Family Medicine Residency - Sugar Land

Hospital Overview

Program Mission

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Welcome to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, a full-service, acute care hospital serving Fort Bend County and surrounding communities. We are a family centered, patient-focused hospital offering state-of-the-art technology and exceptional medical care in a warm and comfortable setting. Here you’ll find high-quality services, and compassionate care for every stage of your life. We take pride in being you and your family’s go-to health care provider for all your health and wellness needs. From cancer care to heart and vascular care to orthopedics and sports medicine, we offer the full spectrum of programs and services.

Program Mission

The Program's mission is to train physicians to provide high-quality, evidence based, cost-effective, patient centric health care to our patients and community. The program also strives to provide full spectrum training in family medicine along with training for research, advocacy, and quality improvement such that our future physicians can deliberately make a difference in the future of healthcare and community at large.


Curriculum

  • 3 year residency (post medical school graduation)
  • Pediatric training
    • Nursery, NICU, Outpatient Pediatrics, Pediatric Electives, Pediatric ER, Pediatric Inpatient, Continuity clinic
  • Inpatient Medicine – 6 months wards
  • ICU training – 2 months
  • Continuity Clinic
    • PGY1 – At least one session per week
    • PGY2 – At least two sessions per week
    • PGY3 – at least 3 sessions a week
  • OBGYN
    • 2 months OB, 1 month GYN
    • Continuity clinic
  • Behavioral Health Training
  • Specialty training
    • Pediatric, Medical Specialties, Surgical Specialties
  • Community medicine training
  • Advocacy training
  • Leadership training
  • Practice management – Business of Medicine
  • Volunteerism
  • Research and scholarly activity
    • 2 projects, 1 must be a quality improvement project
  • Academic
    • Lectures and Grand Rounds
    • Journal Club
    • Resident Presentations
    • M&M training
    • Morning Report
  • Committee Involvement
    • Continuity Clinic
    • Hospital

Eligibility and Application

  • Early application is encouraged.  We require all applications via ERAS. 
  • 3 letters of recommendation – must be from physicians who have worked with you clinically.  If desired, may submit a 4th letter from another source if it adds to the strength of your application. 
  • US citizenship or permanent resident status. 
  • For FMGs, need proof of 5th pathway completion (if applicable), step 3 completion, ECFMG certification.
  • We do not accept residents with any prior GME training.
     


Houston Methodist is committed to improving the health of our patients, employees, and communities around us. As a health care provider, it’s our responsibility to promote a healthier environment for our employees.


Responsibility
  • Drug and Tobacco Screening- Job seekers will be tested for nicotine and drug usage during the post-offer physical. If a job seeker tests positive for nicotine use, including nicotine gum and patches, the offer will be rescinded, and individuals will be given the opportunity to participate in a free Houston Methodist-provided tobacco cessation program. Job seekers wishing to reapply after testing positive for nicotine may do so 90 days after the date the initial offer was rescinded. If the job seeker tests positive for drug use, the offer will be rescinded. Job seekers wishing to reapply after the drug screening is positive may do so one year after the date the initial offer was rescinded.
  • Background Check - Prior to employment start date, job seekers must complete a criminal background check.

Get In Touch

Program Coordinator

Erika Robinson
elrobinson@houstonmethodist.org

Program Director

Anush Pillai, DO

Upcoming Academic Events

Grand rounds, tumor boards, regularly scheduled series and case presentations are offered in multiple clinical disciplines and Houston Methodist locations.
MAPTA Presents: Elevator Pitch Workshop
Houston Methodist Research Institute

Brittany Parker Kerrigan, PhD

Feb 05 @ 12PM

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Acute Photoacoustic Ablation Lesion Imaging 2025 Study 3
MITIE

Dr. Nilesh Mathuria

Feb 06 @ 8AM

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Grand Rounds conducted in 2023
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