About the Corpus Christi Campus
The Corpus Christi Family Practice Residency Program is located at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial and will be a clinical training site for College of Medicine students beginning in 2009. Faculty for the program includes 15 physicians in family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology who teach, advise, and mentor students and residents molding them into physicians who are prepared to meet the challenges of practicing in a comprehensive family medicine setting.
About Corpus Christi
Located on the Gulf of Mexico, about halfway between Houston and the U.S. Mexico border, Corpus Christi shares the same latitude as Tampa, Florida. Nestled on a bay and surrounded by islands and hundreds of miles of beaches, Corpus Christi is a popular spot for family vacations and provides endless recreational opportunities.
Corpus Christi is the eighth largest Texas city with a 2000 metro census of 380,783. The seven-county Bay Area population is over 500,000.
The annual mean temperature in Corpus Christi is 71.1 degrees. There is an average of 288 sun-filled and rain-free days, and winter-time temperatures in the 70s and 80s are common. The mild semitropical climate and warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico create an outdoor paradise year round with plenty of fishing (bay and offshore), outdoor tennis, sailing, golf, windsurfing, kiteboarding and more.
Campus Contact Information
Juan F. Castro, M.D., M.B.A. - Associate Dean
6300 Ocean Drive
Natural Resources Center, Suite 3500
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5503
Phone: 361-825-2804
Clinical Affiliates
- CHRISTUS Spohn Health System: http://www.christusspohn.org/
- Corpus Christi Family Practice Residency Program: http://www.ccfprp.com
- Driscoll Children's Hospital: http://www.driscollchildrens.org/
- Driscoll Children's Hospital Pediatric Residency Program: http://www.driscollchildrens.org/DCHWeb/Education/content/Residencywelcome.asp
