Long School of Medicine
Medical Residencyand Fellowship
You’re so close to earning your medical degree.
Now let’s talk about what comes next.
The Long School of Medicine Experience
When you apply to medical residency or fellowship, you may be applying to your first “real” job and moving to a new city. And it’s not outside the realm of possibility that you may stay in that city after completing your training. We understand that the decision you’re making on where to go is a big one, not only for your career but also for your life. We’re here to help you.
Supportive Culture
While in training, support will matter more to you than it ever has before. We offer a supportive environment, where everyone recognizes they’re a lifelong learner in the ever-evolving industry of health care. We believe this unique dynamic gives you the confidence you need to reach your full potential.
![Long School of Medicine Students in Research Lab](https://longschoolofmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/supportive_1712x1284.jpg)
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Vibrant Community
When you choose an institution for medical residency or fellowship, you’re also choosing a city. San Antonio offers a high quality of life and low cost of living. Putting down roots here is easy because the housing options close to campus are affordable and in safe communities, and the public schools are exceptional. Plus, there’s something for everyone: parks and attractions for the kids, outstanding dining options for you and museums for the entire family.
Diverse Clinical Training
It’s important to receive a diverse training experience so you can make important decisions about your career and be prepared to handle any clinical situation. The Long School of Medicine and our partner facilities offer a wide range of specialties and subspecialties. We also diagnose and treat many conditions in a diverse patient population from all of central and south Texas.
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Groundbreaking Research
There’s a spirit of curiosity and innovation in the air here that our trainees notice as soon as they set foot on campus. And fair warning: it’s contagious. Our institution has international recognition for its research in diseases such as cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases. If you want to do your own research, our faculty, who publish consistently in top medical journals, are here to support you.
80+
medical specialties
850+
residents & fellows
100%
of programs in ACGME good standing
At the Long School of Medicine and within the university, we take pride in our flat hierarchy. You’ll get respect as a doctor right from the start of your medical residency or fellowship.
But most importantly, you’ll receive respect as a human. We pride ourselves in the diverse community we’ve built, with trainees and faculty representing a wide range of races and ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds and skill sets.
And the work doesn’t stop there. We remain in the constant pursuit of ensuring that everyone feels embraced and like they can achieve success — especially those from historically underrepresented groups. Our institution’s Office for Inclusion and Diversity keeps us on course toward this goal every day.
Key faculty and staff
You’ll receive training and mentorship from world-renowned faculty, some of whom wrote the textbooks you’ve commonly referenced in your chosen specialty. Our faculty work with our residents to understand what they want to do in medicine and help them get there. And whether you’re a resident or fellow, our faculty will help you define who you are as a doctor.
Residents and fellows
Transitioning from medical school to residency and then fellowship can be challenging. But it is often in the circumstances that test us where camaraderie develops and some of the most special bonds are forged. Our trainees are a close-knit group of individuals who start off as colleagues with similar clinical interests and become lifelong friends.
Our Places
As a resident or fellow, you’ll spend your time training in modern facilities that offer a full range of care options using advanced technology. You’ll benefit from treating a diverse patient population in San Antonio and throughout central and south Texas.
Our campus
Located in the heart of San Antonio’s South Texas Medical Center, our campus is surrounded by hospitals, clinics and surgical centers. Surgery residents have access to the Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation, a 1,300 square-foot simulation training facility that helps you develop surgical skills.
Our campus also includes patient care facilities where you’ll complete some of your training:
- UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, part of the Mays Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated patient care and research center that also includes a leading drug discovery program, the Institute for Drug Development
- UT Health Medical Arts & Research Center, a large multispecialty outpatient facility and designated NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home that includes a same-day surgery center, imaging, physical therapy center, laboratory and pharmacy
- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, the region’s first center dedicated to providing a full range of dementia care, as well as research and clinical trials
- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, one of two pediatric cancer research institutes in the United States, which has developed more innovative treatments in national trials than any other center in the nation
- Sam & Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies, a research institute dedicated to understanding the biology of aging and discovering treatments for diseases associated with aging
- South Texas Research Facility, one of the largest laboratory facilities in the state, which houses many different labs and offices, including our Optical Imaging Facility and the Bioanalytics and Single-Cell Core (BASiC) lab, as well as our Office of Technology Commercialization and the Office of the Vice President for Research
To locate individual buildings and areas, check out our campus maps.
