Memorial Hermann Health System Program

Program Description

Memorial Family Medicine Program is a well-established, unopposed, community-based Family Medicine Residency in Texas since 1970 with 14 residents per year. Over 3 years, residents become competent and confident in the management of any patient, from inpatient and critical care to outpatient medicine including procedures and maternity care. We are proud of our residents’ board scores as the highest in the region. We train at our Family Medicine Center, Physicians at Sugar Creek in Sugar Land, providing interdisciplinary care with 40,000 visits per year, and Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, a 541-bed facility with 60,000 ER visits per year and bustling OB service in the medically underserved Southwest Houston with a highly diverse patient population. Our graduates practice in a variety of settings: private or hospital-affiliated outpatient clinics, inpatient as hospitalists, urgent care, academic medicine, and leading major physicians' organizations nationwide. Houston and the surrounding suburbs (including Sugar Land) offer mild winters, tremendous restaurants, theater, professional sports, and a low cost of living! In addition, our program provides: -Enthusiastic and diverse core and volunteer specialty faculty who love to teach -Robust training and track available in sports medicine as well as numerous elective opportunities -Competitive salary and excellent benefits, including a generous CME allowance -Wellness curriculum with dedicated time for well-being and self-care -Single, integrated Epic EMR for both clinic and hospital -Core MS3 and elective MS4 rotations, giving residents opportunity to teach

Community Setting

• Suburban
• Urban

Top 3 Program Strengths

• Direct Primary Care
• Hospital Medicine
• Wellness/Well-being

Primary Admitting Hospital

Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital

Length of Program

3 Years

Clinic Funding

• Federal Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) funding

Positions

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Offered:	PGY-1: 14	PGY-2: 14	PGY-3: 14
Filled:	PGY-1: 14	PGY-2: 14	PGY-3: 14

Has Residential Organization

No

Required ICU Rotations

Less than two months

Required General Surgery Rotations

Less than two months

Required Maternity Rotations

Two months

Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

At least 20 deliveries for all residents; comprehensive pregnancy care with 80 or more deliveries for a few residents.

Required Pediatrics Rotations

Five months

Offers International Rotations

Yes

Half Day Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Half days	PGY-1: 2	PGY-2: 3	PGY-3: 4

Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Call from home trips to hospital	PGY-1: None	PGY-2: None	PGY-3: None

Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Average In hospital night calls	PGY-1: None	PGY-2: None	PGY-3: > q28d
Night Float	PGY-1: Yes	PGY-2: No	PGY-3: Yes

Has Computer Documentation

Yes

Offers Rural Rotations

Yes

Has Electronic Health Records

Yes

Primary Admitting Hospital

Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital

Total Hospital Beds

541

Full Time Doctor Faculty

14.5

Full Time Other Faculty

2

Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

0

Total Rotation Hospitals

2

Total Admitting Hospitals

1

Total Family Practice Centers

1

Has Federally Qualified Rotations

Yes

Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3
Salary	PGY-1: $64,000	PGY-2: $66,100	PGY-3: $68,232
Weeks of Vacation	PGY-1: 3	PGY-2: 4	PGY-3: 4

Benefits

• Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Parking
• Funding for attending conferences
• Meals
• Liability Insurance
• Sick Leave / Personal Time
• Time off for conferences
• Fitness Center
• AAFP Membership

Offers Fellowship

No

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes