Southwest Regional Bootcamp
14th Annual Southwest Regional Boot Camp
for Incoming First-Year Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows
Purpose:
The Southwest Regional Bootcamp was started in 2011 as a collaborative effort from local institutions in the Texas Medical Center. The goal is to introduce incoming Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellows to important procedures as they begin their fellowship journey.
The Bootcamp has now grown to encompass 18 member programs in Texas and surrounding states. It serves as a valuable venue for regional collaboration within the region.
Course directors:
- Saadia A. Faiz, MD, ACCP, ATSF, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Donald R. Lazarus, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
- Mark T. Warner, MD FCCP, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Education coordinators: Kandace Barnes and Angie Hopper
Participating institutions:
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas
- Baylor Scott and White Health
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Dell University, Austin
- HCA – Corpus Christi
- HCA – Kingwood
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Texas Tech Health Science Center
- Texas Tech – Permian Basin
- Tulane University
- University of Arkansas Medical School
- University of Oklahoma
- UTMB Galveston
- UT San Antonio
- UT Southwestern
- UT Tyler
Publications:
Faiz SA, Warner MT, Lazarus DR, Ong P, Proud KC, Dinh K, Sargsyan LA, Sanchez JF, Hoffman MI, Zaidan MF, Abdelghani R, Alapat P, Richards K, Bashour S, Meena N, Walter RJ, Islam E, Nishi SP, Vu CN, Kelly WF, Eapen GA. Delivering a Regional Procedural Boot Camp for Incoming Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellows. Chest. 2025 Jun 17:S0012-3692(25)00706-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.06.011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40553816.
Location:
MD Anderson Mid Campus Building
7007 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030
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