Email

yasmine.koukaz@bcm.edu

Positions

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow

Pediatric
Emergency Medicine Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine

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 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 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.

She is currently enrolled in a pediatric emergency medicine and global health fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. Her academic interests include global, public and immigrant health. She has fieldwork experience in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Lebanon and Malawi. Her experience in these locations has included evaluation of local health education programs, promoting health among refugee and migrant populations, and supervision and education in acute care pediatric wards. Additionally, she is a member of Physicians for Human Rights and participates in their Asylum Network.

Languages

French, Spanish, Arabic