Family Medicine Residency

Eligibility and Application

Our Program
  • is 8-8-8.
  • will only accept applications through ERAS.
  • will offer no positions outside of the match.
  • will consider applicants from international medical schools on the Texas Medical Board’s 'Substantial Equivalence List'
  • does not sponsor any VISAS, but considers all applicants who are legally authorized to work in the US.
  • does not offer any observership opportunities.

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 If a job seeker tests positive for nicotine use, including nicotine gum and patches, the offer will be rescinded, and individuals will be given the opportunity to participate in a free Houston Methodist-provided tobacco cessation program.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seekers wishing to reapply after testing positive for nicotine may do so 90 days after the date the initial offer was rescinded. If the job seeker tests positive for drug use, the offer will be rescinded.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seekers wishing to reapply after the drug screening is positive may do so one year after the date the initial offer was rescinded.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.

Curriculum

Required Rotations

PGY-1

Rotation Duration Location
Inpatient Adult Medicine 12 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital,
Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Inpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Obstetrics 4 weeks St. Joseph Medical Center
Obstetrics 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Emergency Medicine 4 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital
Intensive Care [CCU] 4 weeks
Surgery [Acute Surgical Care] 4 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks Airline Children's Clinic
Newborn Nursery/Neonatal ICU 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Radiology/IR 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Orientation to Family Medicine 4 weeks

PGY-2

Rotation Duration Location
Inpatient Adult Medicine 8 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital,
Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Outpatient Gynecology 4 weeks HACS Clinic
Orthopedics 4 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital
Sports Medicine 4 weeks Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Cardiology 4 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital
Community Medicine 2 weeks
Children's Assessment Center
[child abuse assessments]
2 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Rural Medicine 4 weeks
Pulmonology 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Geriatrics 4 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital
Palliative Care 4 weeks Houston Methodist Hospital,
Houston Hospice
Elective 4 weeks

PGY-3

Rotation Duration Location
Inpatient Adult Medicine 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Practice Management 4 weeks
Pediatric Emergency Medicine 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Emergency Medicine 4 weeks Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital
Ophthalmology 4 weeks
Otolaryngology 4 weeks
Urology 4 weeks
Dermatology 4 weeks
Continuity Clinic 4 weeks
Elective 16 weeks
Curricula Combining Rotations And Longitudinal Experiences
Adult Medicine
  • Rotations: Inpatient Medicine (5), ICU/CCU (1), Cardiology (1), Pulmonary (1), Elective(s)
    • Must log at least:
      • 750 Inpatient encounters
      • 15 Critical care encounters
  • FMC experience
  • Didactics: Med subspecialty; HP/DP; Outpt Report (resident presented); Morning report on IM rotation

Women’s Health
  • Rotations: Inpatient Medicine, Community Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology
    • Log 100 hours of gynecology experience
  • FMC experience
  • Didactics: Women’s Health

Care of the Older Patient
  • Rotations: Geriatrics, Inpatient Medicine, Community Medicine
  • FMC experience, Continuity Nursing Home Visits, Home Visits
    • Must see at least 165 patients age 60 and older in the FMC
  • Didactics: Geriatrics

Care of Infants, Neonates, Adolescents and Children
  • Rotations: Inpatient Peds at Children’s Memorial Hermann, 2 blocks of Ambulatory Peds, Pediatric ER, CAC, NICU/NBN, Community Medicine
    • Must log at least:
      • 40 newborn encounters (both well and ill)
      • 250 encounters with children in hospital and emergency setting
        • At least 75 inpatient and 75 emergency department encounters
  • FMC experience
    • Must see at least 165 children under the age of 10
  • Didactics: Pediatrics, CMH report (resident given); Conferences on Peds rotations

Maternity and Gynecologic Care
  • Rotations: OB (2); Outpatient gynecology; Optional Elective OB
  • No minimum number of deliveries but must deliver at least two woman for whom you provided prenatal care (continuity delivery)
  • FMC experience
  • Didactics: OB/GYN, Morning report on OB rotation
  • ALSO Certification, PGY 1 year

Community Medicine
  • Rotations: Community Medicine, FM orientation
  • FMC experience

Care of the Skin
  • Rotations: Dermatology
  • FMC experience
  • Didactics: Procedure workshops (5th Wed); Med/surg specialties

