Houston Campus Groups
The Accountability Society is a short (20-30 minutes) weekly meeting of students who want to set goals and be held accountable to them. Goals can be anything, not just academics. Each meeting we share progress on goals from the last week and set goals for the week ahead. Zoom and in-person meetings are available. Join for increased accountability, a supportive peer group and reach your goals!
President: Josh Rasband
The Anatomy Dissection and Education Group strives to promote interest and knowledge in anatomy by increasing educational opportunities for students in and out of the lab. Through peer-led academic tutoring programs, such as Anatomy Buddies, we not only give upper class students the opportunity to reinforce their own anatomy knowledge in lab, but we also pass down tips and tricks to first-year students to help them succeed on their exams and in future clinical practice. Furthermore, we connect with physicians in various fields to provide educational opportunities to students which show the importance of anatomy in every area of medicine.
President: Grace Cardenas
The mission of Art and Music in Patient Care group is to amplify the therapeutic benefits of music and the arts for patients, residents and medical students through a program that connects students’ artistic talents with patients throughout the Texas Medical Center. By providing avenues for medical students to interact with patients through music and art, we aim to develop a passion for the arts, serve as an outlet for individual expression and creativity and promote stronger connections between students, residents and patients. In this way, we hope to add a more individualized and meaningful dimension to the patient-practitioner relationship.
President: Albert Han
The Badminton Club at Baylor College of Medicine is a student-run organization dedicated to providing a fun environment for both experienced and beginner players to play games and learn about the sport of badminton. Students can get a great workout at regular, weekly practices held at BCM Gym and the chance to meet students from other classes and programs at Baylor.
President: Ethan Devara
The Basketball Club provides a community for hoopers in the BCM community. We organize regularly scheduled open runs at the BCM gym and watch parties during the NBA and NCAA season. Our purpose is to promote health and wellness through our mutual love of the game.
Contact: Jaden Ju
We are a group of medical students poised to reinvigorate the relationship between food and the field of medicine. Our overarching goal is to increase the knowledge and accessibility of healthy, fresh food for medical students, patients and healthcare professionals alike through two key efforts: education and community involvement.
President: Christian Keller
The Climbing & Outdoor Adventure Group encourages a well-balanced lifestyle amongst BCM students by promoting regular rock-climbing socials at local gyms (COAG members get climbing discounts!) and organizing outdoor adventures in Houston and beyond (hiking, outdoor climbing, camping). We also have outdoor climbing gear that's free for COAG members to borrow!
President: William Xu
The purpose of Finding Meaning in Medicine is to provide medical students a space to openly discuss the challenging and rewarding parts of our journeys in medicine - topics such as grief, grace, healing, courage, mystery, intimacy, service and compassion. Our mission is to facilitate deeper connection between medicine and humanity and to build community among future physicians
President: Chelsea Godfrey
Our goal is to provide you with opportunities to develop your professional interest in careers in biomedical intellectual property, licensing and law. We will have a variety of events, including career exploration talks, topical seminars, case discussions and networking events.
President: Oluwatobi Soares
Spread awareness and provide learning opportunities regarding habits that reverse and prevent disease. Create a space for networking and collaboration for students interested in integrating lifestyle medicine into their future careers. Provide volunteer opportunities for
students who wish to inspire health empowerment to the community.
President: Brittani Miller
Lines at Baylor College of Medicine brings together a group of like minded individuals who have a passion for dance, yoga and pilates to foster physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. We aim to promote wellness and creative expression through movement by arranging group classes at local studios, bringing in guest speakers and hosting volunteer opportunities within the community by giving student-run workshops to promote wellness. We welcome both experienced and non-experienced students to join us.
President: Tiffany Lee
Narrative Medicine aims to bring skills of close reading, close listening and creativity from the humanities and the arts in order to improve the experience of all those who give and/or receive healthcare. Our specific aim is to provide a venue for students to continue engaging with, practicing and building narrative medicine skills and connect them to like-minded individuals and community resources. Over time we aim to foster a culture of narrative medicine, one of empathy, compassion, humanism, imagination and wellbeing at Baylor, spanning all levels of training. We aim to provide a space in which members can reflect on their clinical and personal experiences and build deeper, meaningful relationships through creative work.
President: Ginger Hooper
The Running Club at Baylor College of Medicine promotes health and wellness by providing a regularly scheduled, fun weekly workout for runners of all levels. In addition to health benefits, runners are able to connect with students in other years and programs at both Baylor and McGovern.
President: Yang Ding
BCM Simulation Society strives to supplement the existing curriculum at BCM through peer and faculty led didactic and simulation sessions where students work as a team to diagnose and manage a variety of patient cases.
