Email

mmcarbaj@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program

Addresses

Neonatology (Clinic)

Texas Children's Hospital
6621 Fannin St Ste W6104
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-1380

Neonatology (Hospital)

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women
6651 Main St
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-1353
mmcarbaj@bcm.edu
BCM Neonatology

Education

BS from Prairie View A & M University

06/1997 - Prairie View, Texas, United States

MD from University Of Texas Medical Branch

06/2003 - Galveston, Texas, United States

Internship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2004 - Houston, Texas, United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2006 - Houston, Texas, United States

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

07/2009 - Houston, Texas, United States

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics

Professional Interests

• The Role of Spirituality in Clinical Care
• Medical Education - Fellows
• Medical Education - Residents
• Curriculum Design
• Receiving Feedback
• Course and Program Assessment/Evaluation
• Development of Entrusable Professional Activities (EPAs)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Chaper 29. Communicating about Spirituality and other Worldviews " Communicating with Pediatric Patients and the. 2015 ; 240-245.
• Melissa M. Carbajal, MD. " Considering a Balanced Approach to “Training Doctors for Person-Centered Care” " Acad Med.. 2016 Jul ; 91 (7) : 897–898.
  Pubmed PMID: 27351816.
• French H, Gray M, Gillam-Krakauer M, Bonachea EM, Carbajal M, Payne A, Vasquez MM, Rubinos L, Falck A, Izatt S, Dadiz R. " Flipping the classroom: a national pilot curriculum for physiology in neonatal-perinatal medicine. " J Perinatol. 2018 Oct ; 38 (10) : 1420-1427.
  Pubmed PMID: 30087455.
• Pammi M, Lingappan K, Carbajal MM, Suresh GK. " Focused Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum for Trainees in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine " MedEdPORTAL. 2017 Dec 26;
  Pubmed PMID: 30800864.
• Carbajal, MM. " ONTPD National Neonatal Curriculum Module: Neo Flip Classroom - Compliance and Elastance Module " 2017 ;
• Korbel L, Backes CH, Rivera BK, Mitchell CC, Carbajal MM, Reber K, Bonachea EM.. " Pediatric Residency Graduates Preparedness for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship: The Perspective of First-Year Fellows. " Am J Perinatol. 2019 Mar 20;
  Pubmed PMID: 30895576.
• Backes CH, Bonachea EM, Rivera BK, Reynolds MM, Kovalchin CE, Reber KM, Ball MK, Sutsko R, Guntupalli SR, Smith CV, Mahan JD, Carbajal MM.. " Preparedness of pediatric residents for fellowship: a survey of US neonatal-perinatal fellowship program directors. " J Perinatol. 2016 Dec ; 36 (12) : 1132-1137.
  Pubmed PMID: 27684422.

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Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member (06/2006)

Academic Pediatric Association

(01/2015)

Texas Pediatric Society

(01/2009)