Email

yasmine.koukaz@bcm.edu

Positions

Asisstant Professor

Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Hospital)

6621 Fannin Street
A210
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-5497

Education

BA from Columbia University

05/2009 - New York, New York United States

MPH from Thomas Jefferson School of Population Health

12/2013 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

MD from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

05/2017 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2021 - Houston, Texas United States

Internal Medicine - Pediatrics

Professional Interests

• Global Health
• Public Health
• Primary Care
• Immigrant & Refugee Health
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Professional Statement

Yasmine Koukaz received her Bachelor of Arts in environmental biology and sustainable development from Columbia University in New York, New York. She received her Master of Public Health from the Jefferson College of Population Health and her Doctor of Medicine from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics followed by a combined fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics.

Her academic interests include global, public and immigrant health as well as disaster preparedness and response. She has fieldwork experience working with different communities at home and abroad. Her experience in these locations has included direct clinical care, implementation and evaluation of local health education programs, and capacity building for emergency response. Additionally, she is a member of Physicians for Human Rights and participates in their Asylum Network and holds positions with the American Pediatric Association's Global Health Pediatric Accreditation Committee, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Humanitarian Pediatrics Sub-Committee, and the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Immigrant and Child Family Health.

Languages

French, Spanish, Arabic