University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a combined Pediatrics/Medical Genetics ACGME-accredited residency (2 positions/year, 4-year track leading to dual board eligibility) embedded within the large McGovern Medical School Department of Pediatrics at UTHealth Houston. Training occurs across the Texas Medical Center's dense clinical ecosystem - Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, MD Anderson, Harris Health's safety-net LBJ Hospital, and Shriners - exposing trainees to a high-acuity, complex, and underserved pediatric population, with laboratory training at Baylor-Miraca Labs and a distinctive emphasis on newborn screening autonomy and inborn errors of metabolism through a dedicated Metabolic Clinical Trials Unit. The program builds trainees toward independent management of rare and ultra-rare genetic disease, biochemical/molecular diagnostic interpretation, and genetic counseling, while embedding them in a department-wide research infrastructure (Pediatric Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Learning Health Care) that supports basic, translational, and clinical genetics research. Small size (4 total trainees) suggests close faculty mentorship and a program invested in producing physician-scientists or subspecialist clinicians rather than general pediatric practitioners.