Graduate Medical Education

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.

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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 to the many new graduates beginning in 2024.

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Local Residencies Available to CHSU-COM Graduates

Institutions	Cities	Residency Programs	PGY-1 Spots	Director
Adventist Health	Hanford	Hanford Family Medicine	6	Joshua Strunk, MD
Adventist Health	Sonora	Sonora Family Medicine	4	Mathew Personius
Adventist Health	Tulare	Family Medicine	6	Muhammad Khan, MD
Adventist Health	Tulare	Internal Medicine	4	Frank Gavini, MD
Clinica Sierra Vista	Bakersfield	Family Medicine	8	Carol Stewart, MD
Dignity, Mercy Medical Center	Merced	Family Medicine	8	John B  Paik-Tesch, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Stockton	Anesthesiology	6	Adrian Elliott, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Stockton	Family Medicine	10	Hanadi Abou Dargham, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Stockton	Emergency Medicine	12	Brian Wood, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Stockton	Internal Medicine	10	Jasleen Kaur, MD
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Stockton	Psychiatry	7	Amarpreet Singh, MD, MBA
Dignity, St. Joseph’s Medical Center	Stockton	Transitional Year	10	Gary Olds, MD
Kaiser Permanente	Modesto	Emergency Medicine	8	Nur-Ain Nadir, MD
Kaweah Delta	Visalia	Anesthesiology	4	Emily Smith, MD
Kaweah Delta	Visalia	Emergency Medicine	13	Sean Oldroyd, DO
Kaweah Delta	Visalia	Family Medicine	7	Mario Martinez, MD
Kaweah Delta	Visalia	Psychiatry	7	Mandeep Bagga, MD
Kaweah Delta	Visalia	General Surgery	5	Sebastiano Cassaro, MD
Kaweah Delta	Visalia	Transitional Year	12	Michael Stanley, DO
Kern Medical Center	Bakersfield	Emergency Medicine	13	Manish N. Amin, DO
Kern Medical Center	Bakersfield	Obstetrics and Gynecology	4	Rebecca Rivera, MD
Kern Medical Center	Bakersfield	Internal Medicine	12	Greti Petersen, MD, FACP
Kern Medical Center	Bakersfield	Psychiatry	7	Sara Abdijadid, DO, MS
Natividad Medical Center	Salinas	Family Medicine	10	Melissa Nothnagle, MD
Saint Agnes Medical Center	Fresno	Family Medicine	8	Michael N. Moya, MD
Saint Agnes Medical Center	Fresno	Internal Medicine	16	Shabib Dian, MD, MBA, FACP
Saint Agnes Medical Center	Fresno	Emergency Medicine	8	Jesse Kellar, MD
Saint Agnes Medical Center	Fresno	Transitional Year	16	Clifton Van Putten, MD
San Joaquin General	French Camp	Internal Medicine	11	Syung Min Jung, MD, FACP
San Joaquin General	French Camp	Surgery	7	Feroze Sidhwa, MD, MPH, FACS
San Joaquin General	French Camp	Family Medicine	9	Lauren Brown-Berchtold, MD
Sierra View	Porterville	Internal Medicine Categorical	12	Paul Watanakunakorn, MD
Sierra View	Porterville	Internal Medicine Preliminary	4	Paul Watanakunakorn, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	OB/GYN	4	Christopher Downer, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Internal Medicine	23	Steven Tringali, DO
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Emergency Medicine	12	Stacy Sawtelle-Vohra, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Family Medicine	12	Sireesha Reddy, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Orthopaedic Surgery	4	Armen K. Martirosian, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Pediatrics	7	Steven Foster, DO
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Psychiatry	6	Craig Campbell, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Surgery	5	Amy Kwok, MD
UCSF Fresno	Fresno	Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery	4	Brian Woo, DDS, MD
Valley Children’s Hospital	Madera	Pediatrics	13	Vini Vijayan, MD
Valley Consortium for Medical Education	Modesto	Family Medicine	12	Saira Dar, MD, MBA
Valley Consortium for Medical Education	Modesto	Orthopaedic Surgery	3	William Holmes, MD
Valley Health Team	Fresno	Family Medicine	4	Lydia Herrera-Mata, MD
			393 Total

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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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