School of Medicine Odessa
Providing Top-Notch Medical Education in the Booming Hub Of Odessa
Welcome to our site, take some time, and explore around. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's Odessa campus is growing continuously. Our newest building, the academic classroom building, showcases our continued growth. This facility has approximately 51,000 square feet; it houses the Medical Center Hospital Foundation Conference Center, research labs, classrooms, and administrative offices.
This TTUHSC regional campus, located in Odessa, is a graduate medical education site and now is home to residencies in Internal Medicine, Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as clinical rotations and patient care in the departments of General Surgery, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics.
We provide medical education to third and fourth-year medical students in all six core specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery.
One of our key offerings is that medical students and resident physicians receive a large amount of personal attention from our faculty in an intimate educational setting.
Department Information:
Timothy Benton, MD
Regional Dean
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Providing a Variety of Health Care Services
The Texas Tech Physicians are the largest group practice in West Texas comprising over 500 physicians in all specialties, ranging from infants to geriatrics. Services in the Permian Basin are provided at two convenient locations at the Texas Tech Health Center at the main campus and the Texas Tech Physicians in Midland. Our physicians provide both family-centered health care and a broad range of specialty services. Furthermore, our large referral network allows patients easy access to service their medical needs. The Texas Tech Physicians of the Permian Basin admit patients to hospitals in both Odessa and Midland. MORE
Provides primary medical care for individuals of all ages, including routine physicals, immunizations, well baby exams, health screenings, minor surgery, psychology and urgent care. MORE
Provides adult services in general and subspecialty internal medicine with services including, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology and rheumatology. MORE
Provides quality medical care for children. In addition to services such as well child exams, immunizations and treatment of childhood illnesses, our pediatricians also offer several specialty clinics designed to care for children with specific needs, such as obesity. MORE
Offers a full range of services for women's health care in Midland and Odessa, including obstetrics, fetal stress testing, conception counseling, ultrasonography, osteoporosis screening and treatment and gynecology. MORE
Accepts physician referrals for all types of surgical needs and our surgeons take special interest in trauma prevention. MORE
Treats sleep disorders, PTSD, addiction and depression. MORE
Nationally recognized clinical scientists have been recruited to direct the Institute on our campus and to oversee other research development. It is our intent to continually create research programs that bridge medical school departments and the various schools of TTUHSC. Our research is directed toward answering questions that can be translated into practical applications in patient care. The presence of research on this campus also plays a major role in faculty development and provides an opportunity for faculty, residents and students to work in a scholarly environment. MORE