Residency

The Keck Medicine Family Medicine Residency resides in a leading academic healthcare system with rapidly expanding primary care infrastructure in the heart of Los Angeles. With the full commitment of our Keck School of Medicine faculty and health system leaders, you will have the opportunity to provide patient-centered team-based care for LA’s many communities. Our exciting collaborations across departments, institutions, and participating teaching sites will provide innovative training that will prepare you for the future of family medicine.

Our program follows a “clinic-first” model that prioritizes continuity of care and long-term relationships with patients. Residents gain broad clinical experience across multiple healthcare systems and serve diverse patient populations. Their home clinic, Keck Medicine Family Practice, is embedded within a tertiary and quaternary healthcare system and care for USC employees and other patients, many with complex medical needs. Residents also train at our new state-of-the-art residency clinic in Arcadia, now open in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley.

Our program also partners with AltaMed Health Services, a local Federally Qualified Health Center with a 50-year history of expanding access to high-quality care in underserved Southern California communities. During their PGY-2 and PGY-3 years, residents provide primary care at AltaMed’s Huntington Park–Slauson clinic through a longitudinal, community-based family medicine ambulatory rotation.

Our residency program has partnered with leading teaching and community hospitals in Los Angeles to provide well-rounded training. Residents receive state-of-the-art pediatric training at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, a leading academic and community hospital with a tradition of excellence in caring for children and their families. Residents also rotate at Los Angeles General Medical Center, a world-class teaching hospital and Level-One trauma center serving Los Angeles County’s 10 million residents. Residents complete obstetrics rotations at CA Hospital Medical Center, a community hospital located in the heart of Downtown LA.

Residents will join our USC Street Medicine team, providing primary care for people experiencing homelessness on the streets – under a freeway overpass, on a bus bench, and by the riverbed. By standing with and caring for the most vulnerable in Los Angeles, our residents will hone their tools to provide high-quality healthcare for all. All residents have required yearly Street Medicine rotations, with opportunity for additional clinical, research and advocacy experience in this growing field.

Our program is developing longitudinal tracks with specialized elective rotations, research opportunities, leadership development and mentorship in the areas of Street Medicine, Medical Education, College Health, HIV Primary Care and more. You can further personalize your training through liberal elective time in other areas i.e. addiction, sports medicine,  geriatrics, disability and community medicine.

During your time in our residency program, you will be mentored by our energetic faculty, who are recognized for their work in education, research, innovation, and service. We are committed to co-designing your residency experience with you so you can confidently reach your goals.

As a trailblazing resident of a young residency program, you will have opportunities to hone your leadership skills by participating in the Curriculum Committee, Wellbeing Committee, Community Engagement Committee, Graduate Medical Education Committee and more. The residency program is committed to supporting your growth and development as a Family Medicine physician leader and advocate.