Residency Program
On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Urology Department at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center we welcome you to the Urology Program website.
MISSION STATEMENT
Provide the highest standard of urological care in a compassionate and ethical manner.
Pursue academic, clinical, and technical excellence.
Foster an environment of intellectual curiosity and create life-long learners.
Promote leadership and mentorship at all levels.
The Texas Tech Urology residency program aims to produce diverse, skilled, and compassionate Urologists by providing outstanding clinical and surgical training. Our goal is to prepare our residents to be independent and self-assured. We train residents so they can choose to go into fellowship training, private practice in the region, or academic medicine.
Curriculum Overview
The Urology Residency Program at Texas Tech is a five year program that includes a PGY I year with a 6 month experience in the Department of Surgery.
At graduation, residents will have the necessary background to practice urology in the environment of their choice to include general or sub-specialty training, and/or an academic or research oriented career.
This year is completed in coordination with the department of general surgery at TTUHSC. The first 6 months will involve 3 months of general surgery training, 2 months of surgical ICU, and 1 month of vascular surgery. The 2nd half of the PGY I year will be completed on the urology service.
PGY2 – PGY5 years are spent specifically learning urology. The residents work in both the pediatric and adult operating rooms and they participate in attending clinics. They learn office procedures and how to do appropriate hospital consultations. The residents are on call every 5th weekend and approximately every 5th day. They attend the AUA conference during their 4th year of residency.
The focus of this program is primarily clinical, with a robust and broad exposure to and participation in all aspects of clinical urology. Residents participate directly in all phases of the clinical care of urological patients to include performing or assisting in all urological surgical procedures performed at University Medical Center Hospital and supporting institutions.
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in the Urology Residency at the Texas Tech University HSC! Our program participates in the American Urological Association Match. All applications must be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
The following documents are required before your application will be reviewed by our
program:
• ERAS Application
• Personal statement
• Three letters of recommendation (at least one from a urologist with whom you have
worked)
• USMLE scores (Step 1 at the time of application and Step 2, if available before
November 1)
The 2025 Urology Residency Match Interviews will be conducted virtually.
Please note: Sub-internships in our department will act as an audition for a position in the urology residency program through the formal AUA match process. Students that completed a sub-internship in our department will not receive a formal interview during the match process. The student will still need to apply to Texas Tech Urology through ERAS and the AUA Match. Students who completed the urology sub-internship, in our department, will be automatically included in ranking decisions.
If a sub-internship student wishes to have a formal interview they will need to inform the program director, in writing.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact:
Veronica Guzman
Residency Program Coordinator
Veronica.M.Guzman@ttuhsc.edu
806.743.3871
We look forward to receiving your application!