PREMEDICATED NEWSLETTER DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE …

PREMEDICATED

2019

CALENDAR of EVENTS

Thursday, June 6

GRADUATION

Monday, June 10

INTERN ORIENTATION BEGINS

Saturday, June 15 Wednesday, June 19

BCM INTERNAL MEDICINE FAMILY DAY: Save-the-date for our annual Family Day! Join us for food, softball, and great company at the University of Texas Health Science Park.

INTERN BOOTCAMP: Are you available on June 19th and interested in meeting our new interns? Residents, fellows, and faculty can sign up to facilitate Bootcamp here: BaylorIMBootcamp

Monday, June 24

FIRST DAY OF 2019?20 ACADEMIC YEAR

NEWSLETTER for the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

MEDICAL EDUCATION

YOU ASKED & WE DELIVERED!

You said you wanted--

? M ore funding for conferences: we have a new fund to send residents across the country to present, including supporting 44 residents registering and presenting at southern SGIM in Feb. 2019.

? Access to a statistician: now available during office hours to residents through the Department of Medicine.

? Food at grand rounds: lunch is now served!

? More info on applying for general med jobs: we hosted an informational session and job fair this year for hospital medicine and primary care.

? Better technology resources at the VA: we now have working Workstations On Wheels (wows) for all medicine teams.

? Fewer required meetings with ancillary staff at the VA: we now have just one team huddle per day.

? Better food at the VA: we now have improved food in the resident lounge including fresh fruit, Chobani yogurt, and PBJ sandwiches, as well as foodtruck Fridays.

from YOUR CHIEF RESIDENTS

Dear everyone, As we come to the end of the year, we want to truly thank each and every one of you for your hard work, dedication, and care for all our patients. From our veterans to our vulnerable patient populations at Harris Health, you provide compassionate care to every patient who comes through our doors. You have impacted so many lives and made a difference in our larger Houston community. We also want to recognize all of your accomplishments in scholarship, leadership and awards. We are so incredibly lucky to have such a bright group of residents who continue to push ahead and advance the field of medicine. It has a been a true honor to serve as your chief residents. Being on the ground at each of the pavilions, we see first-hand the challenges our residents face. We have been with you through the peaks of residency as well as some of the most challenging times in your lives. Though the chief job can be tough to navigate at times, it has meant so much to us to be your advocates, your voices at the table, and your residency leaders. Though there have been challenges this past year at each of our sites, hope is on the horizon. New changes and improvements are in the pipeline thanks to your feedback and hard work. Thank you for making our chief year the experience that it was. Thank you for letting us be part of your year in training. Best, Your 2018-2019 Chief Residents Jon, Orhue, Ryle, Shrada, & Victoria

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STAFF SPOTLIGHTS

FRANNY GARCIA Your job in the program: I work in the Medical Education Office as an administrative assistant and I help with moonlighting, new intern orientation, Internal Medicine interview season, and any residency related issues.

What topics/questions should residents email you about? I am still new to the Medicine Education Office, you can send me any type of questions that are related to moonlighting, and anything related to residency. If I cannot answer your question, I will try hard to find someone that can!

A fun fact: My name is Francisca Garcia but everyone calls me Franny. My favorite things to during my downtime is spending time with my family and friends, or playing with my nephews and nieces. I like to help out in the community and my church. I also love baseball and going to watch the Houston Astros play. When there is no baseball season I am patiently waiting for baseball season to start!

CHANTELL THOMPSON Your job in the program Fellowship Coordinator Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Allergy & Immunology, Rheumatology

What topics/questions should residents email you about? Residents can ask about potential interest in any of the specialty programs listed above. I am involved with just about every aspect of the Fellowship. No limit on what kind of question to ask. Ask away!

A fun fact: My hobbies are boxing, Sci-Fi books, good coffee, and long walks on the golf course. I was raised in a multi-cultural environment; blessed to have known life on both sides of the US-Mexico Border (before and after the violence.) A nomad by birth, I spend most of my free time on the road (traveling) with my 6-yearold daughter and our two dogs.

NEW FACES in the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

DR. ANNISE WILSON

Department of Medicine in the Sleep Clinic

Medical School: UT Medical School at Houston

Residency: Northwestern McGaw Medical Center

Fellowship: Northwestern McGaw Medical Center

DR. RABIA AKHTAR

Section of General Internal Medicine Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis Residency: University of Texas ? Southwestern

DR. VANI POTLURI

Section of General Internal Medicine Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

DR. REENA CHOKSHI

Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Medical School: UT Health Science Center in San Antonio

Residency: University of Pennsylvania

Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis

DR. RU CHEN

Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology PhD at University of Washington in Pathology

Post-doctoral training at University of Washington and Institute for Systems Biology

