The University of Texas Medical Branch
Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice, Family Medicine
This role is primarily clinical, with some education responsibilities, and involves seeing patients in clinic at Galveston Island locations. The physician will provide direct patient care, teach and supervise Family Medicine residents, and may precept medical students, share on-call duties, and cover other clinical services as needed.
Key Responsibilities
- • provide direct patient care
- • provide teaching and supervision of Family Medicine residents
- • share on-call responsibilities, including evening and weekend hours
- • precept medical students
- • cover other clinical services as needed
- • provide comprehensive health care with enhanced access for patients within a patient-centered medical home clinical model
- • practice primarily at the Island West Clinic (IW)
- • rotate through the Island West (IE) or Dickinson Family Medicine Clinics as departmental need arises
Required
- • MD or DO degree
- • A strong commitment to research, patient care, medical student, and resident education.
- • U.S. Citizenship or Employment Authorization to work in the U.S.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The UTMB Department of Family Medicine was founded as an independent department in 1971 but existed prior to that as a division of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health. Family Medicine faculty provide medical care to Galveston County residents through its three clinics, located on the UTMB Galveston campus, on the western end of Galveston Island, and in Dickinson, Texas, and through its inpatient service at the new Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. Additional services are rendered at the Gulf Health Care Center nursing home and the Galveston County Health District's Coastal Health & Wellness. At present the Department includes programs in medical student education, residency, faculty development, and research.
This position will be 90% clinical and 10% education and will see patients in the clinic primarily at our Galveston Island locations. He/she will provide direct patient care and will provide teaching and supervision of Family Medicine residents. This physician may share on-call responsibilities, including evening and weekend hours, precept medical students and cover other clinical services as needed. He/she may provide comprehensive health care with enhanced access for patients within a patient-centered medical home clinical model. This faculty will have 90% clinical effort and practice primarily at the Island West Clinic (IW) but will also rotate through the Island West (IE) or Dickinson Family Medicine Clinics as departmental need arises.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Commensurate with experience
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Galveston
Work Locations
1311 - Primary Care Pavilion
Job
FacultyRegular
Shift
Standard
Employee Status
Exec / Faculty / Physician
Job Level
Day Shift
Job Posting
Jun 25, 2026, 2:48:47 PM
The UTMB Department of Family Medicine was founded as an independent department in 1971 but existed prior to that as a division of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health. Family Medicine faculty provide medical care to Galveston County residents through its three clinics, located on the UTMB Galveston campus, on the western end of Galveston Island, and in Dickinson, Texas, and through its inpatient service at the new Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. Additional services are rendered at the Gulf Health Care Center nursing home and the Galveston County Health District's Coastal Health & Wellness. At present the Department includes programs in medical student education, residency, faculty development, and research.
This position will be 90% clinical and 10% education and will see patients in the clinic primarily at our Galveston Island locations. He/she will provide direct patient care and will provide teaching and supervision of Family Medicine residents. This physician may share on-call responsibilities, including evening and weekend hours, precept medical students and cover other clinical services as needed. He/she may provide comprehensive health care with enhanced access for patients within a patient-centered medical home clinical model. This faculty will have 90% clinical effort and practice primarily at the Island West Clinic (IW) but will also rotate through the Island West (IE) or Dickinson Family Medicine Clinics as departmental need arises.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- MD or DO degree
- A strong commitment to research, patient care, medical student, and resident education.
- U.S. Citizenship or Employment Authorization to work in the U.S.
Commensurate with experience
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Galveston
Work Locations
1311 - Primary Care Pavilion
Job
FacultyRegular
Shift
Standard
Employee Status
Exec / Faculty / Physician
Job Level
Day Shift
Job Posting
Jun 25, 2026, 2:48:47 PM
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