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Faces and Places March 19, 2021

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A family of two adults and three children stands in a grassy savanna landscape with acacia trees and distant hills.
A couple stands hand in hand beneath a leafy pergola. The man wears a navy suit with a striped tie and boutonniere; the woman wears a white sleeveless wedding dress.
Portrait of Jessica V. Kaczmarek wearing a white Baylor College of Medicine coat labeled “Jessica V. Kaczmarek, M.D., Internal Medicine.”
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Matt Kynes, MD’11, HS’12, FE’15, will be moving to Kenya with his family to start work as a staff anesthesiologist at AIC Kijabe Hospital. Kynes will be helping to start an anesthesiology residency program and is planning to stay for at least a five-year term.

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