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2014-2015 Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Postdoctoral Medical Training/GME


TCOM encourages graduates to complete at least three years of approved postdoctoral training. All internship, residency, and fellowship programs affiliated with TCOM are approved by the American Osteopathic Association and/or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Graduates of approved programs are eligible for certification by the corresponding specialty board. Candidates interested in GME programs affiliated with TCOM and the Texas OPTI should contact the individual sites as noted below, for more information regarding admissions requirements and application procedures:

Bay Area Corpus Christi Medical Center
7101 S. Padre Island Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
(361) 761-3280
http://www.ccmedicalcenter.com
Steven L. Gates, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency
Internal Medicine Residency
Cardiology Fellowship
Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship 

Conroe Medical Education Foundation
605 S. Conroe Medical Drive
Conroe, TX 7730
866-782-666
http://www.lonestarfamily.org
Stephen McKernan, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency 

Driscoll Children’s Hospital
3533 South Alameda Corpus Christi, TX 78411
(361) 694-5465
http://www.driscollchildrens.org
William Dirksen, MD, Administrative Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Pediatrics Residency 

JPS Health Network
1500 S. Main Street
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 927-1173
http://www.jpshealthnet.org
Josephine Fowler, MD, Administrative Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Psychiatry Residency  
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
3500 Wheatland Road
Dallas, TX 75237
(214) 947-5420
http://www.methodisthealthsystem.org
Thomas Shima, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency 

Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth
900 8th Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 347-5887
http://www.plazamedicalcenter.com
Lisa R. Nash, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency
General Surgery Residency
Internal Medicine Residency
Cardiology Fellowship
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Texas A&M Health Sciences Center
2900 E. 29th Street, Ste 100
Bryan, TX 77802
(979) 862-4465
http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/fmr
Kory Gill, DO,  Director of Osteopathic Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency 

Texas Tech University Health Science Center-Lubbock
3601 4th Street
Lubbock, TX 79430
(806) 743-2770
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/fammed
Ron Cook, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency 

Texoma Medical Center
5016 South US Hwy 75
Denison, Texas 75021
(903)-416-4120
http://www.texomamedicalcenter.net
Jim Tarpley, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Family Medicine Residency 

UNTHSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 735-2498
http://www.hsc.unt.edu
Amy Moss, DO, Director of Medical Education
Approved Programs:
Combined FM/NMM Residency
Dermatology Residency - Dallas/Fort Worth
Dermatology Residency - Houston
Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Plus One Residency
Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Residency
Geriatrics - Internal Medicine
Palliative Care Fellowship
Sport Medicine Fellowship

Weatherford Regional Medical Center
713 East Anderson
Weatherford, Texas 76086
(817)599-1130
http://www.weatherfordregional.com
Lisa R. Nash, DO, Director of Medical Education                                                                                                                                                                
Approved Programs:
Internal Medicine Residency

Information for additional accredited GME programs may be accessed on the Internet at:

American Osteopathic Association - Opportunities
www.opportunities.osteopathic.org

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
www.acgme.org

TCOM and its affiliate hospitals are members of the Texas Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions (Texas OPTI), an educational consortium committed to assuring the availability of quality postdoctoral training in the State of Texas.

For more information, please view the Texas OPTI website at http://texasopti.hsc.unt.edu.

Lisa R. Nash, DO, MS-HPEd, FAAFP
Associate Dean for Educational Programs
Texas College of Osteopathic
Medicine Medical Education and Training Building
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard - MET-330F
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 735-2149
lisa.nash@unthsc.edu