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

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, unopposed internal medicine program in Longview, TX, sponsored by CHRISTUS Health and academically affiliated with Texas A&M School of Medicine, training residents at a 400-bed regional referral center that serves as the 7th busiest ED in Texas and a historically medically-underserved catchment area with high-acuity, complex ("zebra") presentations. The program's identity centers on primary care and hospitalist output, with graduates also entering fellowships (cardiology, pulmonary-critical care, GI/hepatology, heme-onc, ID, endocrinology, rheumatology, geriatrics), supported by explicit primary care and hospitalist elective pathways and a three-year continuity resident clinic where panel size grows from PGY-1 to PGY-3. Scholarly activity is structured but modest in scope—each resident leads one QI or research project culminating in a PGY-3 Scholarly Activity Day—reflecting an expectation of participation rather than a research-driven identity. Distinctive features include a strong community-outreach ethos (indigent care clinics, church health talks, international medical mission work, CASA/Refuge International involvement), a faith-based mission (CHRISTUS Code of Ethics: Dignity, Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, Stewardship), and a tightly-knit, mentorship-heavy culture repeatedly emphasized by current residents as central to program identity.