Office of the President and Dean

Welcome to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine website. We invite you to explore these pages to find out more about the only four-year medical school on the U.S.-Mexico border. When the inaugural class of 40 medical students began in 2009, faculty at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine broke ground with an innovative curriculum that is now serving as a model for new medical schools. For instance, before our students begin their medical studies, they attend an immersion course over three weeks in which they embraced the predominantly Hispanic culture by learning Spanish and selecting community service sites in which they can contribute their time and talents as students. The school’s nontraditional curriculum integrates basic science instruction across disciplines in the context of organ systems. Further, it incorporates an approach to clinical reasoning and problem solving from the first day of class. We are proud to say that our faculty and students are recognized for their accomplishments on local, regional and, national levels. There is so much more, but I hope you will one day experience it for yourself.