TTUHSC School of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education

Resources for Residents

House Staff Officers for 2011-2012

Ebtesam Islam, MD, President
Ebtesam.Islam@ttuhsc.edu

Lukas McWhorter, MD, Vice-President
Luke.McWhorter@ttuhsc.edu

Heather Derington, DO, Secretary
Heather.Derington@ttuhsc.edu

Colbert Perez, Program Coordinator
Colbert.R.Perez@ttuhsc.edu


Housestaff Officers Roles and Functions

House Staff Meeting Calendar


Use this link for important information regarding the use and abuse of certain drugs as required by Senate Bill 144

Read text of SB 144 here.


Duty Hours Language Power Point here


***ATTENTION***

FICA INFO AND FAQ'S


All residents must be registered to participate in Texas Electronic Registrar (TER) Death Registration

Anyone who is involved in the completion of a death certificate must register or face the possibility of a fine.

***ATTENTION RESIDENTS***
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING
GME MEDICARE FUNDING
READ THIS

Duties of Physician in Training (PIT) Permit Holders to Report
Links

ACGME-Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

ABMS-American Board of Medical Specialties

AAMC-Association of American Medical Colleges

FCVS-Federation Credentialing Verification Service

FSMB-Federation of State Medical Boards Directory - Established to provide a centralized, uniform process for state medical boards as well as private and governmental entities to obtain a verified, primary source record of a physician's core medical credentials. FCVS obtains primary source verification of medical education, postgraduate training, licensure examination history, board action history, board certification and identity.

TTUHSC Medical Alliance-Spouses in Support of Medicine

Resident/Fellow Licensure Information

Applying for your Physician in Training (PIT) License

Current Institutional DEA Certificate (expires 11/30/14)

Current Institutional DPS Certificate (expires 10/31/13)

TTUHSC Lubbock GME has updated your information to include the PIT DPS numbers.  Call us if you have any questions at 743-2978.

Important Email Info:

All TTUHSC students, faculty, and staff will be issued an official TTUHSC email account with the firstname.last/surname@ttuhsc.edu naming convention format.  This email address will be the only email address used for all official communications between the Institution and students, faculty, and staff.  Emails will not be redirected or forwarded to another, non-TTUHSC account.  See policy in its entirety here.

Links for Licensure in Texas

TMB - Texas Medical Board

DPS - Texas Department of Public Safety

DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency

Information for IMG's (International Medical Graduates)

ECFMG-Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

CIMA-Center for International and Multicultural Affairs

Insurance Information

Health Insurance - IMS-Insurance Management Services

Dental Insurance - BCBSTX (BlueCross and BlueShield of Texas).  Look up a dental provider with DentaBlue

Vision Insurance - Avesis

Financial Information

Texas Tech Federal Credit Union

AIM Bank

Antioch Financial, Brock Barnes, CFP

Primerica Financial Services, Casey Hildebrandt

FIRST for Medical Education