Information for applicants 2009

Update to reflect the impact of Hurricane Ike:

10/16/08 The UTMB campus continues its recovery efforts. As of today, FM is seeing patients in three clinical sites... a new shared/borrowed space on the mainland at League City, our faculty clinic Stewart Rd location and temporary space in the Fast Track area of the ER. We are in negotiations at present for the relocation of our hospital service, which I expect to take place in the next week or two. This will be a temporary measure until the John Sealy Hospital on campus reopens.

We will be recruiting for a class of 4 in the 2009 Match and have just as of yesterday begun to issue interview invitations. I anticipate that we will interview about 40 - 45 applicants. You can help us greatly by keeping your application status up to date and advising whether you plan to accept or decline the invitation to interview once received.

Thank you for your interest in our program. If you enjoy being part of building something new and dynamic, you will find great experiences, training and professional community as we emerge from the effects of hurricane Ike!

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in our residency training program.

Our basic requirements for consideration for interview include:

• graduation from medical school within the past five years (not flexible)
• passage of USMLE I and II, including CSA (preferably on first attempt) OR COMLEX for Osteopathic students. Obviously, the better your scores, the stronger will be your application.
• some U.S. clinical experience
• three letters of recommendation, at least two of which MUST be from family doctors.

We accept applications only through ERAS. Please do not email me long attachments in an attempt to circumvent the process because I will not read them. If you meet our criteria outlined above, then apply through ERAS. This will ensure that your application is reviewed.

Osteopathic students may apply to our program through either or both Match processes, however you will only be guaranteed a dual-accredited slot by matching through the AOA Match.

We will begin our interview season for the class entering in 2009 in September 2008 for Osteopathic students and October 2008 for all. We hope to conclude interviews by end of January 2009. We will begin screening applications immediately as they become available through ERAS. We will schedule interviews until we have interviewed sufficient candidates to fill our class, so you are encouraged to apply early.

Our program does sponsor J1 visas. Our program does NOT sponsor H-1 visas.
UTMB does NOT sponsor externships or observerships for persons who have already graduated from medical school.

Please see our Residency website for more detailed information regarding our program. For specific questions that may not be covered, please contact our recruiter, Mr. Louis Johnston. His contact information is listed on the webpage.

Lisa R. Nash, D.O.
Program Director
UTMB Family Medicine Residency