Symposium General Information

Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium

The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) Department of Family Medicine will host the annual Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium on Saturday April 26, 2025. Abstracts will be accepted from Residents, Fellows and, new this year, Faculty from the family medicine residency programs in our region. They will include, but are not limited to, Baylor College of Medicine, Lone Star Family Health - Conroe, Memorial Hermann Health System, Methodist Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. If your school is not listed above but would like to participate please reach out to us directly at 409-747-8593.

Read about our Grand Rounds Speaker, Richelle Koopman, MD, MS, FAAFP here.

Call for Abstracts - NOW CLOSED

Family Medicine faculty, residents and fellows are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation. Participants who have submitted outstanding abstract submissions may be invited to give an oral presentation. You will receive notification of oral presentation by April 04, 2025.

All abstracts submissions were due March 14, by 5:00pm.

SUMBIT ABSTRACTS NOW CLOSED

Invited Programs

The Regional Family Medicine Research Symposium is an annual event supported by Galveston-Houston area family medicine residency programs, including:

Baylor College of Medicine
Lone Star Family Health Residency - Conroe
Memorial Hermann Health System
Methodist Hospital
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
And more...

Faculty, Residents and Fellows are invited to present posters and/or oral presentations on clinical research, evidence-based reviews, quality improvement projects, case reports, community projects, educational/curriculum development or medical ethics/history/humanities.

Cost

The cost for the 2025 Regional Family Medicine Residency Symposium will be $65/participant (Participants are considered anyone in attendance: students, residents, fellows, faculty and staff). This is an in-person symposium, there will not be a virtual attendance option. There is no additional charge for CME Credits.

Registration

To facilitate smooth registration process, program coordinators should register all of their residents, fellows, faculty and staff at the same time. Deadline for 2025 symposium will be March 21, 2025. Payment will be due by April 15, 2025 in the form of One (1) check for all registrants from your program. Invoices will be submitted to each program by April 1, 2025.

ALL COORDINATORS - REGISTER YOUR GROUP HERE

FACULTY: 1 HR ETHICS - RISK MANAGEMENT CME OFFERED

The symposium will be held at the UTMB Health Education Center at 301 11st., Suite 1.200 in Galveston Texas 77550.

You will park in the parking garage #4 in the 1200 Block of Mechanic St. in Galveston Texas. Do not park on the street or any of the flat lots. The parking garage will have the gate arms open. You will then walk east directly across the street to the UTMB Health Education Center (HEC)