Valley Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Valley Family Medicine is a community-based, ACGME-accredited program built around a "Clinic First" model that prioritizes longitudinal continuity between residents and their outpatient panel over rotating block structures. Training occurs at Valley Medical Center in Renton, WA, the largest medical center in South King County, with a busy obstetrics service (~3,000 deliveries/year), high-risk OB exposure, and specialty clinics in procedures, psychiatry, integrative medicine, travel health, and osteopathic manipulation, alongside services in medication abortion, Suboxone-based substance use treatment, and gender-affirming care. The curriculum is explicitly full-spectrum with a strong obstetrics emphasis, and the program markets itself around graduates entering varied practice settings (urban to rural) rather than fellowship subspecialization, with a 100% ABFM pass rate and residents in community, leadership, and academic roles. The heavy DO representation among current residents and alumni, plus explicit interest in obstetrics as a stated personal statement requirement, signals a program valuing full-spectrum generalists committed to continuity-based primary care and women's health.