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HCA Healthcare Riverside Program

Obstetrics and Gynecology Analyst Verified · Jul 8, 2026

HCA Healthcare Riverside Program

HCA Healthcare Riverside Program is a residency program specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology, located in Riverside, California, directed by Herb Brar and coordinated by Isaura Goodson. and holds an accreditation status of Initial. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at isaura.goodson@hcahealthcare.com or (310) 435-6970. 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

HCA Healthcare Riverside is a community-based, tertiary-level OB/GYN residency housed in a 542-bed Level I trauma center that manages over 3,500 deliveries annually, giving residents a high-volume, high-risk obstetric experience alongside broad subspecialty exposure in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Family Planning, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Training spans hospital-based tertiary care, private practice settings, and dedicated fertility/reproductive centers (Pacific Reproductive Center, HRC Fertility Center), exposing residents to a socioeconomically varied population including indigent, immigrant, and private-pay patients. The program maintains institutional research infrastructure (a research coordinator, statistician, and research director) and access to HCA's national scholarly activity network, positioning research as a supported but not central pillar of training. Structured subspecialty block rotations across all four years suggest a program oriented toward producing well-rounded generalist OB/GYNs, with an explicit institutional emphasis on recruiting physicians comfortable serving a diverse, safety-net-adjacent patient base.

Who it fits
An applicant drawn to high-volume, high-acuity obstetric training in a community-tertiary hybrid setting, with demonstrated comfort working across underserved, immigrant, and private-practice patient populations and a generalist rather than subspecialty-research career focus.
Research intensity
Moderate - institutional infrastructure and coordination exist and scholarly activity is expected, but the program's identity centers on clinical volume rather than research output.
Career orientation
Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship
Important
The program states an intention to recruit residents who will thrive serving a diverse patient base including indigent, immigrant, and private populations.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Accreditation Status

HCA Healthcare Riverside Program
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CA

Initial

Deadline
Accreditation Status Initial
SCORE
USMLE STEP 1
USMLE STEP 1
USMLE STEP 2
USMLE STEP 2

SCORE NOTES

VISA POLICY

VISA

GRADUATION CUT OFF

GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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CURRENT RESIDENTS
Program Director
Name: Herb Brar
Program Coordinator
Name: Isaura Goodson Email: isaura.goodson@hcahealthcare.com Phone: (310) 435-6970 Address: ,Riverside
Program Website
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