Sutter Health-Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, hospital-affiliated OB/GYN residency operating within the not-for-profit Sutter Health system, training across two closely located Bay Area hospitals (Alta Bates in Berkeley and Summit in Oakland) that together provide high clinical volume and case variety. The curriculum covers the full breadth of OB/GYN subspecialties (maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology, gynecologic oncology, complex family planning, reproductive endocrinology and infertility) with dedicated research/elective months in PGY2-4, indicating research is built into training but not positioned as the program's central identity. The program explicitly frames itself around Sutter Health's community-service mission, emphasizing compassion, patient-centered care, and conduct aligned with institutional values both in and out of the workplace. Its structure - broad subspecialty exposure, continuity clinic, outside-department rotations, and elective flexibility - suggests a generalist-oriented training model preparing residents primarily for community OB/GYN practice or fellowship pursuit based on individual interest.