Clinical Training

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital for McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. The fellow will evaluate medically complex patients with a wide range of endocrine disorders, including diabetes, adrenal disorders, metabolic bone disease, and transplant-associated endocrine disease. The fellow works collaboratively with surgical colleagues to manage patients with pituitary disorders, benign thyroid disease, thyroid cancer, and parathyroid disorders.

Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, a component of the Harris Health System, is a 207 licensed-bed acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services. It is the state’s busiest Level III trauma center, with more than 70,000 emergency patient visits each year. The fellow will become well versed in the management of hospitalized patients with a breadth of endocrine disorders, including acute endocrine emergencies.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the original three comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. MD Anderson is the largest and widely regarded as one of the foremost cancer centers in the world. The fellow will evaluate patients with endocrine neoplasia, paraneoplastic disorders, and familial syndromes, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN).

Ambulatory services are provided at UT Physicians, the Harris Health System and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Fellows maintain two continuity clinics per week, at the UT Professional Building and Smith Clinic. Smith Clinic is designed for patients requiring specialty care in the Harris Health System. Fellows develop expertise in performing thyroid ultrasound and fine needle aspiration as well as insulin pump management, interpretation of continuous glucose monitoring data, and interpretation of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. Additional ambulatory experiences focus on pituitary disorders, obesity medicine, transgender medicine, and advanced thyroid cancer.