Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Association

04/24/2026

Dr. Andrea Bradford tells us how training and working at Baylor has impacted her life and career.

04/20/2026

Headed to AUA 2026? Join Baylor College of Medicine alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of connection, conversation, and community.
Reconnect with familiar faces, meet new colleagues, and celebrate the Baylor network on the road.

🔗 Register here: https://alumni.bcm.edu/e/baylor-alumni-and-friends-reception-at-aua-2026/

04/18/2026

Many Baylor students are the first in their families to attend graduate
school. Scholarship support can make the difference between giving up and pursuing their calling. Donate to our 2026 School of Health Professions Scholarship Fund now to help remove barriers and support the next generation.

🔗: https://ready2give.org/4rj9R3M

04/16/2026

Right now, a talented student needs scholarship assistance to access the educational opportunities at Baylor College of Medicine’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. You have until April 30 to help open that door. Donate to the 2026 Scholarship Fund today.

🔗: https://ready2give.org/47wL8ld

04/16/2026

GREAT NEWS: Our 2026 Scholarship Matching Fund drive just launched. Through April 30, your gift goes two times as far for deserving Baylor students who will become tomorrow’s physicians and researchers. Donate now for double the impact! https://ready2give.org/40Q5eDe

03/20/2026

03/20/2026

03/03/2026

Heading to AAN in Chicago? Join us!

Thomas Lloyd, M.D. ’03, Ph.D. ’02, Professor and Chair of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, invites you to the Baylor College of Medicine Neurology Alumni Reception during the 2026 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

📍 Giordano’s on Rush Street
🗓 Tuesday, April 21 | 6–8 p.m.
🔗: https://alumni.bcm.edu/e/neurology-alumni-and-friends-reception/

Reconnect with fellow alumni, faculty and trainees over Chicago’s famous deep-dish pizza

RSVP by April 10. We can’t wait to see our Baylor Neurology community there! 💙

02/27/2026

Today the BCM Alumni Affairs team celebrated Resident Appreciation Day across Houston! 💙

We stopped by Ben Taub Hospital , Texas Children's Hospital , the Michael E DeBakey VA , and CHI St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center with swag, smiles, and a whole lot of gratitude. Plus, we collected words of affirmation from our amazing residents for our MS4 students!

To every resident working long hours and caring for our community: we see you and we appreciate you. ✨

12/11/2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Charles McCollum, professor in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery. He died the evening of Monday, Dec. 8.

Charley joined the department as a faculty member in 1966 and had served as acting chair, as well as interim chief of both the Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. McCollum ran general surgery as program director for 23 years. His research focus was on non-invasive studies for the diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease using ultrasound technology.

After completing his medical degree at UTMB Galveston, Dr. McCollum started in internal medicine at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, then completed general surgery residency at BCM, followed by a thoracic surgery residency. As a professor at Baylor, he worked with Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Dr. George Noon, and Dr. Ted Dietrich.

His leadership roles included acting chair, vice chair for education, acting division chief and program and director for vascular surgery and thoracic surgery. He also served as graduate medical education committee chair.

For 23 years, Dr. McCollum served as the program director for the general surgery residency program, holding the Olga Keith Weiss Endowed Chair of Surgery. Dr. McCollum received numerous awards throughout his career including 50 years BCM Service, Alumni Lifetime Achievement, Michael E. DeBakey Distinguished Service and Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society.

Recently, the department established the Charles H. McCollum, M.D., Endowed Chair, which will support the department’s educational activities for its residents, fellows and trainees and recognized his 64 years of service.

- Todd K. Rosengart, MD, MBA, FACS

12/02/2025

It’s here at the Baylor College of Medicine! 💙

Today only, your gift can make TWICE the impact thanks to a limited-time $50,000 matching opportunity supporting the research, education and patient care that define Baylor’s mission.

Double your impact. Advance tomorrow’s medicine today.

Give now:

Your generosity this GivingTuesday goes twice as far to support lifesaving treatment and research—plus so much more! Thank you for making double the impact with your donation.

11/22/2025

On This Day in Texas History

In 1964, right here in Houston, Dr. Michael DeBakey and his team performed the world’s first successful coronary artery bypass graft, a breakthrough that changed heart surgery forever. Alongside pioneers like Denton Cooley, Houston quickly became the epicenter of revolutionary advances in cardiovascular medicine, from treating aneurysms and congenital defects to tackling vascular disease.

Just a few years later, in 1968, Cooley and his team completed the first successful heart transplant in the United States. Their patient lived 204 days, an astonishing milestone at the time. By the late 1980s, one-year survival rates climbed to 80%, and many patients have gone on to live a decade or more with their new hearts. Today, heart transplantation is a standard lifesaving procedure, with over 3,000 performed worldwide each year.