University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
History
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio and the University Hospital System together make an internationally prominent center of educational innovation and medical training. It is an ideal environment for the interchange of ideas and multidisciplinary professional growth. Their primary training facility, University Hospital, provides an extremely diverse and high acuity patient population. University Hospital in San Antonio is a Level I trauma center and serves as the preferred tertiary care referral hospital for South Texas. Together the UT School of Medicine and University Hospital offers their Emergency Medicine residents tremendous opportunities to work and learn in a combined University/County Hospital environment surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the country.
Leadership
- Department Chair: Bruce D. Adams, MD, FACEP
- Program Director: Andrew Muck, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: Christopher Gelabert, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: Kaori Tanaka, DO
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: Shane M. Jennings, MD
- Research Director: Robert De Lorenzo, MD
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
University Hospital
Secondary Hospital
Children's Hospital Of San Antonio
Community Hospitals
Baptist and Methodist Health Systems
Curriculum
EM Months include dedicated shifts in the trauma bay as well as scattered shifts in pediatric emergency.
PGY1
- Orientation to EM - 2.5 weeks
- EM - 6 blocks
- Orthopaedics - 1 Block
- Ultrasound/EM - 1 Block
- MICU - 1 Block
- Cardiology/CCU - 1 Block
- Anesthesia - 1 Block
- Pediatric EM (UHS) - 1 Block
PGY2
- EM - 6 Blocks
- Pediatric EM (UHS) - 1 Block
- Pediatric EM (CHOSA) - 1 Block
- Community EM - 1 Block
- PICU - 1 Block
- Neuro ICU - 1 Block
- STICU - 1 Block
- Obstetrics - 1 Block
PGY3
- EM - 8 Blocks
- Pediatric EM (UHS) - 1 Block
- Community EM - 1 Block
- MICU - 1 Block
- Elective - 1 Block
- Admin - 1 Block
Electives
Fellowships
- EMS
- Global Health
- Ultrasound
- Combined Ultrasound/Global Health
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator: Melissa Villanueva Email: villanuevam5@uthscsa.edu Phone: +1 210-567-4621
External Links
http://emergencymedicine.uthscsa.edu/residents/em_residency.asp