Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School
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Job Description
Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor Outpatient
The Division of General Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, a leading academic health center, is seeking a full-time Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor. The faculty will provide care for new and established patients at the UT Physicians General Internal Medicine outpatient clinic.
The faculty member will address chronic disease management, health maintenance, and acute illnesses. The ideal candidate would have prior experience in adult primary care in the outpatient setting.
Position Key Accountabilities
- Providing direct patient care in outpatient settings and other activities that may include supervision of medical students and residents in the clinic.
- Developing and sustaining an environment in the patient care units that supports excellence and innovation in clinical practice and patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and standards that support positive patient care outcomes to include excellent risk-adjusted outcomes.
What we do here changes the world.
UTHealth Houston is Texas’s resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Once you join us, you won't want to leave.
It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equate to around 37-38 days per year)
The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees!
As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ well-being is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
Free financial and legal counseling
Free mental health counseling services
Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
Other employee discounts, including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
Resources for child and elder care
Plus many more!
Qualifications
M.D. or D.O.
- Texas Medical License.
- American Board of Internal Medicine certified or board-eligible.
Key Responsibilities
Provide direct patient care for new and established patients in an outpatient general internal medicine clinic. Supervise medical students and residents while implementing standards to improve patient care outcomes.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,290 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.
Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Texas, the Internal Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$290k (32 salary observations; 256 listings), vs ~$267k nationally (960 salary observations; 3,289 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 48% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Living in Houston
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $245k
- Typical market rent
- $1,542/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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