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Local doctors and county leaders press CHRISTUS Spohn to reverse plan to phase out emergency medicine residency
Summary
At a public session of the Nueces County Commissioners Court, physicians, medical-group leaders and community advocates urged CHRISTUS Spohn to rescind a plan to phase out the CHRISTUS Spohn emergency medicine residency by June 2026, warning the move would affect trauma care, ICU staffing and rural hospitals; the court formed a working group to explore options.
The Nueces County Commissioners Court heard hours of testimony from physicians, faculty and community members urging CHRISTUS Spohn to reverse a decision to phase out its emergency medicine residency program by June 2026.
CHRISTUS Spohn representatives told the court the system plans to wind down the residency and cited national changes in residency supply and program funding; the hospital system said it will keep other graduate medical education and nurse-residency programs intact. ‘‘The decision to phase out the emergency medicine residency program at CHRISTUS Health System by June 2026’’ was announced to the court, a representative said, and the system offered commitments to maintain emergency-department staffing while the teaching program winds down.
Physician speakers — including John Herrick, an associate program director and…
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