EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A rising star in the medical world from the Philippines is bringing neonatal expertise to the Borderland.

A board-certified pediatrician and neonatal care specialist, Dr. Kris Nicole De Guzman Mendoza, earned her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, her home country, according to Texas Tech Health El Paso in a news release.

After her residency at Texas Tech Health El Paso, she traveled to Rochester, New York, to complete a three-year fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

However, her residency at Texas Tech inspired her to build her life and career caring for newborns in El Paso, according to the news release.

Fellowship in hand, she came back to the Borderland, joining Texas Te

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