In November 2017, I spent three weeks in Kijabe, Kenya, serving as the hospital pathologist through World Medical Missions. It was an incredible experience, as well as humbling and eye-opening. I had always wanted to serve in international health, but I wondered, what could I do as a pathologist? 

Below are some of the latest updates from various Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, residency and fellowship over the last several months.

The Flame asks Thomas Cox, PsyD, director of Faculty Development and Research Education, five questions about his time teaching at Baylor University Medical Center, a part of Baylor Scott & White Health, and why physician emotional intelligence and well-being is essential to medical education. 

In the medical history books, seeing the name of Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, is not at all uncommon. From establishing the first health insurance plan during the Depression to performing many ‘firsts’ (most recently the first baby in the U.S. born to a uterine transplant patient), Baylor Dallas’ place in healthcare history is well-known.   

As specialties go, radiology doesn’t seem particularly suited to medical mission work in the developing world. However, the mission-driven approach of Mark Fulmer, MD, Diagnostic Radiology alum (1988), has not only taken him into the top leadership role with one of North Texas’ premier radiology practices, but around the globe to help others.