University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated, safety-net-oriented four-year OB/GYN program built around University Health's Women's & Children's Hospital, San Antonio's primary safety-net facility, with additional VA gynecology exposure and a full complement of in-house subspecialty faculty (gyn onc, MFM, urogynecology, REI, clinical genetics). The curriculum emphasizes high-acuity obstetrics (cesarean hysterectomy, obstetric critical care, placenta accreta spectrum management) alongside a structured surgical progression through vaginal, laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, and robotic techniques, with universal EMIGS and robotic certification. Research is a mandatory but generalist-facing component, with every resident completing both a research project and a QI initiative presented at a dedicated departmental research day, rather than the program positioning itself around a physician-scientist track. Career messaging and selective flexibility (PGY-2/3 selectives tailored to fellowship, community practice, or research interests) signal a program designed to produce broadly competent generalists as readily as fellowship-bound subspecialists, serving an underserved, socioeconomically diverse San Antonio population.