Welcome to the UC San Diego Family

Message From Our Chief Residents

Thank you for taking the time to get to know us! Our curriculum offers a strong balance of both academic and community medicine. Throughout our training here, we work with an amazing group of passionate faculty and co-residents in a fantastic climate and diverse city.

We rotate in many of San Diego’s neighborhoods, from the border to North and East County, in local high schools, asylum seeker clinics, community clinics, and our medical school’s student-run free clinics. On the inpatient side, we have our own family medicine service as well as rotations at the UCSD hospital campuses in Hillcrest and La Jolla, the San Diego VA Hospital, and Rady Children’s Hospital. We rotate through different specialties, which allows us to learn from and work directly with expert faculty in a multitude of fields and provides a positive environment of cooperation between residency programs within UCSD as well as local health systems in the area. By training in these disparate health systems, we learn to care for various patient populations and understand how different care systems operate.
 

Over the span of our three years in the program, we develop a panel of continuity patients at our own primary care clinics. We practice primary care in other settings as well, including through UCSD's School of Medicine Free Clinics, which serve the local uninsured population. Our program offers areas of concentration in Sports Medicine, Advanced Procedures, Integrative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Women's Health for residents wishing to pursue further interests in these aspects of family medicine.

 
In addition to our expansive curriculum, one of our biggest strengths lies in our diverse and supportive group of residents and faculty members. We have backgrounds from all over the country. (Not just California!) Our diverse experiences and perspectives help cultivate a culture of inclusiveness, transparency, and resident advocacy. We have a growing diversity curriculum and a strong commitment to supporting resident wellness. Our resident-run Wellness and Residency Advisory Committees provide a platform for residents to initiate positive change for our program.
 
We love training at UCSD! We are a one-of-a-kind program and encourage our residents to pursue their own individual interests and career goals. During your three years here, you will be challenged, supported, and inspired. You will experience the full breadth of family medicine and develop life-long connections with the people and places of San Diego. We hope you will consider being a part of our phenomenal community!
 
Jason, Rahil, and Tori