The learning process encompasses more than a student’s four years in medical school. All graduates may continue to expand their knowledge and refine their skills by seeking further supervised medical training.
Graduate Medical Education programs provide physicians the opportunity to prepare for practice in a medical specialty. Residency and fellowship programs focus on the development of clinical skills and professional competencies.
McGovern Medical School conducts its residency and fellowship training programs at hospitals and clinics affiliated with UTHealth Houston. The GME program offers carefully organized and evaluated instruction in the various disciplines of medicine. These accredited programs are recognized toward fulfillment of the requirements of the respective specialty boards. McGovern Medical School programs participate in the National Residency Matching Program. Information and applications for residency or fellowship programs are available from the program directors listed in the American Medical Association (AMA) Directory of Residency Training Programs and the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA).
Sub-specialty fellowship programs are open to application by physicians who have completed their general residency training and meet the requirements of the sub-specialty program.
McGovern Medical School sponsors accredited residency programs in the following disciplines: Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Occupational Medicine, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology-Integrated, General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Vascular Surgery Integrated, Urology, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Child Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In addition, there are over 50 accredited sub-specialty fellowships. McGovern Medical School also offers a variety of unaccredited sub-specialty programs approved through the Texas Medical Board.
For information on residency and fellowship programs at McGovern Medical School, contact:
The Office of Graduate Medical Education
McGovern Medical School 6431 Fannin, Suite JJL 310
Houston, Texas 77030
Website: https://med.uth.edu/gme/