Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 17, 2026

Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill Program

Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Seattle, Washington, directed by Chinyere I. Obimba, MD, MPH and coordinated by Tiffany Bautista. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at tiffany.bautista1@swedish.org or (206) 320-2233. 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

Swedish Cherry Hill is a founding-era, urban full-spectrum family medicine program (est. 1974) built around five FQHC-based continuity clinics in Seattle plus a rural training track, each serving a distinct underserved community (African American/immigrant, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, and the highly diverse Central District population). Its identity centers on mission-driven care of vulnerable populations, high-volume obstetrics (averaging ~80 deliveries per resident), longitudinal anti-racism and community organizing curricula, and Areas of Concentration allowing individualized focus (reproductive health, HIV, palliative care, integrative medicine). Research is not a structural emphasis; instead the program values resident co-governance, community medicine projects sustained over three years, and procedural/full-spectrum competence preparing graduates for community health center, rural, tribal, or international practice. Graduate outcomes overwhelmingly show placement in FQHCs, tribal health organizations, and underserved community practices, with a smaller stream pursuing OB, addiction, hospital medicine, or geriatrics fellowships.

Who it fits

An applicant with demonstrated longitudinal commitment to underserved, immigrant, or minority communities—often through community organizing, language concordance, or prior FQHC/public health work—who envisions a full-spectrum practice (including OB and inpatient care) in an underserved or community health setting rather than an academic or subspecialty track.

Research intensity

Low - research is not emphasized; scholarly activity is secondary to clinical, community, and advocacy-based curricular work.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Primary Care

Important

Applicants to the Sea Mar continuity site must have Spanish fluency sufficient to conduct a patient visit without an interpreter, and ERAS applicants select among five distinct site-based tracks that determine their interview assignment.

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Deadline 12/31/2026

87 days left

Accreditation Status N/A

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