Program Overview
Mission Statement: To educate and develop compassionate, skilled, and collaborative obstetrician-gynecologists who provide evidence-based, patient-centered care, advance women’s health through education and innovation, and improve the health of the diverse communities we serve across West Texas.
Vision Statement: To be recognized for excellence in obstetric and gynecologic education and patient care, preparing physicians to confidently provide comprehensive and advanced care across the full spectrum of women’s health.
Curriculum & Rotations
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- Obstetrics | 3-4 months
- Gynecology | 3-4 months
- Night Float | 2 months
- MFM Ultrasound | 1 month
- Ambulatory | 2 months
- MICU | 1 month
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- Obstetrics | 4 months
- Gynecology | 4 months
- Night Float | 2 months
- Ambulatory | 1 month
- Gyn Oncology | 2 months
- REI | 2 months
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- Obstetrics | 2 months
- Gynecology | 2 months
- Night Float | 2 months
- REI | 2 months
- Gyn Oncology | 3 months
- Community Gyn | 1 month
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- Obstetrics | 2 months
- Gynecology | 2 months
- Night Float | 2 months
- Gyn Oncology | 1 month
- Community Gyn | 3 months
- REI | 2 months
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Educational Conferences
- OB/Peds Conference
Held Monthly - Fetal Heart Tracing
Held Monthly - OB/GYN Journal Club
Held Monthly - Didactics
Held Weekly - Obstetrics Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Held Monthly - Gynecology Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Held Monthly
- OB/Peds Conference
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Hospital Affiliation
- University Medical Center
- 3040 deliveries per year
- 495 beds
- Covenant Medical Center
TTUHSC Ob/Gyn Clinics
The TTUHSC Ob/GYN Clinics, supporting the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program, provide hands-on training through more than 40,000 patient visits and over 750 gynecologic surgeries each year.
- Center for Fertility & Reproductive Surgery
- The Center for Fertility and Reproductive Surgery is dedicated to serving women and men with fertility and other reproductive health needs.
- Center for Perinatal Medicine
- Specialized clinic providing comprehensive, high-risk obstetric care, including advanced maternal-fetal medicine consultations, prenatal diagnostics, and multidisciplinary management for complex pregnancies.
- Ob/Gyn at Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion
- Our expert doctors at Texas Tech Physicians Ob/Gyn are here to assist you with issues related to health maintenance, acute problems or highly specific needs that require access to one of our subspecialists.
- Southwest Ob/Gyn Associates
- Our expert doctors at Texas Tech Physicians Ob/Gyn are here to assist you with issues related to health maintenance, acute problems or highly specific needs that require access to one of our subspecialists.
- University Medical Center
How to Apply
Application Requirements
View our SOM House Staff Policies and Procedures, SOM Administrative Policies, as well as a sample contract.
Residency applications are received through Residency CAS Service from August through September. You are encouraged to start the application process as soon as possible. Please note that no final decision on selection can be made on an incomplete application. Submitting an acceptable application is the responsibility of the prospective resident. We do not set a specific minimum score requirement for the USMLE because the Selection Committee views the application as a whole, but your score must be competitive. If your application is chosen by the Selection Committee you will be invited for interviews.
Application Process
In order to be a part of this competitive and fulfilling program you will need to do the following:
- Apply via the ResidencyCAS Service
- Complete the application process by requesting a dean's letter, a transcript and three current letters of recommendation
- Pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Steps one & two within three attempts
ResidencyCAS Application Checklist
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Applicants must by U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents or eligible for a J-1 Visa
- U.S. clinical experience preferred, but not required
- ECFMG certificate preferred at time of application
- USMLE step 2 is required
*Please note that no applications will be accepted after October 1, the institution sponsors only J-1 visas, and U.S. clinical experience is not required.
Interview Process
If your application is chosen by the Selection Committee you will be invited for interviews. The first interviews are scheduled in November and December. Your interviews will be scheduled on Fridays when the faculty is readily available.
The Thursday prior to the interview, a virtual Zoom social with current residents will be held at 7:15 p.m.
On the day of the interview, all sessions are held virtually, beginning with a welcome from the Chairman and Program Director from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m., followed by a block interview session at either 8:15 a.m. or 10:15 a.m.
Salaries
| Salaries for 2026-2027 (These amounts are for the Lubbock Campus only) | |||||||
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| PGY-1 | PGY-2 | PGY-3 | PGY-4 | PGY-5 | PGY-6 | PGY-7 | PGY-8 |
| $67,474 | $68,999 | $71,178 | $74,419 | $76,628 | $78,840 | $81,052 | $83,483 |
| Previous Years' Salaries | |||||||
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| Year | PGY-1 | PGY-2 | PGY-3 | PGY-4 | PGY-5 | PGY-6 | PGY-7 |
| 2025-2026 | $65,764.23 | $67,250.96 | $69,374.62 | $72,532.92 | $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 | $62,961.99 | $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 |
Benefits
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
Workers' Compensation website
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 policies vary by program and may not apply to all programs. Program-specific leave details, including the number of days available, may be listed below.*
Leave Policies
Leave policies vary by program and may not apply to all programs. Program-specific leave details, including the number of days available, may be listed below.
- Sick leave for up to 12 working days per year. Leave policies vary by program and may not apply to all programs. Program-specific leave details, including the number of days available, may be listed below.*
- 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) or the Tax-Deferred Account Program (TDA). More information will be provided upon starting your program.
For GME Salary and Benefits questions, please contact:
Lubbock Graduate Medical Education
Phone: (806) 743-2978
Fax: (806) 743-1599
Email: LubbockGME@ttuhsc.edu
*Each program sets their own vacation and sick guidelines, not to exceed the maximum.
Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Lubbock Specific Benefits
- Basic Life Support/Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification after intern year (BLS/ACLS)
- Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics certification (ALSO)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification (NRP)
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery certification (FLS)
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Board Exam and board exam prep course (ABOG)
- Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology Exams (CREOG)
- Additional department-funded educational and professional development opportunities available based on resident needs and emerging opportunities
Additional Resources
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Welcome to the web site of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock. I am pleased that you are taking the time to visit us. We want you to become acquainted with our faculty, residents and staff as well as our clinical, educational and research activities. Our faculty and staff are focused on excellence in obstetrics and gynecology. Their enthusiasm and dedication to teaching, patient care and academics is our greatest asset.
We have a Medical Pavilion on our campus where our residents provide outpatient care to women of all ages under faculty supervision. At our Center for Perinatal Medicine we have a diagnostic center for ultrasounds, genetics and fetal testing services that serves a large portion of West Texas. In addition to the gynecology continuity of care clinic, we have a number of other subspecialty clinics including diabetes, high risk obstetrics, reproductive endocrinology & infertility, and colposcopy.
The department also provides ample opportunities for research for students and residents. Each resident is assigned a research mentor in the first year and is expected to present a finished project in the third or fourth year at our annual resident research day. The faculty is actively engaged in a variety of research endeavors across all areas of the specialty. The OB/GYN laboratory is located within the department and serves as a unique resource for both basic science and clinical research.
We hope our website will stimulate you to learn more about who we are and what we do here at Texas Tech. We extend to you an invitation to visit us in person and learn more.
Salvatore LoCoco, MD
Chairman
TTUHSC Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program
Contact Us
Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Lubbock
We're here to help. Contact us if you have questions.
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Address
3601 4th Street
Lubbock, TX 79430
United States
- Phone (806) 743-1946
- Email stephanie.faulkner@ttuhsc.edu
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Hours
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday to Friday