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Growing up, I thought that aspiring to be a doctor in Houston, Texas would be the equivalent of pursuing petroleum engineering in Kuwait or technology in Silicon Valley. Amidst the world’s largest medical center, there are fantastic institutions which were thriving on a yearly basis with continued expansion on the horizon. Never did I think that when I finally got around to starting medical school, money and politics would take their toll on the overall success of the Texas Medical Center (TMC).

Baylor College of Medicine, my beloved institution of medical training, is out of money with an incomplete teaching hospital and shattered relations with prestigious hospitals like Methodist. Recently I was informed that M.D. Anderson Cancer Institute, the nation’s leading cancer treatment facility, is in a similar financial situation. Furthermore, Rice University is playing “hard to get” with the upper hand they hold in negotiating a Rice-Baylor Med merger. Etc. etc.

I just hope that over the next four years, a sense of unity is established among the TMC giants. These institutions are in too good of a venue to pass up on collaboration regardless of how bitter negotiations were over the last few years.

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As a third year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, my posts are intended to educate others and share my experiences from this incredible journey without violating patient privacy at all costs. These blurbs are not to serve as a replacement for recommendations provided by licensed physicians under any circumstance.