The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that Quratulanne "Annie" Jan, MD has been appointed Associate Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program.

Each June, the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine bids farewell to yet another class of resident trainees. In 2019, our graduates are preparing for big new adventures.

The Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) has recognized the UTMB Health Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) as a 2019 first place winner for its FMIG Program of Excellence Award.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has selected the University of Texas Medical Branch Family Medicine Interest Group as a recipient of the 2019 AAFP Program of Excellence Award for Excellence in FMIG Operation.

We are pleased to announce Ken O. Kenneth-Nwosa, MD and Stacy Leung, MD, MBA as our new 2019-2020 Chief Residents.

Medical Students at UTMB get news about the residency programs they matched during the annual Match Day celebration at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on Friday, March 15, 2019. While the national trend among medical school graduates is toward specialty practices and away from primary care, especially family medicine, three soon-to-be University of Texas Medical Branch graduates chose the family medicine track based on their unique life experiences.

The UTMB Health Family Medicine Interest Group has announced its 2019-2020 officers.

The 2019 Match is complete and the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to welcome our incoming resident Class of 2022.

UTMB was well represented at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine – Medical Education Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, February 1-3, 2019

Congratulations to all of this years winners, all who were nominated and those who took the time to vote! This year's family medicine winners are....

Congratulations to Jennifer Raley, MD, Shannon Samuelson, BA, Kyu Jana, MD, Samuel Mathis, MD and Victor Sierpina, MD for being invited to present "Primary Care Procedures Workshops - It Works If You Work It" as a workshop at the 2019 Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education Innovations in Health Science Education Conference.

A group of residents from the UTMB Health Family Medicine residency program attended, and presented posters at the 2018 TAFP Annual Primary Care Summit in Arlington, Texas from November 9-11, 2018.

Congratulations to Jorge Duchicela, MD, FAAFP who received the distinction of becoming the 2017-2018 Texas Family Physician of the Year by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.

It's Thursday morning September 27th at 7:30am and one-by-one we watch 10 fresh new faces walk into the Primary Care Pavilion with the anticipation of becoming one of UTMB Health's Family Medicine Residency Class of 2022.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that it is expanding its women's health services through an agreement with the Galveston County Health District (GCHD).

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to share that members of its Medical Student Education Program have had four presentations accepted for the 2019 Conference on Medical Student Education.

Beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year, residents can apply to participate in one of four tracks during their training. The tracks give residents a clearly delineated plan to pursue more in-depth training in their area of interest. The currently offered tracks include focuses on faculty development, integrative medicine, obstetrics, or sports medicine.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that our women's health services are expanding through an agreement with the Galveston County Health District (GCHD).

We could like to congratulate Dr. Victor Sierpina for being selected as a recipient of one of the 2018 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards. A special reception was held in Austin on August 9, 2018 honoring all of this year's recipients.