Morehouse School of Medicine-California Hospital Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This Los Angeles Family Medicine residency is a partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine and California Hospital Medical Center (Dignity Health/CommonSpirit), operating under the broader "More in Common Alliance," a 10-year, $100 million initiative aimed at expanding medical education and training culturally competent clinicians. The program sits within a faith-inspired, safety-net-oriented health system whose explicit mission centers on serving vulnerable and underserved populations and advancing social justice, situating training in an urban, community-based, safety-net hospital environment rather than a quaternary academic tower. Career preparation appears oriented toward primary care delivery in underserved urban settings, consistent with the CommonSpirit GME framework describing family medicine training as producing "competent primary care physicians" for diverse community needs. Distinctive features include its unique dual sponsorship by an HBCU medical school and a large Catholic-heritage health system, suggesting a deliberate institutional emphasis on health equity, cultural competency and expanding physician diversity rather than subspecialty research output.