TCOM Departments
Family
and Community Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine has the
largest clincal and educational network of ambulatory primary care clinics
within the medical school. With a diverse faculty of physicians, social
scientists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, the department
provides instruction in medical interviewing, physical examination, physical
diagnosis, ambulatory family practice and elective courses in sports medicine
and emergency medicine. The department is also home to the Rural Osteopathic Medical
Education (ROME) program, which is a four-year parallel curriculum
specializing in the education of future rural physicians. As part of the
department's commitment to research, Family Medicine operates the North Texas Primary Care
Practice-Based Research Network (NorTex), which is collaborative network of
physicians who perform patient-oriented evidence-based research.
Internal
Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine prepares
osteopathic medical students and other health science center students for
successful practices in primary care and subspecialty disciplines. Department
faculty members honor the principles of osteopathic medicine, including health
promotion, disease prevention and nutrition in all teaching activities and they
strive to serve as role models and mentors for all students. Specialty practice
areas of departmental faculty include cardiology, endocrinology,
gastroenterology, geriatrics, infectious disease, rheumatology, neurology,
pulmonary and critical care, and sleep medicine.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology handles approximately 7,300 deliveries and 110,000 outpatient
visits each year. In addition, faculty members provide services related to
general obstetrics and gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Maternal-Fetal
Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology, Urogynecology and pain management.
Educationally, the department provides instruction to medical students in both
the pre-clincial and clincal portions of the curriculum as well as instruction
for a residency training program consisting of 16 residents.
Osteopathic
Manipulative Medicine
The Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
(OMM) Department is responsible for all OMM education occuring at UNTHSC. The
department offers both a two-year and a 'plus one' graduate training program in
OMM. Medical students are provided additional opportunities for specialized
training in OMM through a Teaching Assistant Program and a Pre-doctoral
Fellowship Program. In addition to educational mission, the OMM faculty actively
conduct research through the Physical Medicine Institute and the Osteopathic Research
Center.
Orthopaedic Surgery
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
is a multidisciplinary group of orthopaedic and podiatric surgeons who are
involved in patient care, education and research. Faculty members actively
participate in research and have published in internationally recognized peer
reviewed journals. In addition to providing instruction for TCOM medical
students, the department also teaches orthopaedic
and podiatric
residents in fully accredited graduate medical education programs at John Peter
Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.
Pathology
and Human Indentification
The Department of Pathology and Human
Indentification plays a significant role in the instruction of both medical and
physician assistant students. As part of its educational program, the department
oversees the instruction in the Mechanisms of Disease Courses and serves as an
integral part of Year Two medical school instruction in each of the systems
courses.
The department is also home to the Center for Human Indentification, which is a nationally recognized facility responsible for the use of DNA in human indentification. This facility collaborates with numerous local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and is the only academic health science center facility in the nation with access to the Combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS). The Center also serves as the home of the Texas Missing Persons DNA Database.
Pediatrics
The
Department of Pediatrics provides clinical instruction, patient care and
research in the care of newborns, infants, children and adolescents. In
addition, the department collaborates with a number of hospitals and clinics to
provide students with both outpatient and inpatient exposure to pediatric care.
Physican
Assistant Studies
TCOM is among a handful of medical schools
that offers a Physician Assistant Studies program. The 34-month program is
designed to prepare students for the role of physician assistant and treat
paitients under the supervision of a physician. Since its founding in 1997,
students have the opportunity to obtain specialized knowledge in either medical
education or medical practice in an underserved area.
Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry provides a broad
range clinical services for the JPS Health Network and the University of North
Texas Health Science Center including psychiatric emergency care, inpatient
adult services, inpatient adolescent services, outpatient care, acute care and
neuropsychiatry. In conjunction with the JPS Health Network, the department also
has a residency
program that is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Surgery
The
Department of Surgery provides multi-discipline surgical services and research
in a number of areas to promote excellence and quality care. Faculty members
actively engage in research in critical care, endocrine surgery, laparoscopic
surgery, endovascular surgery, swallowing disorders, airway obstructive
diseases, wound healing, clinical outcomes and a variety of clinical trials.
Other areas include basic science research in cardiac metabolism and
cardiopulmonary bypass.
This page last updated May 09, 2008
