Geriatric Fellowship
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Geriatric fellows’ responsibilities include participation in a university setting with clinical and academic programs to train medical students, residents and allied health professionals. Full range of clinical activities are available in addition to long-term care, including hospital consultation, outpatient/ambulatory care, assisted living settings, hospice and home care.
TTUHSC-Lubbock hosts the renowned Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center, the first on-site teaching nursing home of any medical school in the nation, and enjoys a beautiful new outpatient Texas Tech Physicians’ Pavilion for ambulatory care.
TTUHSC School of Medicine is a Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Aging and Quality of Life grant recipient. Research opportunities include the TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging, the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, and the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health. TTUHSC SOM is a multi-campus unit of the TTUHSC System, allowing for research and educational collaboration across campuses.
Lubbock is a very friendly city on the sunny West Texas plains, with nearly 30,000 students on the adjacent Texas Tech University campus.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
- 2010-2011 Salary $48,021
- Moving allowance: up to $1250
- Health, life and dental insurance for
- Fellow and immediate family
- Disability, malpractice & workers’ compensation insurance for Fellow
- Digital pagers
- Name-embroidered lab coats
- Twenty days of paid vacation
- Annual Residency/Fellow Retreat held each February
- Five days and $1,000 for approved CME courses
- ACLS recertification tuition provided
WHO CAN APPLY
Applicants must:
- Be graduates of an accredited program and board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine.
- Be licensable in the State of Texas
- Have passed the USMLE passed in the first two attempts for each step
- International Medical Graduates: Have a J-1 Visa only
HOW TO APPLY
Contact Michelle Hernandez for an application:
- michelle.hernandez@ttuhsc.edu
- 806-743-1100 x.251
Mail your application to:
Family Medicine Geriatric Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
3601 4th Street, MS 8143
Lubbock, TX 79430
Or email it to:
OUR FACILITIES
- University Medical Center (teaching hospital)
- Texas Tech Physicians’ Pavilion (geriatric clinics)
- Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center (long term care)
- Carillon LifeCare Community (assisted living)
- PACE (MHMR) “La Paloma” program
- Senior House Calls (home care program)
- VistaCare (hospice care)
- TrustPoint Hospital (rehabilitation care)
GERIATRIC MEDICINE FACULTY
- Andrew Neal Dentino, M.D., F.A.C.P., A.G.S.F., F.A.P.A., F.A.A.H.P.M.
Program Director - Steven Berk, MD
Dean, School of Medicine - Parampal Bhullar, MD
Internal Medicine-Geriatrics Division - Bich-Thy Ngo, MD
Internal Medicine Medicine-Geriatrics Division - Rebecca Sleeper-Irons, PharmD
School of Pharmacy-Geriatrics Division - Gary Meyerrose, MD
Internal Medicine-Cardiology & Geriatric Medicine - Ron Cook, DO, MBA
Family Medicine-Geriatric Medicine - Betsy Goebel Jones, EdD
Women’s Health & Family Medicine Research Director
CONTACT US:
Feel free to contact the Department of Family and Community Medicine with any questions you may have:
- Call us at: 806-743-1100 x.251
- Email us: michelle.hernandez@ttuhsc.edu
- Drop by for a visit in Room 4B320
- Write to us:
Family Medicine
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
3601 4th Street, MS 8143
Lubbock, TX 79430