Info for Applicants - 2010 Match

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)
• your medical school MUST be ON the approved Texas Medical Board list (scroll down for link to "substantial equivalence") and NOT on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board list of disapproved schools (no exceptions)
• 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 2010 in September 2009 for Osteopathic students and October 2009 for all. We hope to conclude interviews by end of January 2010. 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