Obstetrics & Gynecology
Introduction
Dr. Robert Kauffman
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo offers a four year obstetric and gynecology residency program, which is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education of the American Medical Association, and is approved for three residents at each level. In the year 2000, the department celebrated its twentieth anniversary of residency training.
The residency program is designed to offer experience in the diverse areas of obstetrics and gynecology to prepare residents for a career in either private practice, fellowship training in subspecialties, or in academic medicine. The clinical experience is gained by exposure to approximately 2000 deliveries per year, an average of 750 major gynecologic surgical procedures per year, and an outpatient service of greater than 24,000 patient visits per year. The department is complemented by experienced subspecialty faculty working within our two primary teaching hospitals. Because of the geography of the area, the department serves as a tertiary referral center for maternal fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
In 2000, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center established the Women's Health Research Institute of Amarillo that is a multi-campus, multi-discipline effort in women's health. This institute is based primarily upon the research efforts of our department through our research laboratory, clinical trials division, faculty research and resident research. Our department collaborates with over twenty other universities and research organizations around the country. Residents are expected to actively participate in research and regularly present papers at regional and national meetings and publish in peer review journals.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo is located within the Harrington Regional Medical Center. This unique four hundred-acre campus includes our primary teaching hospitals, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Baptist St. Anthony's Healthcare System, and the Harrington Cancer Center. The Veterans Hospital is located immediately adjacent to the medical center. Our high risk obstetrical service at Northwest Texas Healthcare System is serviced by helicopter transport units and a thirty bed neonatal intensive care unit.
The department functions in multiple outpatient facilities including the University Physicians of Texas Tech at Amarillo, Women's and Children's Health Center, the Harrington Cancer Center, Planned Parenthood of Amarillo, and the Veterans Hospital outpatient facilities. Services available include obstetrical and gynecologic ultrasound, bone densitometry, urodynamic testing, incontinence biofeedback, and the full range of general and subspecialty care.
The Don and Sybil Harrington Medical Library located at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Building houses 35,000 volumes of medical literature, as well as med-line services. The departmental library maintains selected periodicals, standard monographs, textbooks, and a wide array of computerized learning materials.
The School of Medicine has recently moved into a completely new academic and clinical facility located on the west side of the regional medical center adjacent to the School of Pharmacy.
Our department is growing and dynamic. A very specific strategic planning process is in place for all aspects of the department. The facilities, personnel, patient volume, research effort, and institutional vision offer a maximal experience in patient care, education, and research.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is to improve the health of people by providing educational opportunities for students and health care professionals, advancing knowledge through scholarship and research, and providing patient care and service.
Vision
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will be recognized nationally as a top-ranked health sciences university.
Values
We value:
Integrity, approach our work with competence, character, and perseverance
Trust, providing respect, empowerment, open communications and loyalty within the work environment
Personal responsibility, to care for all stakeholders and honor commitments as representatives of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Collaboration , working as a team to share resources, risk, responsibility, and recognition
Stewardship , delegating responsibilities and being accountable as individuals and to the community