Thank you for your interest in our residency training program. A large and diverse patient population provides the residents with ample exposure to rare as well as common diseases. Residents also gain exposure to a variety of health care delivery systems including Medicare, Medicaid, indigent care, managed care, and private payors.
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Benefits
Stipend Information
| Program Year | Annual Rate (2024-2025) |
| PGY-1 | $63,796 |
| PGY-2 | $66,851 |
| PGY-3 | $69,376 |
| PGY-4 | $72,983 |
| PGY-5 | $75,741 |
Sample Resident Contract Academic Year 2025-2026
Insurance
Health insurance including major medical, life, personal accident, long-term disability, vision, and dental are provided for the resident and his/her family. Medical malpractice insurance also is provided.
Memberships and Subscriptions
Memberships are provided for the following: Texas Medical Association, Dallas County Medical Society, and American College of Physicians. Subscriptions are provided for the New England Journal of Medicine, The Annals of Internal Medicine and UpToDate. Categorical residents receive a copy of the MKSAP (Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program) board review books.
Call Rooms
Individual call rooms are provided on the 10th floor of the main building. Each room has cable television, queen size bed, refrigerator, and private bathroom and shower.
Food Allowance
The department and hospital provide food at noon conferences. In addition, each resident receives $950 per year to be used in the hospital cafeteria.
Retirement Plan
Residents can opt to participate in the employer-sponsored retirement plan (401k). After one year of service, Texas Health Resources will match your contribution up to 6 percent of your pay as long as you contribute 2 percent or more of your eligible pay to the 401k Plan. The matching contribution from Texas Health is 75 cents for each dollar you contribute, up to 6 percent of eligible pay.
Dealey Childcare Center
The hospital has an on-site childcare center with children. Care is provided for children 6 weeks to 6 years of age.
Board Review Course
After graduation, third-year residents are given the opportunity to attend an internal medicine board review course. Airfare, hotel, course registration, and meal allowance, up to $2,100, are provided by the program.
Parking
Covered parking is provided free to all residents, and a skywalk connects the parking garage to the main hospital.
Resident Lounge
A resident lounge is located on the 10th floor of the main hospital. The lounge is equipped with computer workstations, study areas, and an area to relax. Residents are given shared lockers to store their belongings.
Wellness Lounge
Coming soon.
Fitness Facilities
Residents have the opportunity to join the Finley Ewing Cardiovascular Center, a 76,000 square foot facility with an indoor track, cardiovascular equipment, free weights, aerobic classes, basketball court, and indoor pool. The center's health professionals include exercise physiologists, fitness specialists, dieticians, personal trainers, physical therapists, registered nurses, and massage therapists. Specialty services include cardiac rehabilitation, physical therapy, personal training, weight loss, smoking cessation, CPR, and massage therapy. The monthly cost of a single membership is $37 and a family membership is $54. The initiation fee is waived for residents.
Vocera Paging App, Coats and Scrubs
Residents will use phone based Vocera app for pages and communication with healthcare members. Two monogrammed white coats and scrubs are provided for the internship year. One additional monogrammed white coat and set of scrubs will be provided for each subsequent training year.
Professional Meetings
Residents are encouraged to attend professional meetings. Allowances are available at the discretion of the program director. Financial support is available to residents presenting a lecture, abstract, or poster.
How to Apply
We invite you to apply to our program via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Our program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and adheres to its policies and guidelines. Our ERAS number is 1404811420. Our NRMP numbers are for Categorical 2279140C3 and for Preliminary 2279140P0.
For an application to be considered complete and eligible for review, the following documents are required:
- Application
- Curriculum vitae
- Medical school transcript
- Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
- USMLE or COMLEX transcripts
- Personal statement
- Three letters of recommendation
Once your application is complete, we will contact you via Thalamus if we wish to invite you for an interview. Our interview season is October through January. All interviews for the 2025-2026 season will be conducted virtually, and interviewees will have an option to tour our facility in person and meet faculty in a non-evaluated setting.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants will be selected based on preparedness, ability and interest in the program without regard to race, creed, gender or sexual preference. Aptitude, academic credentials, personal characteristics and communication skills will be strongly considered in the selection process.
