University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-based Family Medicine residency in the Texas Medical Center that deliberately spans both safety-net and private-practice environments, rotating residents through Harris Health's Acres Homes and Aldine Health Centers (HPSA-designated, indigent/Medicaid-heavy panels), LBJ Hospital, and the private UT Physicians Family Medicine Center and Memorial Hermann-TMC service. The program is explicitly procedural-oriented, offering sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, vasectomy, low-risk maternity care, sports medicine (Roger Clemens Institute), and musculoskeletal/orthopedic training alongside a PGY-3 curriculum weighted toward outpatient continuity and supervisory responsibility. Research is institutionally supported through a departmental Research Program with faculty (e.g., Angela Stotts) running NIH-funded substance-use and maternal-child health lines, monthly research forums, and structured mentorship for resident scholarly output, though the primary stated mission remains producing comprehensive, full-spectrum primary care physicians. The department values residents who can move fluidly between underserved, high-volume public clinics and managed-care/private settings, take on independent patient panels early, and function as leaders within multidisciplinary teams.