About Us
Conroe Family Medicine Residency Program is an unopposed, community-based residency with a long history of preparing highly trained physicians who practice in a variety of settings. We are proud to call Lone Star Family Health Center home.
Our resident physicians receive full-spectrum “hands-on” training in a congenial and collegial environment and learn to deliver cost-effective treatment while integrating the most advanced concepts in the medical field.
Our Beginning
The Conroe Family Medicine Residency Program was originally founded in 1979 as the Montgomery County Medical Education Foundation by a team of physicians who set out to establish a Family Medicine residency program in the local area. Our first three residents graduated in June 1985.
We partnered with the University of Texas Health Science Center from 1983–94 and with the University of Texas Medical Branch from 1994–2000. Today, our residency program is sponsored by Conroe Medical Education Foundation and is fully accredited with commendation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
The commitment of our faculty and resident physicians combined with our high-quality training resulted in our graduates achieving a 100% pass rate on Board Certification Examination offered by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Our Facilities
Lone Star Family Health Center
We are a nonprofit 501(c)3, full-service family medicine provider operating facilities in Conroe, Spring, Willis, Grangerland and Huntsville. We offer family medicine, women’s health, behavioral health, dental services as well as pharmacies (located in Conroe), imaging and several other auxiliary services.
LSFHC was founded in 2002 to provide high-quality, easily accessible health services to the underserved and the community at large. In 2004, LSFHC became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with the mission to strengthen, stabilize and expand patient access to healthcare services in Montgomery County. Since then, we have continued to expand our facilities and our capacity and extend our care to all community families and individuals.
Lone Star Family Health Center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service–deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
Our central business office and main location is in Conroe in a 93,844 square-foot state-of-the-art building that includes:
- Six “pods” with 70 exam rooms for family medicine and women's health services
- Dedicated behavioral health pod with four counseling rooms
- Dedicated dental pod with 12 treatment chairs
- Two pharmacies: Health Center Pharmacy (340B/patient only) and the Community Pharmacy (retail), both in Conroe
- On-site financial assistance and enrollment services
- Community Health Workers
- Lab, X-ray, nutrition and medication therapy services
- Teaching kitchen
- Conference and breakout rooms
- Outdoor break space
- Employee lounge
- Open office workspaces
- Dedicated pod for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) office
- On-site Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) case worker
- Walking distance to HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe hospital
- In addition to our Conroe location, we have four satellite locations including Grangerland, Huntsville, Willis and Spring
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe has proudly served the Montgomery County area for more than 80 years. During that time, the hospital has grown to become a full-service, 332-bed acute-care hospital and a tertiary referral center.
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe provides a range of services, including cardiac care, a women’s center with a Level III NICU, pediatric care, rehabilitation therapy, sleep center, bariatrics and a wound care center. HCA is recognized as a designated Level II Trauma Center, a certified advanced primary stroke center, an accredited chest pain center and a Texas Ten Step–designated facility.
Living Here
Conroe is the perfect blend of starry nights and city lights. And being the fastest-growing city in Texas, Conroe has so much to offer. Conroe is bordered by 22,000-acre Lake Conroe, Sam Houston National Forest and W. Goodrich Jones State Forest, making for a veritable utopia for the outdoor lover in us all.
Aside from the outdoors, Conroe has a bustling downtown with breweries, theatres and plenty of shopping. There is also plenty of live music, which has earned Conroe the designation of Music Friendly Community by the state of Texas. The estimated population of Conroe, Texas in 2025 is 119,576.
Montgomery County is located on Interstate 45, 40 miles north of downtown Houston in the East Texas Timberlands Region. The county is bounded on the north by Walker and San Jacinto counties, on the east by Liberty County, on the south by Harris County and on the west by Waller and Grimes counties. Montgomery County covers 1,047 square miles of flat to gently rolling terrain, with elevations ranging from 150 to 300 feet. The estimated population of Montgomery County, Texas in 2025 is 774,954.
Salaries and Benefits
Our compensation package is structured to rank in the top tier of Texas programs. We offer a base salary and additional benefits listed below.
Base Salaries
- PGY-1: $60,000
- PGY-2: $62,000
- PGY-3: $64,000
(Effective 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026.)
- 15 PTO days
- Sick leave
- 12 weeks paid or unpaid leave under certain qualifying conditions based on the terms of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).
- Malpractice insurance
- Employer contributions toward medical, dental, life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with 50% employer match on up to 6% of annual earnings
- Online employee marketplace with discounts on a variety of goods and services
- Employee assistance program with resources for physical, emotional, financial, social and professional health
Moonlighting
“Moonlighting” refers to any compensated professional or patient care activity performed outside of your assigned residency duties. This includes working independently as a licensed physician, outside the scope of your training. Residents may be eligible to moonlight in our night clinic once they have obtained a permanent license or on a case-by-case basis through private practices, subject to program and in compliance with ACGME guidelines.
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