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What is the Residency Match?
Central Valley Residency Program Development
Local Residencies Available to CHSU-COM Graduates
CHSU-COM Match Rates

What is the Residency Match?

All DO and MD graduates utilize the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to begin the process of matching into a residency specialty of their choice.  The National Residency Match Program (NRMP) match occurs in March each year for senior medical students to attempt to be accepted for their preferred residency and location.  Residencies may be located at academic medical centers, community hospitals, military facilities, VA hospitals, or  Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) serving the rural and/or underserved areas.  All soon to be  graduates (DO and MD) compete for these positions at ACGME approved residency programs. Main Residency Match Data and Reports can be found on the The Match, National Residency Matching Program website. Visit NRMP’s Main Residency Match Data and Reports page for the full reports.

Central Valley Residency Program Development

There is rapid growth in undergraduate medical education in order to meet the needs of a changing demographic. This has resulted in the need to develop additional residency training positions across the country. Relative to the number of graduating medical students, there is a growing concern that the number of increases in post-graduate (residency) training programs are not keeping pace. CHSU is dedicated to working with existing facilities and new clinical settings to start or increase the number of residency positions in and around the Central Valley.  We know that our area has a significant shortage of providers.  We also know that a large percentage of residents stay within 50-100 miles of where they complete their residency to practice.  Our mission specifically outlines our desire to increase healthcare access by educating new physicians, increasing opportunities for residency in our area, thereby significantly increasing the number of physicians in the Central Valley to create better health access to our communities.

We are working with a number of hospitals, hospital systems, and clinics in our area to help encourage them to choose to add graduate medical education opportunities here in the Central Valley and provide them with resources to help make the resident experience exceptional.  Many of our local and surrounding facilities understand the importance of graduate medical education and are taking steps to add GME positions to provide excellent training for our graduates.

Local Residencies Available to CHSU-COM Graduates

InstitutionsCitiesResidency ProgramsPGY-1 SpotsDirector
Adventist HealthHanfordHanford Family Medicine6Shruti Javali, MD
Adventist HealthSonoraSonora Family Medicine4Shruti Javali, MD
Adventist HealthTulareFamily Medicine10Muhammad Nausherwan Khan, MD
Adventist HealthTulareInternal Medicine4Shirisha Avadhanula, MD
Clinica Sierra VistaBakersfieldFamily Medicine8Carol Stewart, MD
Dignity, Mercy Medical CenterMercedFamily Medicine8John B  Paik-Tesch, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical CenterStocktonAnesthesiology6Adrian Elliott, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical CenterStocktonFamily Medicine10Hanadi Abou Dargham, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical CenterStocktonEmergency Medicine12Brian Wood, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical CenterStocktonInternal Medicine10Jasleen Kaur, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical CenterStocktonPsychiatry7Amarpreet Singh, MD, MBA
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical CenterStocktonTransitional Year10Gary Olds, MD
Kaiser PermanenteModestoEmergency Medicine8Nur-Ain Nadir, MD
Kaweah DeltaVisaliaAnesthesiology4Emily Smith, MD
Kaweah DeltaVisaliaEmergency Medicine13Sean Oldroyd, DO
Kaweah DeltaVisaliaFamily Medicine7Mario Martinez, MD
Kaweah DeltaVisaliaPsychiatry7Mandeep Bagga, MD
Kaweah DeltaVisaliaGeneral Surgery5Sebastiano Cassaro, MD
Kaweah DeltaVisaliaTransitional Year12Michael Stanley, DO
Kern Medical CenterBakersfieldEmergency Medicine13Manish N. Amin, DO
Kern Medical CenterBakersfieldObstetrics and Gynecology4Rebecca Rivera, MD
Kern Medical CenterBakersfieldInternal Medicine12Greti Petersen, MD, FACP
Kern Medical CenterBakersfieldPsychiatry7Sara Abdijadid, DO, MS
Natividad Medical CenterSalinasFamily Medicine10Melissa Nothnagle, MD
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresnoFamily Medicine8Michael N. Moya, MD
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresnoInternal Medicine16Shabib Dian, MD, MBA, FACP
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresnoEmergency Medicine8Jesse Kellar, MD
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresnoTransitional Year16Clifton Van Putten, MD
San Joaquin GeneralFrench CampInternal Medicine11Syung Min Jung, MD, FACP
San Joaquin GeneralFrench CampSurgery7Feroze Sidhwa, MD, MPH, FACS
San Joaquin GeneralFrench CampFamily Medicine9Lauren Brown-Berchtold, MD
Sierra ViewPortervilleInternal Medicine Categorical12Paul Watanakunakorn, MD
Sierra ViewPortervilleInternal Medicine Preliminary4Paul Watanakunakorn, MD
Sutter HealthModestoFamily Medicine13RaeLeigh C. Payanes, MD
Sutter HealthModestoInternal Medicine Categorical13James Kruer, MD
Sutter HealthModestoInternal Medicine Preliminary7James Kruer, MD
Sutter HealthRosevilleAnesthesiology10Adrian Elliot, MD
Sutter HealthRosevilleEmergency Medicine11Linda Herman, MD
Sutter HealthRosevilleSurgery6Jon Perlstein, MD
Sutter HealthRosevilleInternal Medicine13Van Geslani, MD
Sutter HealthRosevilleTransitional Year15Rishi Menon, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoOB/GYN4Christopher Downer, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoInternal Medicine23Steven Tringali, DO
UCSF FresnoFresnoEmergency Medicine12Stacy Sawtelle-Vohra, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoFamily Medicine12Sireesha Reddy, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoOrthopaedic Surgery4Armen K. Martirosian, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoPediatrics7Steven Foster, DO
UCSF FresnoFresnoPsychiatry6Craig Campbell, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoSurgery5Amy Kwok, MD
UCSF FresnoFresnoOral/Maxillofacial Surgery4Brian Woo, DDS, MD
Valley Children’s HospitalMaderaPediatrics13Vini Vijayan, MD
Valley Consortium for Medical EducationModestoFamily Medicine12Saira Dar, MD, MBA
Valley Consortium for Medical EducationModestoOrthopaedic Surgery3William Holmes, MD
Valley Health TeamFresnoFamily Medicine4Lydia Herrera-Mata, MD
481 Total

CHSU-COM Match Rates

The CHSU-COM will publish their GME match results when available after their inaugural class of osteopathic medical students participate in the residency matches during the 2023-24 academic year (AY).

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