General Internal Medicine in Beautiful West Texas - Your FUTURE IS HERE!!

Position Title: General Internal Medicine Faculty
Location: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Odessa, TX

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Position Overview:

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Odessa is seeking a dynamic and dedicated physician to join our General Internal Medicine faculty. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an academic institution where you will have the chance to shape the future of healthcare by educating the next generation of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Teaching and Mentorship: Lead and mentor internal medicine residents, NPs, PAs, and medical students through clinical instruction and didactic teaching. You will also provide lectures and conduct teaching sessions for fellows, residents, and students, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.

• Medical Practice Development: Build and maintain a thriving general internal medicine practice. This role involves supervising residents in inpatient and outpatient settings, including several local hospitals and rehabilitation units.

• Patient Care: Oversee the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients. Responsibilities include ordering and interpreting x-rays, and laboratory tests, and planning and executing appropriate treatment plans.

• Occasional Duties: Provide coverage for internal medicine faculty within the department as needed, ensuring continuity of care and support across the department.

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of an ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine Residency Program.
• Must hold or be eligible for medical licensure in the State of Texas.
• Must hold or be eligible for ABIM board certification in Internal Medicine.

Why Join TTUHSC Odessa?

• Academic Excellence: Be part of a leading academic institution committed to educating and training healthcare professionals.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside experienced faculty and contribute to a collaborative and supportive clinical and educational environment.
• Community Impact: Serve a diverse patient population in the Odessa area, making a meaningful impact on the community’s health and well-being.

If you are passionate about teaching, patient care, and making a difference in the field of internal medicine, we encourage you to apply.

Join us at TTUHSC Odessa and be a part of shaping the future of internal medicine

Welcome to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center(TTUHSC), where a dedication to education, patient care, and research has impacted the health of West Texas and beyond for more than 50 years. We meet the healthcare needs of more than 2.75 million people who live throughout a vast 108-county stretching from the Texas Panhandle south to the Permian Basin and west into Eastern New Mexico.

Our passion, since our founding in 1969, has been improving health outcomes in the most unreached, underserved communities in West Texas and around the world. If you share that passion – if medicine is as much a vocation as an occupation for you – then you’ll find a curriculum and a community ready to make your life our purpose. Welcome to your future. We have established ourselves as a leader in education and patient care and continue to build a top-ranked research environment with significant studies underway in areas such as aging, cancer, reproduction, genetic diseases, and rural health.

As a comprehensive health sciences center, our mission is to enrich the lives of others by educating students to become collaborative healthcare professionals, providing excellent patient care, and advancing knowledge through innovative research

TTUHSC educates students, provides patient care, and conducts biomedical and clinical research. We graduate the most healthcare professionals in the state of Texas. Nationally recognized for innovative programs, academic achievement, and cutting-edge research, we are training the next generation of highly qualified health professionals. To date, we have trained more than 28,000 healthcare professionals who now serve patients and drive medical discovery in tangible, life-changing ways – both for the 2.75 million people in our immediate service area and beyond.

• The AAMC has ranked Texas Tech #1 in faculty satisfaction  (Promotion & Tenure, Transparency, Women's satisfaction in the workplace)
• Top 10% in the U.S. for diversity
• TTUHSC Graduating Medical students are in the top 15% 
• Clinical Research Unit
• Collaboration with area hospitals 

At TTUHSC - You are the Future of Health: TTUHSC-School of Medicine  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran.