MelissaPonderMD

Emergency Medicine Physician

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Office
600 Elizabeth St
Ste 6B
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
Phone+1 361-861-1864

I am a board-eligible Emergency Physician with experience in hospital-based community and academic centers, single-coverage rural emergency departments and free-standing emergency departments.

CHRISTUS Health/Texas A&M University School of MedicineResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2018 - 2021
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at LubbockInternship, Preliminary Year, 2017 - 2018
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2017

Emergency Medicine Outstanding Senior Resident, Medical Student Teaching Award Christus Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2020-2021
Chief Resident Christus Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2020-2021
Award for Dedication and Enthusiasm in Resident Leadership Christus Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2020-2021
Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Award Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center SOM, 2017
Excellence in Global Health Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center SOM, 2017
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PubMed

3 citations
Challenges of treating incidental synchronous bilateral breast cancer with differing tumour biology
Jonathan Walter Esclovon, Melissa Ponder, Nail Aydin, Subhasis Misra
BMJ Case Reports. 2016-08-18

Abstracts/Posters

Racial Disparity Research Articles Were Uncommon in Long-standing Emergency Medicine Journals for 2009 and 2019
Melissa Ponder, MD; K Tom Xu, MD PhD; Amber Neugebauer, DO MBA; Michael Miller, MD; Shani Italiya, DO; Roman Torres, EdD; Peter Richman, MD MBA, SAEM Virtual Meeting 2021, TCEP Virtual Research Forum 2021, 2021