Welcome to the Baylor College of Medicine Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Houston, Texas. We are the chief residents for 2026-2027 and are excited that you want to learn about our program!
We are a three-year training program located in the Texas Medical Center, which is the world's largest medical complex. Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation and the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the US. Our primary training site is Ben Taub General Hospital, one of only two level 1 trauma centers in Houston and dedicated to serving our most vulnerable populations. We also train at other top-tier hospitals including Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (a high-acuity community hospital, cardiac and transplant center, and ranked Houston’s #1 hospital), Texas Children’s Hospital (3rd best children’s hospital in the nation) and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (which provided care for more than 131,000 veterans).
We pride ourselves on being one of the most diverse residency programs in the country, and this is one of our core values, as evident by the varying backgrounds of our residents. Our interests and focus within EM include administration, health policy/advocacy, education, EMS, critical care, ultrasound, global health, and toxicology (to name a few). Likewise, our faculty serve as incredible mentors to us. Their broad range of experience and backgrounds serve to broaden our perspectives and make our clinical practice stronger. You may find our attendings practicing medicine in Africa, South America, South Asia, running EMS systems, leading national organizations including ACEP, and giving interviews on national news channels.
One of our main priorities is tending to the underserved and the community of Houston. From day one, new residents participate in our intern day of service event, which includes partnerships with several Houston organizations, including Houston Food Bank and The Beacon. Our residents and faculty are actively engaged in our departmental Community Advisory Board to create connections for our department to remain engaged in our community both in and out of the hospital.
Our faculty leadership is supportive of our program goals, proposed changes by residents, and has been flexible (as is the true nature of emergency medicine) as we continue to navigate new and challenging times in the medical field.
Resident didactics follow an organ-based design weekly, with multimodal learning including high-fidelity simulation labs, lectures, case-based learning, and Team-Based Learning. We have also incorporated academic houses which are dedicated to board review and preparation, along with competition between them with monthly winners. Not everything is studying, however, as our curriculum also has embedded wellness and social EM tracks. Resident well-being remains a central focus and has a dedicated Chief of Wellness, and we have incorporated monthly wellness events and administrative changes to make residency less stressful and provide our residents with more time off to get together and decompress from residency.
One of our program’s biggest strengths is our bond as co-residents. We are as different and diverse as our backgrounds and motivations, but we are united by our mission for patient-dedicated service in medicine, our dedication to personal growth in our careers and our relationships, and, more importantly, our values.
Emergency Medicine continues to be the spearpoint and main access for patients, and our residents at Baylor College of Medicine are specifically trained to care for anyone, any time, in any environment. Thank you for taking the time to learn about us – we hope to hear from you soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Rachel Brill, Dr. Alberto Lopez Juarez, Dr. Megh Peterson, and Dr. Peter Tran
Emergency Medicine Chiefs, Class of 2027