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Assistant/Associate Professor, Hospice & Palliative Medicine - Internal Medicine

Palliative CareFull-Time

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Job Description

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, a leading academic health center, is seeking applicants for a full-time (1.0 FTE) non-tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor position in the Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine.

The selected candidate will contribute to the Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine's mission to improve the lives of older adults, individuals with serious illness, and the people who care for them.

Our work is grounded in compassionate, relationship-based care and driven by a belief that aging and serious illness deserve thoughtful, coordinated, and human-centered approaches across every setting.

The Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine, Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, will primarily provide high-quality clinical palliative care at Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Responsibilities include direct patient care, learner supervision, and participation in divisional activities that support the clinical mission.

Position Key Accountabilities

Providing direct patient care in palliative medicine at Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Patient population age range is 16 and over for trauma and 18 and over for medicine.

Supervising and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows in inpatient and outpatient clinical settings as part of routine clinical care.

  • Participating in interdisciplinary care teams to support patient- and family-centered decision-making.
  • Contributing to divisional and departmental service activities related to clinical operations

Qualifications

M.D. or D.O.

  • Texas Medical License.
  • Board certification or board eligibility in Hospice & Palliative Medicine.

Key Responsibilities

The Assistant/Associate Professor will provide high-quality clinical palliative care at Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center. Responsibilities include direct patient care, supervising medical students, residents, and fellows, and participating in interdisciplinary care teams.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Geriatric MedicineClinical Patient CareMedical EducationTrauma Care

Palliative Care — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$304k (444 salary observations; 2,928 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,898 salary observations; 57,269 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Palliative Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 95 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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.