President: Mary Yu
The purpose of the Social Dance Club is to connect students through a diversity of dances and provide a safe space for anyone at any dance level to have a fun and active outlet. This supportive community provides accessible student-led dance classes, socials, and group outings to dance events.
President: Mariana Rios
The Space Medicine Interest Group at Baylor College of Medicine was created to facilitate student interest in aerospace medicine. SMIG serves as a source for aerospace medicine discussion, research and mentorship. We host guest lecturers from BCM's Center for Space Medicine and NASA's Johnson Space Center, home of human spaceflight operations. We also collaborate with McGovern Medical School's interest group and the Aerospace Medical Association's AMSRO student/resident group.
President: Ashley Montgomery
If you’re someone who loves sports and wants to work in a field with athletes, this is the group for you! Even if you just want to learn more about the different fields of sports medicine, we’ll take a look at the various routes that are available, from your traditional sports medicine to new fields like sports neurology or cardiology, as well as orthopedic sports medicine. We also want to give students the chance to volunteer at events and find research opportunities with faculty at BCM. Here’s another look at some of the events we’ll be having:
- Meetings/lectures from different BCM Sports Medicine faculty
- Workshops to work on different sports medicine skills, such as the MSK exam
- Opportunities to be involved in volunteer events, shadowing physicians at games and chances to be involved in research
President: Sam Ramirez
Student Rounds exposes pre-clinical students to the process of clinical decision making early in their training through "Morning Report" style cases. Our meetings allow students to gain experience creating a differential diagnosis, assessment and plan prior to clinical rotations. Each session will focus on a different core specialty (Internal Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN and more) to expose students to the different approaches each specialty has to decision making. We hope to accomplish our goals in an environment that encourages active participation and learning. Through these sessions, we aim to ease the transition from pre-clinical student to clinical student.
President: Melinda Wang
The Swim Club at Baylor College of Medicine provides regularly scheduled opportunities to exercise and maintain personal health. We hold workouts three times each week at the UT-Health gym near the medical center and encourage all experience levels to join. We aim to help students relieve stress and raise motivation for the rest of their day while also giving an opportunity to meet others from outside each class and program at Baylor.
President: Tyler Galbraith
The Tennis Club at Baylor College of Medicine provides opportunities for tennis enthusiasts to play the sport they love with fellow students, residents and faculty members. Snacks and fun on the courts are always guaranteed. Off the court, members occasionally get together for grand-slam watching events.
President: Zachary Sandoval
Through the gauntlet of pushing our bodies to the limit to dig just one more ball, or smash through a block, we at the Volleyball Club work to harness the stress and fatigue that can come with medical school to create a fun, inclusive environment where anyone can join in to play America’s favorite pastime. With weekly open play, groups participating in tournaments in the greater Houston area and a mix of medical students of all years and BCM employees and residents joining in, BCMVC offers a little something for everyone. Give yourself a little pass from studies and set yourself up for some fun spiking!
President: Austin Williams
WMIG facilitates medical student training and education in the management of illnesses and injuries associated with extreme and resource-limited environments. We invite BCM faculty and other guest lecturers to educate students on different topics in wilderness medicine; recent events include tactical, dive & hyperbaric, extreme environmental and high altitude medicine.
President: Nicole Butler
Temple Campus Groups
The mission of the Anatomy and Dissection Education Group is to teach and instruct incoming MS1s how to study anatomy, to foster interest and familiarize students with more advanced anatomic structures, relationships, and eponyms encountered in the operating room and to connect the relevance of anatomy to the wide array of specialties within medicine. The goal will be to create a means by which students can learn from their peers in a low-stress environment and build connections with the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine.
Contact: Chad Mourino
This organization will not only provide outlets for stress management and health maintenance, but will also help form a supportive community within the organization and the greater running community. Through events and socials, our organization works to support the mental and physical wellbeing of the students of BCM through exposure to the athletic world of running.
Contact: Kwame Ofori
The purpose of the Outdoor Adventure Group is to connect all students, residents and faculty with a shared interest in outdoor activities. This group will provide access for people of all levels to experience opportunities for outdoor adventures. While promoting overall wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle, it will also create a community for members to share in these common interests and make connections and friends across classes.
Contact: Carrie Meng
The purpose of the Tennis Club at BCM Temple will be to provide a space for student tennis players to connect and organize tennis events together. The organization’s mission will be to help BCM students explore tennis interests. The organization plans to fulfill this purpose and mission by organizing multiple tennis events within the BCM Temple class multiple times per semester.
Contact: Chad Mourino
