The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Department of Emergency Medicine

Residency Program

The Department of Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of urgent and emergent patients of all ages.


Life in Houston

Houston is a vibrant, diverse city of over 5,000,000 people. The city is in close proximity to the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas Hill country, and the East Texas piney woods. Multiple lakes are nearby for recreational activities, such as camping, hiking, biking, sailing, running, and participation in the active running or triathlon clubs of the area. Our climate is temperate, with an average winter low of 45˚F in January and February 2004 and an average summer high of 93˚F in July and August 2004. It snowed for Christmas December 25, 2004!

Kiplinger’s Best Places to Live, Work and Play rank Houston as #1 in June 2008!
  • Population: 5,542,048
  • Population Growth Since 2000: 14.9%
  • Percentage of Workforce in Creative Class: 31.3%
  • Cost-of-Living Index: 88.1 (100 being national average)
  • Median Household Income: $50,250
  • Income Growth Since 2000: 13.1%

The city is home to one of the largest theater districts outside of Broadway in the United States. The Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of downtown Houston, is home to Houston's eight world-class performing arts organizations, the 130,000 square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, containing restaurants, movies, plazas and parks. Houston is one of only five cities in the United States with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines - opera, ballet, music and theater. Houston also has an outstanding museum district located between the medical center and downtown, all connected by our light rail system, MetroRail.

Houston is also a place for sports lovers, home to the Astros baseball team, the Houston Texans football team, the Houston Comets, and many other semiprofessional and collegiate sports teams. Houston is an easy travel destination, with Bush International Airport and Hobby airport providing travel services all over the world.

Our residents live throughout the metroplex and its suburbs. For more information on where to live, schools, and employment opportunities in the Houston area, please view the Useful Links page.