SANTA ROSA, Calif. (May 26, 2020) – The Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (SSRRH) Family Medicine Residency Program today announced its incoming class of 2023. The 12 new residents were selected from among 850 applicants representing the nation’s top medical schools. SSRRH’s three-year program, one of 450 family medicine training programs in the United States, has trained hundreds of family physicians since its inception in 1938.
SSRRH’s Family Medicine Residency is a critical strategic asset with which to combat the emerging physician shortage in Sonoma County. The residency has been the largest single source of family physicians to Sonoma County for over 80 years. Residency graduates comprise nearly half of family physicians in Sonoma County, filling openings in private practices, community clinics, and large medical groups such as Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods, The Permanente Medical Group, local community health centers, Sonoma County Health Services and leadership positions throughout the medical community.
“One of the amazing things about the specialty of Family Medicine is that we continue to adapt our training in order to provide the services that are needed by the particular community and the time in which we serve. After the last three years filled with fires and a SARS-CoV2 pandemic, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to train doctors who are flexible and can adapt to, and even lead, in disaster,” says Tara Scott, M.D., program director of the residency.
“The Sutter Family Medicine Residency has fortified its position as a key part of the disaster response in the community and we have recruited an amazing class of soon-to-be Family Physicians from all over the country who are attracted to our brand of community-based training and service, says Dr. Scott. “We are thrilled to welcome these 12 amazing young physicians to the county. We know from experience that many will stay here in our community and provide Primary Care for the residents of Sonoma County for years to come.”
The eleven women and one man who will begin the training program in June came from medical schools across the country including: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University of Health Science; Frank H. Netter School of Medicine – Quinnipiac University; Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Carolinas; George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; University of California, Davis; University of Kansas School of Medicine; University of Minnesota Medical School; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Warren Alpert Medical School – Brown University. They each come with an impressive background of academic achievement and community service.
(Click here for details about each resident.)
The new residents will graduate the program in 2023; they will begin on June 15, 2020.
The Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency is under the sponsorship of Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (SSRRH). To provide a broader base of support for the residency and optimize learning experiences for residents, SSRRH engaged Santa Rosa Community Health Centers and Kaiser Permanente in 2006 and continues its affiliations with partners in the community today.
About the Sutter Health Family Medicine Residency Program
With the initiation of formal training in general practice dating back to 1938, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (and formerly Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa) has an established tradition of excellent training of family physicians with the strong support of community physicians and specialists. In 1969, the program became affiliated with what has since become the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
About Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, part of the not-for-profit, integrated Sutter Health network, has a long, proud history of providing high quality care in Sonoma County and beyond. Because of an unwavering focus on health and healing the hospital is consistently ranked as one of the top hospitals in the region.
