Pediatrics
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The Department of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Amarillo, offers a three year pediatric residency program. The program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education of the AMA. This program is approved for five residents at each level.
The residency program is designed to offer a wide variety of experiences in the diverse areas of pediatrics to prepare the individual resident for a career either in primary care Pediatrics, fellowship training in any Pediatric subspecialties, or an academic career. Our patient population is diverse crossing all elements of the socioeconomic spectrum as well as representing a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. We saw more than 20,000 children last year in our clinic and we cared for about 5,000 in-patients. Care was provided primarily by our General Pediatric faculty and complimented by our sub specialists. Our current subspecialty faculty encompass the disciplines of Adolescent Medicine, Cardiology, Critical Care, Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics, Endocrinology including diabetes, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Hematology and Oncology, Neonatology, Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Toxicology as well as Pediatric Surgery.
Our faculty members are all are committed to delivering high quality health care to children as well as excellence in teaching both residents and medical students. We are also developing a research base that provides both medical students and residents with opportunities in the areas of clinical, educational, and health services research.
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 hospital - Northwest Texas Healthcare System - as well as Baptist St. Anthony's Healthcare System, and the Harrington Cancer Center.
Northwest Texas Hospital has a 30-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a 12 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) both under the supervision of the Department of Pediatrics.The NICU and is staffed by four Texas Tech Neonatologists and the PICU is staffed by two Texas Tech Pediatric Intensivists. However, the most unique feature of the in-patient setting is a children's hospital within a hospital - Northwest Texas Children's Hospital. This unit opened in April 2004. It has 34 general pediatric beds and is an ideal in-patient setting with staff that is completely attuned to the care of children even down to play rooms, music therapists, and a Child Life Specialist.
Pediatrics, along with all of the other departments, has recently moved into a new academic and clinic building located across Coulter Road from Northwest Texas Hospital. This building houses the clinics for Pediatrics as well as Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Psychiatry. The Department of Pediatrics clinic and administrative offices are co-located on the first floor of this building making the clinic easily accessible to all of our patients.
The Don and Sybil Harrington Medical Library located at 1400 Wallace Boulevard in the Women's Health Research Institute houses better than 35,000 volumes of medical literature. The library also has extensive access to electronic versions of medical journals and other publications.
All in all, the facilities and the clinical material for residency training in pediatrics is close to ideal for the number of residents approved, and Texas Tech is proud to offer this postgraduate program in pediatrics.
Mission, Vision and Values Statement
Mission:
- Advocates for children and their families throughout the Panhandle,
- Meets their healthcare needs by education of the medical community,
- Provides exemplary healthcare services, and
- Expands medical knowledge through research and scholarly efforts.
Vision:
Will create:
A model community-university partnership, providing a medical home for children and their families.
An environment that encourages the professional development of medical students, residents and faculty.
Will facilitate:
Life-long learners who compassionately practice medicine
The generation of new knowledge in the areas of patient care, medical practice, and education
Will establish:
An atmosphere emphasizing excellent communication skills, to improve the clarity of discussion with patients, their families, and healthcare peers.
Values:
The Department of Pediatrics at TTUHSC values these characteristics/traits/behaviors:
Compassion, Innovation, Collaboration, Caring, Integrity, Facilitation in the acquisition of new knowledge