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For Dr. Eduardo Uribe, an unfortunate event turned into opportunity when it set him on his career path, and Texas Southmost College was there to give him his start.<\/p>\n

Uribe, a family practice physician and faculty for the Valley Baptist Family Practice Residency Program is also a Respiratory Therapy Medical Director for Valley Baptist Center in Harlingen, a field that was a first step in his medical career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in and out of hospitals for a period in my life and watching the medical staff take care of me and others around me, encouraged me to go into healthcare,\u201d said the Brownsville native. \u201cI couldn\u2019t afford to go to medical school immediately though, so with good grades, financial aid, scholarships, an English to Spanish dictionary and God, I enrolled at TSC. It was the best decision I could have ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a motorcycle accident and near amputation of his leg that kept Uribe rotating hospitals, searching for healing and a way to keep his leg.<\/p>\n

Uribe\u2019s leg was saved, and he went on to earn an associate degree in Respiratory Care from TSC in 1993 and immediately began his career as a certified respiratory therapist.<\/p>\n

He led a successful career in the field serving as supervisor of respiratory therapy at Valley Regional Medical Center, clinical instructor for Respiratory Care at TSC, a pediatric respiratory therapy clinician at Valley Baptist Medical Center and a specialty critical care transport respiratory therapist for Driscoll Children\u2019s Hospital in Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n

It was through his experience at Driscoll that he also trained to become an emergency medical technician. He currently serves as the Port Isabel Emergency Medical Services medical director.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was proud of the career I had built, but there was still a little voice telling me to become a doctor,\u201d said Uribe. \u201cSo, I saved up, never took out a loan and went to medical school in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uribe spent the next seven years working toward a medical degree at the Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas in Matamoros, Mexico.<\/p>\n

He earned his medical degree in 1999 and went on to complete his internships and residencies in Mexico and Harlingen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a dream come true,\u201d he said. \u201cHelping people improve their health and helping people heal is what I\u2019ve always wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uribe credits TSC and his instructors for shaping his professional career.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy perseverance, focus, discipline and TSC instructors got me where I am today,\u201d said Uribe. \u201cThey believed in me when I did not, they saw my potential and made me work toward higher standards and emphasized my need to continue moving forward. They created a well-rounded respiratory therapist and doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to his work, Uribe is active in the medical community volunteering across the Rio Grande Valley, including the TSC Respiratory Care Advisory Board, sharing the latest advances and technologies with faculty and respiratory care students.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of my journey is to share my knowledge and skills with others, to train our future respiratory therapists and medical doctors,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I hope through my work and volunteer initiatives I\u2019m able to help others believe in themselves, have confidence in their skills and never set limits on their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit TSC\u2019s Respiratory Care Science<\/a> program or call 956-295-3731.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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