The faculty and residents of the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Internal Medicine Residency Program invite you to learn about and apply to our program. Our mission is to train diverse, compassionate internists in an academically rigorous and supportive environment who provide equitable care as clinicians, educators, and leaders.
We offer rigorous academic training at a tertiary referral center within the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health system. Our program features a diverse patient population with a broad range of clinical pathology, dedicated and skilled faculty, flexibility for research and individualized electives, and the benefits of practicing within a fully integrated health care model that delivers coordinated, high-quality care and better health outcomes. Graduates of our program go on to secure positions in highly competitive fellowship training programs as well as primary care and hospital-based practices.
Each intern class includes 12 categorical positions and 7 preliminary positions.
An Academic Tradition
- A proud tradition of training internal medicine residents since 1954.
- A supportive learning environment within an academic teaching institution, with dedicated faculty who serve as clinicians, educators, and researchers across all specialties.
- Home to the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, HIV Medicine, and Community Medicine and Urban Health Fellowship programs.
- Training site for third- and fourth-year UCSF medical students, including the year-long Kaiser Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (KLIC) program.
- Home to the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program and a clinical training site for multiple other affiliated residency and fellowship programs in pediatrics, general surgery, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, podiatry, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and addiction medicine.
Cutting Edge of Clinical Medicine
- Kaiser Permanente is one of America’s leading health care delivery systems with a focus on disease prevention, health promotion, care coordination, and quality outcomes. Our unique, fully integrated model combines health coverage and care delivery in a way that advances health equity, drives coordination of care across all settings, and produces better health outcomes for our patients.
- Kaiser Permanente cares for 4.6 million patients in Northern California.
- All residents are issued a KP iPhone providing easy access to our electronic health record, video visits with patients, video interpreters, and a variety of point-of-care medical resources, including an institutional subscription to UpToDate.
- Dedicated point-of-care ultrasound devices for each ward and ICU team, as well as at each outpatient continuity clinic site.
Research Opportunities
- Dedicated elective time for research with mentoring and support from our onsite GME Research Program Manager, Aida Shirazi, PhD, and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.
- A quality improvement curriculum with opportunities for resident-driven QI projects.
- Institutional support for resident presentations of case reports, original research, and quality improvement projects at local and national conferences.
Great Faculty & Residents
- A diverse and tight-knit resident community, with a culture of camaraderie and collaboration.
- Enthusiastic faculty with a passion for medical education, supported by a robust faculty development program.
- Skilled clinicians, educators, researchers, and dedicated mentors across a wide range of specialties.
Living in San Francisco
- Vibrant culture, unmatched diversity, world-class dining, and breathtaking natural beauty, with vast opportunities for leisure and recreational activities.
- Proximity to many other destinations throughout the Bay Area and Northern California.