Adventist Health Glendale Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 15, 2026

Adventist Health Glendale Program

Adventist Health Glendale Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Glendale, California, directed by Charles C. Peterson, DO, MA and coordinated by Elizabeth Gonzalez. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (818) 409-8328. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Adventist Health Glendale is a faith-based, community-based, unopposed family medicine residency serving a multi-ethnic, medically underserved urban population near Los Angeles, with a mission emphasizing whole-person care (physical, emotional, spiritual). The curriculum uses a modified clinic-first (3+1) model with on-site specialty clinics in OB, psychiatry, pediatrics, dermatology, orthopedics, addiction medicine, and palliative care, plus rotations at Children's Hospital LA, Adventist Health White Memorial, and FQHCs, reflecting a full-spectrum, procedure-rich outpatient and inpatient training model. Scholarly activity is longitudinally embedded but not the program's central identity; instead, four named tracks (Underserved Medicine, Academic Faculty Development, POCUS, Lifestyle Medicine) let residents shape a focused interest area within a broadly generalist framework. Graduate outcomes span community/HMO practice (Kaiser, AltaMed, Facey), core faculty roles, and competitive fellowships (sports medicine, geriatrics, HIV, palliative care, addiction medicine), showing the program values community commitment, cultural/linguistic fluency, and adaptability over narrow subspecialization.

Who it fits

An applicant drawn to full-spectrum, community-rooted family medicine in a diverse urban underserved setting, who wants a generalist foundation with the option to layer on a focused track (underserved health, teaching, POCUS, or lifestyle medicine) rather than pursue subspecialty-driven training from day one.

Research intensity

Moderate - scholarly activity is a required longitudinal curricular thread with dedicated project weeks, but the program's identity is clinical/community-service oriented rather than research-driven.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship, Academic Medicine

Important

The program states a preference for demonstrated commitment to community service among underserved populations, and for proficiency in languages reflecting the patient population (Latino, Armenian, Korean, Filipino communities); it also participates in geographic preference signaling and requires one letter of recommendation from a Family Medicine physician.

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