Program Overview

New Emergency Medicine Residency Program

The emergency medicine residency program, the first of its kind for South Texas, has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Program Details

• The program will be based at University Hospital, San Antonio's largest emergency center and the leading civilian Level I trauma center for the 22-county region of South/Central Texas.
• The demand on emergency rooms in the region is increasing rapidly and is twice the national growth rate.
• Establishing an emergency medicine residency program will dramatically improve the quality and accessibility of emergency and acute health care for the South Texas region.
• The first 10 residents will begin the rigorous three-year program in July.
• Ten new residents will begin the program each year until the residency reaches its final complement of 30 doctors.

Program Objective

The objective of the program is to improve the quality and accessibility of emergency and acute health care for the South Texas region, as stated by Bruce Adams, M.D., director of the Center for Emergency Medicine.

Hosting Institution

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research, and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental, and cancer services.