Partner facilities
To give you a well-rounded residency or fellowship experience, we offer training at a variety of locations, which distinguishes our institution from others. Our partner facilities provide exposure to different care settings and patient populations, as well as a full range of care options and advanced technology.
University Health System facilities
University Health System, which includes a nationally recognized teaching hospital and outpatient care centers, delivers advanced treatment options using the latest technology and research. University Health System partner locations include:
- University Hospital, a teaching partner that offers a broad range of specialized care options and a Level I trauma center
- Robert B. Green Campus, an outpatient clinic located in downtown San Antonio that includes various primary and specialty care practices
- Texas Diabetes Institute, one of the largest and most complete diabetes care centers in the United States
Watch as current and former residents at University Health System and The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio share what they learned and how they grew throughout their training.
Additional facilities
We also partner with facilities in San Antonio and surrounding areas, including:
- Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital, the seventh largest VA hospital in the United States
- Brooke Army Medical Center & Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, where local members of the military and their family members receive care
- Methodist Healthcare, which includes eight adult hospitals and a children’s hospital
- Baptist Health System, which includes six hospitals, a children’s hospital, cancer network and outpatient services
- CHRISTUS Health System, which serves parts of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico, as well as the countries of Chile, Colombia and Mexico
- The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, the first freestanding children’s hospital in San Antonio and part of CHRISTUS Health System
Our Programs
One of the greatest assets of the Long School of Medicine’s residency and fellowship programs is the variety of places where you can train. Our 85 different programs that include hospital-, medical- and surgical-based training offer a diversity of patients, faculty and resources to support you and your medical education.
- Anesthesiology
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Pathology - A&C
- Pediatrics
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiology - Diagnostic
- Radiology - Vascular & Interventional
- Surgery - General
- Thoracic Surgery - Integrated
- Urology
- Anesthesiology - Critical Care Medicine
- Anesthesiology - Pain Medicine
- Emergency Medicine - Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship
- Emergency Medicine - Combined Clinical Ultrasound & Global Health Fellowship
- Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medical Services
- Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism
- Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine - Geriatric Medicine
- Internal Medicine - Hematology Oncology
- Internal Medicine - Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine - Interventional Cardiology
- Internal Medicine - Nephrology
- Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease & CCM
- Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
- Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology
- Neurology - Clinical Neurophysiology
- Neurology - Epilepsy
- Neurology - Vascular Neurology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology - Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology - Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
- Orthopaedic Surgery - Hand Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
- Pathology - Blood Banking-Transfusion Med
- Pathology - Cytopathology
- Pathology - Hematopathology
- Pediatrics - Child Abuse
- Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatrics - Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatrics - Endocrinology
- Pediatrics - Hematology-Oncology
- Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry - Geriatric Psychiatry
- Interventional Radiology – Independent
- Radiology Musculoskeletal Imaging & Intervention
- Radiology Neuroradiology
- Radiology Vascular and Interventional Radiology
- Surgery — General - Surgical Critical Care
- Surgery — General - Vascular Surgery
- Urology — Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Our Stories
Long Story Short
Our medical residency and fellowship programs are first-rate — and it’s the people, including our faculty, residents and fellows, who make them so. Read their stories.
![Eugen Stolow](https://longschoolofmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/uthsa-LSOM_stolow_1000 × 1000-150x150.jpg)
There are many opportunities for research, and to have projects both published and accepted at local, national and international conferences. My residency program’s spirit is not one of competition but one of motivating each other to be the best physicians and human beings possible. We help and support one another and have developed strong friendships both at work and outside the hospital.
![James Keeton](https://longschoolofmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/uthsa-LSOM_keeton_1000 × 1000-150x150.jpg)
From the top down, our program leadership team is receptive to feedback and invested in the constant improvement of fellow education. The collaboration between faculty and fellows is incredible; for example, we have a WhatsApp group to share interesting cases in an informal setting to focus on educational topics. Fellowship training in the cardiology training program has and will continue to help prepare me for a successful career.
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Connect With Us
Have questions about our medical school, residency or fellowship programs? Wondering what life is like at Long School of Medicine and in San Antonio?