Practice Management and Health Systems Leadership (min 100 hours)
  • Rotations: Practice Management (see goals and objectives)
  • FMC experience; Participation in Hospital Committees/Subcommittees
  • Didactics: Practice Management

Procedures
  • Rotations: Multiple
  • FMC experience
  • Didactics: 5th Wednesday Series
  • Required procedures: Ingrown toenail removal, skin cryosurgery, punch biopsy, joint injection, pap smear, I&D abscess, suture removal
Curricula Primarily Occurring in Rotations
Care of the Surgical Patient (including surgical subspecialties)
  • Rotations: General Surgery (1 block); ENT, Ophtho, Urology
  • Didactics: Medical/surgical subspecialty

Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
  • Rotations: Orthopedics, Sports Medicine (min 200 hours)
  • FMC experience
  • Didactics: Ortho/Sports Med

Emergency Care
  • Rotations: Emergency Medicine (min 200 hours); Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • ACLS, PALS and NALS Certifications

Diagnostic and Nuclear Imaging
  • Rotations: Radiology
group photo of Family Medicine Residents and Faculty

Our Team

Message From Program Director

Welcome to the Houston Methodist Family Medicine Residency Program website.  Whether you are an applicant interested in residency training, a student looking for a rotation or someone who just stumbled across the site on accident, I hope that you are able to learn a little more about who we are and what we do.

Our program has been in existence for over 20 years and has been sponsored by Houston Methodist Hospital since 2005.  In 2015, the residency merged with the former Houston Methodist San Jacinto Family Medicine Residency.  This allowed us to open up the entire Houston Methodist system to all residents in the newly merged program.

The residency has two family medicine clinics – the Denver Harbor Clinic in Houston and the Legacy San Jacinto Clinic in Baytown.  Both clinics are federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and both have been residency teaching continuity clinics for many years.  Both clinics provide high quality medical care to patients of all ages and socioeconomic statuses, with an emphasis on serving the underserved. 

Houston Methodist Hospital, our primary teaching hospital, is a tertiary care facility located in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, which is truly at the forefront of medical care, education and research in the United States. US News and World Report has rated the hospital as the best hospital in Texas and one of the best in the nation.  The combination of work and learning at Houston Methodist and in one of our FQHC clinics allows our trainees to have an educational experience that is unique in opportunity and exposure.

The true strength of a residency – of any residency – is the people.  The committed and enthusiastic faculty, the diverse and hard-working residents, and the dedicated staff and leadership of both the sponsoring institution and FQHCs are the backbone of the program.  When you are here, you are part of the family.

Graduates of the program are practicing in numerous and varied practice settings around Texas and across the country.  We have successfully placed numerous graduates in fellowship programs in both geriatrics and sports medicine. We are dedicated to helping our residents achieve their own personal goals, however they define them.

Please take some time and look through the website, learn a little more about us and our mission of top quality medical education and patient care. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have a question or need any information that hasn’t been provided.

Thanks for taking a few minutes with us.


Kelly Gabler, MD
Program Director

Sharon Anderson, MD
Associate Program Director

Sofia Medrano
Program Coordinator

Enjoli Benitez, MD
Faculty 

Sara Ehdaie, DO
Faculty

Isaac Goldberg, MD
Faculty

Marsha Holleman, MD
Faculty

Susan Miller, MD
Department Chair


Kaizeen Mody, DO
Faculty


Irma Ochoa-Tamayo, MD
Faculty

Clara Rosenzweig, M.Ed.
Director- Behavioral Health Services

Tiffani Sealock, MD
Faculty

 

Get In Touch

Program Coordinator

Sofia Medrano
424 Hahlo St.
Houston TX 77020
Tel. 281.420.8841
Fax. 713.343.5488
Email: smedrano@houstonmethodist.org

Program Director

Kelly Gabler, MD
424 Hahlo St.
Houston, Texas 77020
Fax. 713.343.5488

Upcoming Academic Events

Grand rounds, tumor boards, regularly scheduled series and case presentations are offered in multiple clinical disciplines and Houston Methodist locations.
NIH Research Performance Progress Reports

Dorothy Lewis, PhD, and Israel Ramirez, MS

Dec 03 @ 11AM

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Institutional Review Board Seminar
Houston Methodist Research Institute

Bevin Lopez, MS, CEP, CCRP

Dec 04 @ 12PM

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Grand Rounds conducted in 2023
These educational events are held according to varying schedules by departments and divisions within the Houston Methodist Academic Institute

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