DR. MIMI TAN

Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Medical School: UT Health Science Center in San Antonio Residency: Baylor College of Medicine Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

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DR. HAZEM EL-OSTA

Section of Hematology and Oncology Medical School: Saint-Joseph University in Beirut

Residency: Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital and Kansas University School of Medicine

Fellowship: LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport, LA

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Allergy/Immunology AAAAI

ACAAI

Cardiology ACC AHA Endocrine Endocrine Society AACE Gastroenterology DDW ACG AASLD Geriatrics AGS Hematology/Oncology ASH ASCO Infectious Disease IDSA Internal Medicine SHM SGIM (Southern) SGIM (National) ACP (Texas) ACP (National) Medical Education ACGME AAIM AAMC SGEA Pulmonary/Critical Care Chest ATS SCCM Nephrology ASN Palliative Care

AAHPM

Rheumatology ACR

Submission Deadline

Pending Research: July 21 Cases: August 4

October 29, 2019 June 6, 2019

Pending Pending

June 20, 2019 June 3, 2019

August 1, 2019 -

May 1, 2019

Pending Pending Pending Pending

Pending Pending Pending

August, 2019

May 30, 2019

Research: July 11 Cases: November 1

June 4, 2019

Conference Date

March 13-16, 2020 November 7-11, 2019

Location

Philadelphia, PA Houston, TX

March 28-30, 2020 November 16-18, 2019

Chicago, IL Philadelphia, PA

March 28-31, 2020 May 6-10, 2020

San Francisco, CA Washington DC

May 18-21, 2019 October 25-30, 2019 November 8-12, 2019

San Francisco, CA San Antonio, TX Boston, MA

May 2-4, 2019

Portland, OR

December 7-10, 2019 May 31-June 4, 2019

Orlando, FL Chicago, IL

October 2-6, 2019

Washington DC

April 16-18, 2020 Pending May 8-11, 2019 October 25-27, 2019 April 23-25, 2020

San Diego, CA Pending Washington DC San Antonio, TX Los Angeles, CA

February 27-March 1, 2020 April 19-22, 2020 November 8-12, 2019 March 11-14, 2020

San Diego, CA Tampa FL Phoenix, AZ Atlanta, GA

October 19-23, 2019 May 17-22, 2019 February 16-19, 2020

New Orleans, LA Dallas, TX Orlando, FL

November 5-10, 2019

Washington DC

March 18-21, 2020

San Diego, CA

November 8-13, 2019

Atlanta, GA

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NEW FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Natalia Khalaf

Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine Residency: Baylor College of Medicine Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston

What did you miss most about Houston while completing fellowship in Boston? Houston "winters" ...nothing beats a Houston winter, certainly not a Boston winter. I also missed my family and friends and the great Houston food scene!

What has been the most surprising aspect of becoming an attending? How much fun it is to finally get to use what you learned over all those years of training to take care of people on your own. You have enough autonomy to move through your clinical responsibilities much faster but also the same support from colleagues if you need help or advice. It is also great getting to work with, mentor and teach residents and students with the added perk of writing much shorter notes.

What has been the best career advice you have received? The best career advice I ever received was from Dean Donavan at my Baylor Medical School white coat ceremony in 2007:

"Right now you're all very excited to start this journey but turns out medicine is pretty hard. And a lot of people lose themselves along the way. When you have those days when you don't know what you're still doing here,

pull out your personal statement for medical school. Read it and remind yourself of a time when you wanted nothing more than to be a doctor and go back and be that person again."

To never forget why you wanted to be a doctor in the first place-the best career advice I ever received.

How has the residency program changed since you were a chief resident at Baylor? I think Baylor has always been an amazing residency program in terms of patient exposure and didactic teaching. What I see now is more ancillary services to help expedited patient care issues as well as a renewed focus on mentorship, which has made the program even better!

What are you most looking forward to this year? Professionally, I am looking forward to establishing a study cohort of patients with pancreatic cysts from which to study risk factors for malignant transformation and pancreatic cancer patients from which to study health care disparities. Personally, I am looking forward to enjoying time, especially the holidays, with my family.

WHAT'S UP WITH INTERNAL MEDICINE INTEREST GROUP?

Check out these recent events sponsored by the Internal Medicine Interest Group

IN MARCH

IN APRIL

?Post-Match Mixer: We mingled with newly

?"Why Internal Medicine?" Panel talk introduced

matched M4s in Rice Village and heard their

pre-clinical and clinical students and answered

advice!

questions about the field of internal medicine.

?Community Health Day: We volunteered to

?Joint IMIG-residency social event: joined

help with medical screenings at a student led

residents and IMIG members alike for a happy

community health fair.

hour with sponsored appetizers.

Keep an eye out for these events by joining our Facebook group!

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-IMIG Officers

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