Luis Montemayor, MD (he/him)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine · Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, Texas

About

Pediatric hospitalist. I spend most of my weeks on the inpatient wards caring for kids with asthma, bronchiolitis, diabetes and the occasional mystery fever, and a lot of my time talking with parents about what happens after discharge. I grew up in Brownsville and practice in Spanish about half the time. I have served on the MD admissions interviewing subcommittee since 2020, usually paired with a student member. I read every file before the interview and I care more about how you think through a hard situation than whether you have a polished answer.

Experience

Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) - Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, 2018 - present - Inpatient attending about 20 weeks a year; leads a quality project on discharge teaching for Spanish-speaking families. - Admissions Interviewing Subcommittee member since 2020; small-group facilitator for first-year ethics sessions.

Gulf Bend Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, TX) - Staff Hospitalist, 2013 - 2018 - Built an interpreter-first family rounds protocol with nursing; precepted residents on rotation.

Valle Familia Clinic (Brownsville, TX) - Medical Assistant, 2003 - 2005 - Worked between college and medical school; took vitals and scheduled for a busy family practice.

Education

Residency, Pediatrics, Bayou City Children's Hospital (Houston), 2010 - 2013
MD, UT Southwestern Medical School, 2010
BS, Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003

Volunteering

Puente Pediatric Free Clinic (Houston) - Volunteer physician, one Saturday a month, 2019 - present
Rio Grande Pre-Med Mentors - Mentor to first-generation college students from the Rio Grande Valley, 2015 - present

Languages

English, Spanish (native)

Interests

Barbecue competitions with my brothers; coaching my daughter's soccer team; Astros games; slowly learning the accordion.