Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine Temple Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small (2 positions/year), clinically dense community-based academic program anchored at a 640-bed Level I trauma tertiary-care center within the large not-for-profit Baylor Scott & White Health system, newly partnered with Baylor College of Medicine. Training is built around high procedural volume (3,900+ ENT operative cases/year), two-thirds fellowship-trained faculty, and subject-based two-month rotations across Scott & White Medical Center, McLane Children's, and the Central Texas VA, giving broad subspecialty exposure (otology/neurotology, rhinology, head and neck oncology, pediatric, plastics) plus multidisciplinary tumor boards and cochlear implant/cleft teams. The program emphasizes early hands-on autonomy from PGY-1 onward, collegial faculty-resident integration, and readiness for independent general practice, with 40% of graduates pursuing fellowship of their choice - indicating research and scholarly activity are supported but not the program's central identity. The mission explicitly ties training to serving a diverse urban and rural Central Texas population within a faith-founded, mission-driven health system.