CHRISTUS Health-Texas A&M University School of Medicine Corpus Christi Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a longstanding (since 1973) community-based, university-affiliated Family Medicine program serving the underserved Coastal Bend population of South Texas through a Patient-Centered Medical Home model anchored at the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Family Health Center. Clinical training spans a Level II trauma center (CHRISTUS Spohn-Shoreline), a women's/newborn-focused hospital with Level III NICU (CHRISTUS Spohn-South), and a freestanding pediatric tertiary center (Driscoll Children's Hospital), giving residents exposure to complex inpatient medicine, surgical obstetrics, and pediatric subspecialty care. The program emphasizes resident autonomy, hands-on procedural learning, resident-driven didactics, and a generous elective allowance for individualized tracks, with career development supported by in-house fellowships in Geriatrics, Hospital Medicine, and Obstetrics/Women's Health. Research is not emphasized; the program's identity centers on producing full-spectrum, community-oriented family physicians comfortable with high-acuity and underserved primary care rather than academic investigators.