Minimum Requirements
Applicants with one of the following qualifications are eligible for appointment to the program:
- Medical school graduation preferred within 5 years prior to application to our program. We will consider older graduates based on the merit of the application.
- For all applicants: take and pass USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 on first attempt.
- For international graduates: preference given to those who have also taken and passed Step 3 on first attempt.
- For non-U.S. citizens or non-permanent residents: we offer J-1 visa sponsorship only.
- For international graduates: completion of at least two observerships in the U.S., preferably in internal medicine or one of its subspecialties.
Please note that we do NOT offer observerships in our program. Preliminary applicants should submit applications as early as possible, as we have limited interview spots for this track.
Appointment Requirements
After matching, applicants must:
- Undergo a criminal background check and pre-employment drug screening
- Submit to a health screening and provide necessary immunization documentation
- Submit proof of successful medical school graduation
- Meet eligibility requirements to obtain a State of Texas training license
- Supply proof of ECFMG certification (international medical graduates only)
- Provide updated USMLE/COMLEX results
- Sign the Graduate Medical Education Training Agreement
- Attend orientation
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What is a typical call day like?
There are 5 ward teams, each consisting of an upper level PGY-2 or PGY-3 resident and one intern. Each team in on-call every fifth day and the call day is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Once work is complete, they will hand off to Attending physicians. Interns admit up to 5 patients per call day and carry a maximum census of 10 patients.
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Do the residents see a variety of patients?
The Teaching Service is the select group of patients in the hospital that are being cared for by the residents. Internists and subspecialists who have admitting privileges admit their most interesting patients to the Teaching Service. Patients are admitted from the emergency room, the residents' clinic, general internal medicine practices and subspecialty practices, ensuring a diverse patient population.
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Where have the categorical residents gone after they have graduated?
Approximately half of the graduating residents enter private practice as hospitalists or outpatient general internists, and the other half enter fellowships. Graduates from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas have obtained prestigious fellowships across the country in a variety of subspecialties, including cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, nephrology, pulmonology, infectious disease, endocrinology and rheumatology. Graduating residents who wish to stay at Texas Health Dallas, or any of the Texas Health Resources hospitals, have several career opportunities available to them in the inpatient and outpatient arenas.
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Do the residents have enough autonomy in taking care of their patients?
Texas Health Dallas has always been a teaching hospital, and residents play an integral role in patient care. In contrast to the traditional, university-based residency programs, residents work with several different attending physicians during their internal medicine ward months. Residents actively care for patients, with oversight from attending physicians. This approach provides residents with autonomy without jeopardizing the quality of patient care. During the subspecialty electives/selectives, residents work one-on-one with the attending physician and are permitted to manage patients to the extent to which they are comfortable.
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How does the Texas Health Dallas Internal Medicine Residency Program plan to use program signals during the application season?
All students should signal us if interested. We do ask students from our affiliated schools, the Texas Christian University (TCU) Burnett School of Medicine, the University of Texas Southwest (UTSW) and the University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC TCOM) and students who have done visiting rotations to signal us; we do this to promote equity. We preferentially review applications from those who signal our program, and we also may consider some applicants who do not signal us.
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What is the benefits package for the residents?
Few hospitals offer a benefits package as competitive as the one offered by Texas Health Dallas. Medical and dental insurance are provided to the resident at no cost. Vision insurance is also available at a low monthly rate. The residents' salaries are higher than average, and all of the residents receive paid time off. Subscriptions to some of the major medical references such as The New England Journal of Medicine are provided without cost. UpToDate is available from any computer on campus or home computer or mobile device via the hospital's intranet. The Department of Internal Medicine sponsors all of the graduating categorical residents to attend a board review course. See Stipends and Benefits for more details.
