Texas Tech University HSC El Paso Program

Program Identity & Fit

Texas Tech HSC El Paso is a university-affiliated, community-based Family Medicine program anchored at the Kenworthy clinic and UMC of El Paso, a 346-bed Level 1 trauma center serving as the largest public hospital on the U.S.-Mexico border. The program's identity is built around border health: residents care for a bilingual, binational population that frequently presents with advanced or rare pathology rarely seen elsewhere in the U.S., supplemented by continuity obstetric and pediatric inpatient care at El Paso Children's Hospital and weekend community free clinics staffed by PGY-2/3 residents. Three named tracks (Integrative Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Sports Medicine) and a research division focused on cancer screening and obesity give structure to individualized interests, though the program's stated outcomes point toward full-spectrum outpatient practice, FQHC work, and community medicine rather than subspecialty fellowship. The department's institutional mission explicitly centers on serving socially and culturally diverse border populations, and resident narratives consistently emphasize continuity, prevention, and giving back to underserved communities.