Grand Rounds

  Grand Rounds are held each Friday from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. in the Amphitheater or can be viewed live at http://vod2.netnet.org. All Grand Rounds are designated for CME credit. CME Credit cannot be given for viewing recorded programs. We are working to continue Friday Grand Rounds without interruption. Please keep in mind that speakers […]

Graduate Medical Education Welcome

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler has been training physicians for more than three decades. Providing first-class medical education is part of our ongoing commitment to improve the quality of life for our neighbors in Northeast Texas and beyond. Our recent partnership to expand our clinical enterprise resulted in the creation of […]

Virtual Application Packet

Please download the following documents from our Virtual Application Packet. You will need to print the "Acknowledgements" document, complete, sign and return it to us as part of your application process. Thank you! Virtual Application Packet Documents Click to download the following PDF files. Each link will open in a new tab or window. Acknowledgements Application […]

General Surgery Residency Faculty and Staff

Surgical Oncology (GS1) Hishaam Ismael, MD, FACS Program Director Associate Professor of Surgery Surgical Clerkship Director General and Hepatobiliary Surgery Steven Cox, MD  Sr. Vice President, Chief Medical Officer/Physician in Chief General Surgery David Young, MD  General Surgery Joesph Prud’homme, MD  General Surgery General and Vascular Surgery (GS2) Blake Harrison, MD Associate Program Director General […]

General Surgery Residency Curriculum

The General Surgery Residency Program curriculum provides a deep understanding of value-based, patient-centered health care delivery for the management of a variety of surgical diseases. We will have weekly didactics including basic science and advanced science conferences, tumor conferences, and morbidity and mortality meetings. Grand rounds, journal clubs, and simulation labs will be held monthly. […]

General Surgery Residency Application

Apply Now All residency applicants must apply through ERAS. We accept three residents every year. Minimum requirements to apply include: Graduate of LCME/AOA accredited medical school  USMLE Step 1 with minimum score of 220 on the first attempt Comlex accepted  DO and MD’s accepted 3 letters of recommendations Deans letter Personal statement Medical school transcript […]

General Surgery Residency Welcome

Welcome to the General Surgery Residency Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. The goal of our ACGME-approved residency program is to recruit and train confident, technically capable and well-rounded surgeons. Scroll down to view our virtual tour video.   The large clinical volume and the mix of academic, hospital-employed and […]

Forms & Certifications

Certifications College of American Pathologists Accrediation CLIA Pennsylvania Permit for Importation & Transportation Forms Pathology Referral Form Patient Isolate Requisition Form Price List Shipping and Packaging Label Changes Shipping and Packaging Instructions Please be advised that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have made regulatory changes about the […]

Family Medicine Athens Residency Overview

The UTHSCT Family Medical Residency in Athens offers an unopposed community based rural training experience in all aspects of family medicine. The residents interact daily with family medicine faculty with years of experience caring for the rural patient. In addition, residents will interact with freshly trained family physicians (fellowship graduates) who believe and are trained […]

Family Medicine Athens Residency Curriculum

Our residents participate in 13 four-week rotations each year. Except when noted, the rotation will be in Athens, Texas. Since Family Physicians are generalists and rarely, after graduation, see three patients in a row with the same clinical problem and rarely will the patient just have one problem, the resident curriculum will reflect the real […]