Your Future in Medicine:
Where Skills Meet Passion

Strong, effective, and innovative residency programs at Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma

Develop Critical Skills

Build Professional Relationships

Impact the Lives of Patients

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Take your medical career further

Your skills and your passion are invaluable. Refine your education and advance your career path in a specialty with a critical demand for competent and compassionate physicians. Our residency programs are sponsored by Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, providing a standard of excellence as you continue your training.

Emergency Medicine

Our Mission: The mission of our residency training program is to provide a diverse and inclusive group of high-quality, compassionate emergency medicine physicians who are adaptive, self-reliant, and capable of working in any environment.

Our Vision: State-wide and region-wide in emergency medicine education and health care delivery and significantly impact the health and well-being of our state and region.

Family Medicine

Our Mission: To develop physicians through both educational and personal experiences committed to compassionate and holistic care who will serve their patients and communities with lifelong care.

Dive into your passion and diversify your skills with a residency program at MHS

1. Diverse Learning Environments

As part of our initiative at MHS, we partner with the Southwest Oklahoma Area Health Education Center to provide continuing education programs for health professionals working in underserved communities.

2. Leadership Development

Residents often have the opportunity to lead teams or projects to enhance leadership and organizational skills as well as build a credible and impressive resume.

3. Long-Term Career Opportunities

Successful completion of a MHS residency program can open doors to prestigious fellowships, specialist positions, and higher roles throughout the healthcare industry.

Map of Resident placements in the United States 2025
Map of Resident placements in Oklahoma 2025

Our Commitment to Training High-Quality Resident Physicians

Since 2014, MHS has committed to train residents to become compassionate and competent physicians. We pride ourselves on being progressive and have demonstrated in a short time that we are committed to training physicians to practice anywhere they like.

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MHS Residency Accreditations

Our Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine residencies have achieved continued accreditation and osteopathic recognition by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The OSU Center for Health Sciences is the accredited Sponsoring Institution for both the Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine programs.

We are Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma

Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma is a 263-bed hospital and its inpatient services include obstetrics and gynecology, medical/surgical units, adult and neonatal intensive care units, behavioral health and rehabilitation services.

We are proud to offer the most advanced emergency services in the region at the Drewry Family Emergency Center. MHS EMS Services and Survival Flight are on hand 24/7 and they are dedicated to providing the best acute medical care and transportation to our patients.

The hospital population that we regularly serve includes Lawton and the surrounding communities, the local Native American population, as well as military members and their families, enabling our residents to see a diverse patient population.

Check out our Residency YouTube Channel!

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Celebrating 10 Years of Residency in Southwest Oklahoma

Watch this video to learn more about the beginnings of the family and emergency residency programs at Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma. 

Ready to be a MHS Resident?

Interviews are by invitation only and usually take place from October to December