Family Medicine Los Angeles Medical Center

The Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center was accredited in 1972, (the first in Kaiser Permanente Southern California). Based in a managed care system that sponsors five other FM Residency Programs, the program has full-time family physician academic faculty who are veteran clinician/teachers.

At our residency program, you will encounter a quality educational environment that includes direct patient responsibility and a large and varied patient base. You will also benefit from the supervision of our outstanding board-certified Family Medicine physician faculty.
Los Angeles Medical Center is a community hospital with an academic feel. We have won national recognition for the quality of our research in clinical Family Medicine, health screening, and education. In addition, we are nationally recognized for the quality of our graduate and undergraduate medical education.

Strong Academic Training

• Large new dedicated outpatient resident clinic workspace with computers, headsets and cameras for virtual visits
• EMR – Epic / Health connect
• Apple iPhone provided to every resident including unlimited Verizon LTE/data service
• Residents receive free subscription to UpToDate, MD Consult, Ovid, PubMed, KP Clinical Guidelines, and Cochrane
• A single closed drug formulary which includes a wide variety of medications (including HIV RTIs and PIs)
• Integrated health care system with multiple pharmacies, radiology departments, and laboratories on campus
• Electronic / on-line appointment service, messages, medication refills, labs, imaging, transcriptions
• Opportunities for research with statistical and editing support
• Educational stipend to attend educational conferences
• One week free of all clinical duties during your 3rd year to allow studying for board exam

High Volume of Experience

• Over 1,000 admissions to FM Inpatient Service per year with 10-15 inpatients at any time
• Inpatient family medicine is taught by Family Medicine faculty
• Over 200 deliveries per month; Family Medicine interns can expect approximately 40 deliveries during their 6 weeks rotating through Labor & Delivery
• Over 90,000 outpatient visits per year to FM Clinic (and a busy Sports Clinic)
• When taking call on inpatient pediatrics, medicine, and obstetrics, you function as that service’s intern resulting in no competition from other interns for deliveries or patient care experiences
• Rotations and call in the ICU and CCU ensure learning experiences of critically ill patients
• Longitudinal ambulatory pediatrics experience in first year ensures competence by second year
• Excellent Surgical Urgent Care experience

High Level of Responsibility and Community Service

• High volume longitudinal care in FM Clinic
• Longitudinal care of Skilled Nursing Care Facility patients during second and third year
• Rotations working with Community Medicine Fellow in various community clinics and FQHC including at Wesley Health Center and UCLA Mobile Clinic
• High School based community clinics at Marshall High School and Belmont High School
• Sports coverage for LACC, Cal State LA, Occidental College and Santa Monica College
• Teaching responsibility for third-year residents in Family Medicine clinic, at affiliated community clinics, as inpatient chief resident and during longitudinal Geriatrics curriculum
• Several yearly international community service trips through Integrative Clinics International and other affiliates

Excellent Resources and Opportunities

• Large new dedicated outpatient resident clinic workspace with computers, headsets and cameras for virtual visits
• EMR – Epic / Health connect
• Apple iPhone provided to every resident including unlimited Verizon LTE/data service
• Residents receive free subscription to UpToDate, MD Consult, Ovid, PubMed, KP Clinical Guidelines, and Cochrane
• A single closed drug formulary which includes a wide variety of medications (including HIV RTIs and PIs)
• Integrated health care system with multiple pharmacies, radiology departments, and laboratories on campus
• Electronic / on-line appointment service, messages, medication refills, labs, imaging, transcriptions
• Opportunities for research with statistical and editing support
• Educational stipend to attend educational conferences
• One week free of all clinical duties during your 3rd year to allow studying for board exam

Additional Highlights

• Fall weekend (2 nights) and Spring one-day Wellness Retreats each year 
• Excellent camaraderie among house staff and full-time academic faculty
• Faculty mentors and little sib/big sib residency mentors
• All major medical and surgical specialties/subspecialties available and accessible to house staff
• Multi-ethnic population with diverse socio-economic base
• Large LGBTQ+ patient population
• Outstanding performance by graduates on American Board of Family Practice exams
• Excellent preparation to go onto Sports Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Geriatrics, Palliative/Hospice, and Community Medicine fellowships
• Great job opportunities within Kaiser Permanente system upon graduation
• Many of our graduates have gone onto leadership positions in public health, managed care and academia