The Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Surgery
Department of Surgery

General Surgery Residency

 

Research Opportunities

Trauma Research Fellowship Program

TRCA two year Trauma Research Fellowship Program is available at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston's Department of Surgery where the applicant will learn to design and execute laboratory experiments in collaboration with a variety of scientists who will help enhance the basic understanding of the problem under study. The trainees are immersed in the interactive research environment of the Trauma Research Center (TRC) to pursue collaborative research efforts of elucidating the role of the gastrointestinal tract in post injury multiple organ failure. The TRC (laboratories, conference rooms, and offices) is located in the medical school and is physically attached to the Memorial Hermann Hospital Level I Regional Trauma Center.

Other important components of the program include format instruction in:

  1. Ethical dimensions of the biomedical sciences,
  2. Research curriculum through the School of Public Health,
  3. Research training for laboratory medicine and care
  4. Informatics.

T32 Research Fellowship

organs by Scott Holmes - Copyright UTHSC-H In 2001, a formal postgraduate training program was added to the Center. Currently, three trainees (with a Ph.D. or M.D.) devote themselves for two years to basic science, bench, and clinical research. The Medical School investigators represent the departments of surgery, integrative biology and pharmacology, internal medicine, biochemistry and pediatrics as well as academic computing, the Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care, and the Center for Translational Injury Research.

Past and Current Fellows

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More Information

Angelica Lopez
Residency Coordinator III
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 4.331

Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: 713-500-7216
Fax: 713-500-7239

We take great pride in the accomplishments of our residency program since the establishment of our school some 30 years ago. The stature that we have achieved in that time is reflected in the fact that we receive several hundred completed applications each year from graduates of medical schools all across the United States. It is my privilege to introduce to you our program and what has made it so successful in such a short period of time. "

John R. Potts, III, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Program Director in Surgery
Vice-Chairman for Education
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education