Family Practice Residency Program Information

TCOM offers an American Osteopathic Association -approved residency program for training qualified osteopathic physicians in family practice. The TCOM program is associated with several affiliated hospitals.

Certification in family practice requires a three-year program that includes a special-emphasis track as the first year of the residency. Residents are based at a busy model family practice clinic and a full-service regional referral hospital. The curriculum is strong in family-oriented ambulatory and inpatient care, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency medicine, behavioral science, patient education and geriatrics. Residents are taught by a core of excellent and enthusiastic faculty who are active in patient care and teaching. Structured teaching services provide a blend of didactic and hands-on experiences.

The program provides the educational requirements to qualify residents for membership in the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and for eventual examination by the American Board of Osteopathic Family Physicians pursuant to certification in family practice.

Click here to view the Residency Program's current curriculum.

Elizabeth Palmarozzi, D.O. Chairman, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine
Ronald D. Tanner D.O., PhD, Director of Family Practice Residency Program

Approved Positions 20
Funded Positions 20
Special Emphasis Internships 10

1. Medical Plaza at Fort Worth
   900 8th Avenue
   Fort Worth, Texas 76104
   Ronald D. Tanner, D.O. PhD,Director of Family Practice Residency Program
   
   
2. OPTI Residency
   Columbia Bay Area Medical Center
   7101 South Padre Island Drive
   Corpus Christi, Texas 78412
   512/985-3280
   Mel Eliades, D.O. Director of Medical Education
   Brian Knight, D.O. Residency Program Director