University of California San Francisco-Fresno Program

Program Identity & Fit

UCSF Fresno's OB/GYN residency is a university-affiliated program with a safety-net, underserved-care mission, based at Community Regional Medical Center, the only tertiary/level-one-trauma referral center for a 100-mile radius handling over 4,000 births annually and drawing high-risk obstetric referrals from fifteen hospitals across a 50,000-birth region. The program is structurally research-active rather than research-central: residents follow a required, milestone-driven research curriculum culminating in a Chief-year project and QI requirement, with faculty-led studies on placenta accreta spectrum, methamphetamine exposure, congenital syphilis, and maternal morbidity reflecting the region's distinct disease burden. Training emphasizes high-acuity maternal-fetal medicine, robotic and complex gynecologic surgery, and advocacy/community engagement (ACOG Lobby Day, community service chief resident, health literacy projects), preparing graduates for private practice, academic careers, or subspecialty fellowship. The program explicitly values interest in teaching, care of medically underserved populations, and commitment to practicing in the Central Valley or California.