Letter from the Chairman

Dear Prospective Applicant:

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is committed to improving the health of the people in the communities we serve. This too is the commitment of the Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Health Dallas. To that end, we have talented and dedicated faculty to develop in our residents the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to provide excellent care. This care includes health promotion, disease prevention, and management of acute and chronic diseases, including the intensive care of critically ill patients.

Since the late 1970s, faculty members and house staff have worked to develop a rich and diverse curriculum. The curriculum provides a broad spectrum of learning, yet allows the resident to build upon this fundamental core of knowledge and pursue either a subspecialty tract, a primary care tract, or a hospitalist tract. The curriculum allows the resident to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to maintain a systematic and continuous process of self-learning, including critical analysis of the medical literature. The curriculum also provides the resident with exposure to other areas of medicine, including orthopedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, gynecology, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, emergency medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation.

The Department of Medicine has more than 100 faculty members. The faculty serve as teaching attendings as well as attendings on the subspecialty services. The members of the faculty guide the residents as they care for the patients, yet know the importance of giving them autonomy. There is excellent rapport between our faculty and the house staff. The Department of Internal Medicine provides exposure of all categorical internal medicine residents to clinical research. I hope you will be able to visit our campus so that you may better appreciate our program, see our facilities and meet the faculty and house staff. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Mark Feldman, M.D.

William O. Tschumy Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas