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Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
6 El Paso high school seniors chosen for joint medical program
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Tech Health El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) announced on Monday, June 9, the third cohort of students for MedFuture. According to the news release by Texas Tech Health El Paso, MedFuture is an initiative that 'jointly admits talented high school seniors from West Texas to college and medical school in El Paso.' The third cohort of MedFuture includes the following six students, according to Texas Tech Health El Paso: Siena Cameron – Montwood High School Maria Garcia – Clint Early College Academy Jovanna Gomez – Clint Early College Academy Mia Gomez – Pebble Hills High School Melania Joy Martinez – Loretto Academy LeeAnn Morales – El Dorado High School 'We're proud to welcome our third MedFuture cohort in collaboration with UTEP,' Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, said. 'Each year, this program opens doors for outstanding local students who are passionate about medicine and dedicated to serving our Borderplex community. By investing in homegrown talent, MedFuture strengthens our region's health care future and helps meet the growing demand for physicians in El Paso and beyond.' The six students for the third cohort of MedFuture were selected by a committee made up of faculty and staff from UTEP and Texas Tech Health El Paso, the news release read. In addition, Texas Tech Health El Paso said students in MedFuture received admission to UTEP and conditional acceptance to Texas Tech Health El Paso's Foster School of Medicine when they complete their undergraduate degrees. 'This program enrolls the best pre-med students in the region at UTEP and prepares them for medical school at Texas Tech Health El Paso,' UTEP President Heather Wilson said. 'By working together, we can identify and develop exceptional students and educate doctors who want to serve the region.' Texas Tech Health El Paso said that while the MedFuture students are completing their undergraduate studies at UTEP, they will benefit from 'robust pre-med support, including participation in the UTEP PREP summer program to help establish a strong academic foundation.' 'This experience will give me hands-on exposure to diagnostic tools like mammography, ultrasound and MRI — skills that are essential in women's health,' Mia Gomez, a student chosen for MedFuture, said. 'This program will help me understand how imaging plays a critical role in diagnosing and treating patients, and it will strengthen both my research and clinical foundation as I prepare for a future in medicine.' The MedFuture program is the first of its kind in West Texas that brings together two independent universities to create a new educational pathway, Texas Tech Health El Paso said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
21 students to stay in El Paso for Texas Tech residency on ‘Match Day'
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Over 100 students from Texas Tech Health El Paso participated in 'Match Day' and 119 medical students nationwide will be coming to El Paso to serve as resident doctors. A record 21 Texas Tech students will stay in El Paso to continue their residency, according to Texas Tech Foster School of Medicine. 140 student doctors match into local, national residencies 'I'll be staying here in El Paso as an internal medicine resident and a future physician for my community,' Joshua Torres, a Foster Scholar and soon-to-be-three-time graduate at Texas Tech Health El Paso, said. According to Texas Tech, roughly 50,000 medical students nationwide participated in 'Match Day,' where students get to learn where they will be placed for their residency. 'Match Day marks both the conclusion of medical school and the start of a new chapter,' Richard Lange, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso and dean of the Foster School of Medicine, said. 'These students have persevered through significant challenges, and while many will continue their training across the country, a record 21 graduates will begin their medical careers here in El Paso.' 'When I arrived 10 years ago, no students matched in El Paso. Today, 20 percent of the graduating class will stay in West Texas, where they are most needed. The trajectory of growing our own health care heroes is definitely moving in the right direction,' Lange said. According to Texas Tech, El Paso County is experiencing a physician shortage. But that's been reduced from 75 percent below the national average to 60 percent, which Texas Tech calls 'significant progress.' 'When our graduates match to a program here in El Paso, these homegrown health care heroes are physicians already familiar with our community's needs,' Charmaine Martin, associate dean for student affairs at the Foster School of Medicine, said. 'In that same light, each new resident who moves to our region from out of state to complete their residency enhances health care access. Regardless of their hometown, they are doctors serving patients who might otherwise go without care.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
