Email

pillow@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Achievement

Department of Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Development

Huffington Department of Education, Innovation & Technology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Ben Taub Hospital (Hospital)

Room: BTGH-1EC 61
Mail Stop: BCM285
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 873-7045

Baylor College of Medicine (Office)

Office of Undergraduate Education
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-8042

Education

BA from Rice University

05/2002 - Houston, Texas United States

Biochemistry

MD from Baylor College of Medicine

05/2006 - Houston, Texas United States

Residency at University Of Chicago

05/2009 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Emergency Medicine

MEd from University of Houston

12/2011 - Houston, Texas United States

Curriculum and Instruction

Certifications

Diplomate

American Board of Emergency Medicine

Honors & Awards

Emergency Medicine Excellence in Service Award

National Medical Association (07/2021)

John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award for the Clinical Sciences

Baylor College of Medicine (06/2021)

Norton Rose Fulbright Education Research Award

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2021)

Norton Rose Fulbright Teaching and Evaluation Award

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2021)

Academy Award for Teaching and Evaluation

Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (03/2021)

Norton Rose Fulbright Enduring Materials Award

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2018)

John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award for the Basic Sciences

Baylor College of Medicine (06/2017)

Fulbright and Jaworski Educational Leadership Award

Baylor College of Medicine (03/2015)

John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award for the Clinical Sciences

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2013)

Fullbright and Jaworski Teaching and Evaluation Award

Baylor College of Medicine (03/2013)

Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award

Emergency Medicine Residency Program - BCM (06/2012)

National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award

Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (04/2012)

Professional Interests

• Medical Education
• Standardized Patients in Medical Education
• Simulation
• Evidence-based Presentation Design
• Technology in Education
• Feedback
• Faculty Development

Professional Statement

"I never teach my [students]. I only try to provide the conditions in which they can learn."
-Einstein

Websites

Selected Publications

• Gupta R, DeSandro S, Doherty NA, Gardner AK, Pillow MT "Medical and Physician Assistant Student Competence in Basic Life Support: Opportunities to Improve Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training." WJEM. 2020 Dec;22(1):101-107.
• Pillow MT, Hatfield CL, Aulbach R, et al. "Using a resuscitation-based simulation activity to create an interprofessional education activity for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students.." MedEdPortal. 2020;16(11054)
• Gardner AK, Lim G, Minard CG, Guffey D, Pillow MT. "A Cross-specialty Examination of Resident Error Disclosure and Communication Skills Using Simulation.." J Grad Med Educ. 2018;10(4):438-441.
• Pillow T, Stader D, Nguyen M, Cao D, Mcarthur R, Hoxhaj S "Perceptions of Basic, Advanced, and Pediatric Life Support Training at a U.S. Medical School." JEM. 2014 May;46(5):695-700. Pubmed PMID: 24161229

Languages

Spanish