, Stella, Moose, Rosie, Maisie, Weslay, Mochi, Asher, Happy, Molly, June, Evie, Zooey, Fia, Piper, Teddy, Biscotti, Ciri, Beanie, Mara, Snow, Winston & more! 🐾