CPMC Internal Medicine Residency Program

Academic Affiliate of Dartmouth Medical School & UCSF
Our program brings experience, commitment, and a rigorous and balanced approach to training of future physicians. We provide an intensive exposure to the practice of internal medicine and aim to train highly skilled and compassionate physicians in a diverse and supportive environment, fostering growth of the individual physician and their talents.

Dear Residency Candidate,

Welcome to the California Pacific Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency website! We hope this site will give you a sense for what makes our program so special.

There are a few key points about our program that I would like to highlight. We are a residency program which strives to promote outstanding education in a wonderfully collegial, nurturing environment. We are an academic community hospital and take pride in ensuring a robust clinical foundation for our preliminary and categorical residents. Our residents and interns are prepared for a life-long careers in medicine. We also enrich our educational environment through our affiliations with the Dartmouth Medical School and the University of California, San Francisco.

In our clinical realm, CPMC is a cutting-edge community-based hospital that serves as a quaternary referral center for a large portion of Northern California. We serve a diverse, multi-cultural patient population that includes patients of all socioeconomic levels. We care for a wonderful mix of patients with common and uncommon illnesses.

Finally, I’d like to return to the special culture that is CPMC. Our residents cherish the collaborative medical community that develops them into outstanding clinicians while promoting wellness, academic rigor, and collegiality. Again, I invite you to explore this website further and better yet, come for a rotation or apply to our program.

Randall S. Edson, MD, MACP, FIDSA
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Medical School
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Distinguished Mayo Clinician
Chair, ABIM Infectious Diseases Exam Committee

About Our Program

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at CPMC features a high-level of patient care responsibility in an academic, University-affiliated hospital environment. We are one of the major academic affiliate internal medicine training sites for Dartmouth Medical School with strong academic ties with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Our program graduates are well-equipped for careers in primary care, hospital-based practice or further training in subspecialty medicine. CPMC is one of the largest quaternary referral centers with a large catchment area of Northern California and surrounding regions.

The doctors, hospitals and residents of CPMC provide a consistent level of exceptional and personalized care to patients. Our hospital earned recognition as among the top hospitals in California. CPMC is high-performing in cancer, gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, congestive heart failure, and chronic pulmonary diseases. We are also named as a leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality.

Our Response to COVID-19

The AAMC and ERAS have implemented specific instructions regarding the upcoming residency application process. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptive changes to all aspects of medical education.

Interviews and Selection Process

We will be conducting an entirely virtual selection process. This includes virtual interviews and virtual tours. Invited applicants will receive a special and customized link to a website with more information about our program.

Medical Education and Conferences

We have implemented socially-distant morning and 12:00pm conferences that are both in-person and online. We are proud that our educational activities have not been adversely affected due to the pandemic.