Emergency Medicine Residency
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Application Deadline | December 1, 2025
Next Start Date | July 1, 2026
The mission of the TTUHSC Emergency Medicine Residency Program is to enhance the quality of emergency care throughout West Texas by the provision of board-certified, residency-trained emergency physicians to the region. These emergency physicians will achieve a high level of clinical competence through training in a tertiary care teaching hospital and Level 1 trauma center as well as other GME clinical learning environments where they receive the ability to provide personalized, compassionate patient care for a wide variety of emergent and complex conditions.
A successful residency program at its core places the residents first. We will encourage residents to be the fabric of our learning environment and will rely upon constant feedback from them to create ongoing, positive changes. We believe that residents will help shape our program and operation, while remaining active learners throughout the educational experience.
Information for Applicants
Find out more about our application requirements, eligibility criteria, and how to apply here.
All applications must be submitted through Residency CAS. We will begin reviewing applications on September 25th 2025, through the application deadline of December 1st, 2025. We will send out initial invitations on the County unified release date. All positions are filled through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).
We require the following for application review and interview invitations:
- Residency CAS application including personal statement and transcript
- 3 LOR including at least 1 SLOE
- For allopathic applicants, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK/CS
- For osteopathic applicants Comlex 1 and 2
Visiting Students
We are eagerly anticipating the start of our EM MS IV clerkship in July 2025. We are now accepting applications for rotations via VSLO. Please feel free to reach out to our Clerkship Director, Dr. James Ko, to express interest or with any questions.
Resident Education & Training
Lubbock Emergency Medicine Residents embark in a rigorous educational journey pushing them toward excellency. Equipping our residents with knowledge in all areas of medicine and setting them up for success.
PGY1
- EM - 7 blocks
- Anesthesia - 2 week block
- Ultrasound - 2 week block
- MICU - 1 block
- CICU - 2 week block
- Heart Station - 2 week block
- Orthopaedics - 1 block
- Inpatient Medicine - 1 block
- Ob/Gyn - 1 block
PGY2
- EM - 9 blocks
- SICU - 1 block
- PICU - 1 block
- Difficult Airway/Toxicology/Research - 1 block
- Administrative EM - 1 block
PGY3
- EM - 9 blocks
- Administrative - 2 week block with 2 week Selective
- Neuro ICU - 1 block
- EMS - 2 Week block
- Interventional Radiology - 2 week block
- Elective - (Hand Surgery, Radiology, Wilderness Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine) 1 block
Salaries:
*These amounts are for the Lubbock Campus only. Please contact TTUHSC Amarillo and TTUHSC Permian Basin for their salary information.
| Year | PGY1 | PGY2 | PGY3 | PGY4 | PGY5 | PGY6 | PGY7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | $65,764.23 | $67,250.96 | $69,374.62 | $72,532.94 | $74,685.79 | $76,841.81 | $78,997.84 |
| 2024-2025 | $63,725.03 | $65,165.66 | $67,223.47 | $70,283.84 | $72,369.95 | $74,459.12 | $76,548.30 |
| 2023-2024 | $61,570.07 | $61,570.07 | $64,950.21 | $66,936.99 | $68,923.76 | $70,913.45 | $72,903.14 |
| 2022-2023 | $58,918.73 | $60,250.71 | $62,153.31 | $64,054.53 | $65,955.76 | $67,859.76 | $69,763.77 |
| 2021-2022 | $57,202.65 | $58,495.83 | $60,343.02 | $62,188.87 | $64,034.71 | $65,883.26 | $67,731.82 |
| 2020-2021 | $55,536.56 | $56,792.07 | $58,585.46 | $60,377.54 | $62,169.63 | $63,964.33 | $65,759.05 |
Additional Benefits Include:
- Malpractice Insurance
- Aggregates are $100,000 per incident and $300,000 annual aggregate. Professional Liability Division website or call 806.743.9921
- Health Insurance
- Group Health/Dental/Vision insurance for residents and eligible dependents.
- Workers' Compensation
- Vacation
- Vacation is approved for not more than 15 working days for PGY 1 and 2 and not more than 20 working days for PGY-3 and above.
- Leave
- Sick leave for up to 12 working days per year
- Family and parental leaves of absence (see also US Department of Labor Employment Standards Administrative - FMLA)
- Educational leave
- Military leave not to exceed 15 work days per year.
- Retirement & Savings
- Residents and fellows are not eligible for TTU System's 401K plan but can participate in the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) the Tax-Deferred Account Program (TDA). More information will be provided upon starting your program.
Specific information pertaining to benefits is found in the House Staff Policies and Procedures.
Hybrid Interview Schedule: Zoom and In-Person
Interviews will be conducted Tuesday and Thursday morning starting in late November until mid January. There will be a pre-interview hangout with the current residents on Monday and Wednesday nights. All scheduling will be done through Residency CAS.
For interview season, we will have a hybrid model for in-person or virtual options for your pre interview and interview days. More information regarding the hybrid model will be provided in the invitation for interview.
For SOAP, we will only have a virtual option.
To request more information about the interview day schedule please contact our Residency Program Coordinator, Kali Newman.
Simulation Labs
- Adult and Pediatric Medical Resuscitation
- Adult and Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation
- Airways
- Cardiac Pacing
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Orthopaedic Procedures
- Slit Lamp
- Thoracostomy
Conference/Didactics Schedule
The conference/didactic curriculum runs an 18-month, repeating schedule, allowing all residents to engage in topics twice over the course of residency. Once a quarter there is planned joint-conferences with Medicine, Pediatrics, Orthopaedics, and Surgery Residencies. There is also a dedicated simulation curriculum and resident-directed conference for each PGY level.
- Core Content
- Pediatrics
- Simulation
- Ultrasound
- Laboratory Therapy
- TLS
- Special Topics
- Orthopaedics
- YDC
- Research
- Radiology
- Journal Club
- Quality Improvement
- CCLS
- M&M
The mission of the TTUHSC Emergency Medicine Residency Program is to enhance the quality of emergency care throughout West Texas by the provision of board-certified, residency-trained emergency physicians to the region. These emergency physicians will achieve a high level of clinical competence through training in a tertiary care teaching hospital and Level 1 trauma center as well as other GME clinical learning environments where they receive the ability to provide personalized, compassionate patient care for a wide variety of emergent and complex conditions.
A successful residency program at its core places the residents first. We will encourage residents to be the fabric of our learning environment and will rely upon constant feedback from them to create ongoing, positive changes. We believe that residents will help shape our program and operation, while remaining active learners throughout the educational experience.
We look forward to meeting you and helping you develop a passion for emergency medicine.
James Morris, MD, MPH
Residency Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor
TTUHSC Emergency Medicine Residency Program
- University Medical Center
- University Medical Center (UMC) is a 500-bed hospital. It is a public, non-
profit facility that serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center. UMC also includes a children's hospital
with Level IV NICU, a family-centered birth center, a regional burn center,
and the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center. Wile at UMC, TTUHSC Family
Medicine residents take care of hospitalized adults & children, work in the
critical care units, and provide family-centered maternity care in labor &
delivery.
- University Medical Center (UMC) is a 500-bed hospital. It is a public, non-
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James Morris, MD, MPH
Residency Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor
Kali Newman
Program Coordinator
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