Welcome to our residency program!
Our website contains information about our residents, faculty, and staff; our curriculum and training sites; and the values that make our program such a special place to learn and grow. Beyond the facts, we hope it gives you a true sense of the people, purpose, and community that define us.
As in prior years, it will also serve as a hub for applicants as we prepare for another exciting season of virtual interviews. While some programs have returned to hybrid or in-person formats, we remain committed to an all-virtual approach — one that promotes greater equity, accessibility, and environmental sustainability. We’ve been thrilled with the outstanding residents who’ve joined us through this process and see no reason to “rock the boat” now!
A New Chapter in a Longstanding Partnership
Beginning in the 2026–27 academic year, our ACGME sponsorship will transition from Stanford Health Care to Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH), the mission-driven public health system serving nearly one in four Santa Clara County residents through four hospitals and fifteen community health centers. This is an evolution rather than a departure. Our leadership, faculty, curriculum, and commitment to full-spectrum, community-based training remain intact, and we will continue our academic affiliation with Stanford University School of Medicine. Our residents will still teach and mentor Stanford medical students, rotate at Stanford sites, and participate in professional development with our Stanford colleagues.
We are proud to be part of SCVH’s integrated and expanding system, which offers the best of both worlds: the resources and depth of a large safety-net network combined with the close-knit, collegial spirit of our home hospitals — O’Connor Hospital (where we have trained since 2005) and Regional Medical Center (where we expanded our OB training in 2025). This partnership strengthens what has always defined our program: a commitment to full-spectrum, community-based family medicine in an unopposed setting.
Who We Are
Our program is rooted in San Jose, a vibrant, diverse community whose resilience and cultural richness inform our mission every day. Our continuity clinic will transition to a County-operated Federally Qualified Health Center at the start of the next academic year, ensuring seamless continuation of mission-driven, community-based primary care with Epic integrated across inpatient and outpatient sites. Residents continue to gain strong experience in adult medicine, behavioral health, pediatrics, maternity care, procedures, and population health leadership.
We are proud to offer a range of pathways, including Advanced Maternity Care, Integrative Medicine, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), and our nationally-recognized faculty development track, OSLER, which gives residents a focused opportunity to teach Stanford medical students and learn from master clinician-educators, with the goal of developing the skills necessary to become leaders in medical education. Our affiliated Fellowship Program in Sports Medicine further enriches our learning environment and adds opportunities for teaching, event coverage, and community engagement.
Continuity, Opportunity, and Community
Across each stage of our evolution — from San Jose Medical Center (1977), to O’Connor Hospital (2005), to our integration with Stanford Health Care (2017), and now to our transition to the County of Santa Clara (2026) — our program has remained centered on people. That won’t change.
We have trained more than 300 family physicians, many of whom serve the Greater Bay Area in county and community clinics, academic institutions, and private practices. In 2024, we expanded to a 9-9-9 program structure, now home to 27 residents dedicated to full-spectrum care.
Our academic affiliation with Stanford University School of Medicine, combined with our status as the only residency program here at O’Connor Hospital, means that our residents get the “best of both worlds.” Our diverse and talented faculty are recognized leaders, innovators, and advocates who teach at national meetings, publish in peer-reviewed journals, and model whole-person, community-based primary care. We are a longstanding, cohesive faculty group, and because every core faculty member practices full-spectrum Family Medicine, residents learn alongside physicians who truly live the breadth of our specialty.
With the start of the new academic year, we will be proud to unveil our new County-operated Family Medicine Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center caring for a predominantly Medicaid and Medicare population. Our partnership with Santa Clara Valley Healthcare positions us to thrive for decades to come: to grow, innovate, and continue training family physicians who lead with purpose and serve with heart.
Finally, our advising and coaching model ensures that residents receive individualized support as they develop personalized learning plans and grow into skilled, compassionate physicians ready to lead in any setting. Truly, our rigorous yet flexible and learner-centered curriculum is designed to provide outstanding training in full-spectrum family medicine within a deeply supportive environment.
Why Choose Us
We recognize that there are many excellent family medicine training programs in the country. Why choose us? One simple answer — the people.
Our residents, faculty, and staff form a community grounded in purpose, humility, and joy. Together, we have weathered challenges, embraced innovation, and remained steadfast in our shared mission: to care for the most vulnerable, to advance the art and science of family medicine, and to support one another as we grow.
If you are seeking rigorous, full-spectrum training in a mission-driven and supportive environment — and if you believe, as we do, that medicine is both art and service — we invite you to learn more and join us on this journey. We look forward to sharing our enthusiasm with you.
Sincerely yours,
Grace Yu, MD
Program Director