Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Student Overcomes Family Heartbreak to Achieve Dream
Lauren Hui, MS-4 at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, hopes to match in a top residency program for vascular and interventional radiology.
FORT WORTH – Lauren Hui is excited about becoming the first doctor in her family, however, her medical school journey hasn’t always been easy.
Hui recently received some devastating news about her mother.
“My mom was diagnosed with leukemia during one of my away rotations,” said Hui, MS-4, at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University. “Being able to go through this with her and being that bridge in medicine for her is really powerful, and that’s why I came to Burnett School of Medicine at TCU because there are tons of families like mine.”
Her mother is responding well to treatments, Hui said.
Hui was inspired by her grandparents to become a physician. Her grandfather wanted to be a doctor, and couldn’t fulfill his dream, and she watched her grandmother suffer through her illness.
Hui, a California native, is looking forward to representing her family as a physician, and has her sights set on a top residency program in Vascular Interventional Radiology.
“There are only 200 spots in the nation for Interventional Radiology,” Hui said. “Getting to be one of those 200 people will be so special, and it would be something that I would want to pay forward to those coming after me.”
Thousands of medical students across the country are feeling excited and nervous as Match Day 2026 fast approaches on March 20.
“I’m just really excited to know where we’re going to go,” Hui said. “You have so many people around you who are rooting for you whether it’s family or a significant other or classmates. I just can’t wait to celebrate with them.”