Application Information

The application deadline is October 1.

To apply to our MD/PhD program, you must complete the AMCAS application and the short secondary application, which can also be found at http://med.uth.tmc.edu/administration/admissions/combined-degrees.html.

If you would like to considered for admission to the MD-only program as well as the MD/PhD program, you must submit both the AMCAS application and the TMDSAS application. In this case, the TMDSAS application replaces your secondary application.

In short, a complete UT-Houston MD/PhD Program application must include the following:

• A complete AMCAS application plus secondary application
(To be considered for the MD/PhD program only).

• Complete AMCAS and TMDSAS applications
(To be considered to both the MD and MD/PhD programs separately).

• One research-specific letter of recommendation, in addition to the letters required to complete your TMDSAS application. ALL APPLICANTS MUST SEND COPIES OF ALL THEIR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION DIRECTLY TO THE UT-HOUSTON MD/PhD PROGRAM

The set of recommendation letters, including the research specific letter should be sent to the following office:

Doris Thornton, Program Administrator
U.T. Medical School, MD/PhD Program
6431 Fannin, Room 5.105
Houston, TX 77030

Applications will not be reviewed until all components have been received and processed.

For more information on the program, please feel free to contact any of the individuals listed below:

MD/PhD Program
Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
MD/PhD Program Director
(713) 500-6727
Dianna.M.Milewicz@uth.tmc.edu

Doris Thornton, M.Ed.
Program Coordinator
(713) 500-7511
Doris.E.Thornton@uth.tmc.edu

Victoria Knutson, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Admissions, UT-H GSBS
(713) 500-9860
Victoria.P.Knutson@uth.tmc.edu

Medical School
Judianne Kellaway M.D.
MD/PhD Program Admissions Director
(713) 500-5991
Judianne.Kellaway@uth.tmc.edu

Other Useful Links

A Guidebook for M.D./Ph.D. Applicants by Jeremy Cholfin at the UCSF MSTP. This is a guidebook on M.D./Ph.D. admissions as a result of experiences of applying to many of the nation’s programs.

Requesting Information

Official Letter of Response to Applicants

Search for Research Labs at UT-Houston Graduate School

MD/PhD Programs in North America