New FCM Residency Program at Lakeshore
Now recruiting: 4-week sub-internship starts March 31, 2025! More details below.

 

Our Program

UCSF Family and Community Medicine (FCM) has a highly successful, well-established residency program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. We are now launching a new track with 6 residents per year at UCSF Lakeshore in July 2026. Lakeshore is a full-spectrum, community-based, academic family medicine practice that serves a diverse mix of patients and insurance types. It has been a highly rated medical student teaching site for more than two decades.

 

Our Mission

The UCSF Health and VA Family Medicine Residency Track is committed to developing compassionate, innovative, and equity-driven family physicians who embody excellence in full-spectrum care. Grounded in a foundation of relationship-centered care, we aim to nurture physicians who cultivate therapeutic, transparent, and enduring relationships with their patients, teams, and communities

We envision a future where every patient receives care that is not only effective but also profoundly human, delivered by doctors who lead with empathy, cultural humility, and a steadfast commitment to improving health for all. 

 

Our Emphasis

Clinic first
  • Prioritize continuity of care
  • Build your panel from day 1
Team based approach
  • Engage in group visits
  • Community centered care
  • Integrated behavioral health
High quality ambulatory care
  • Outpatient POCUS
  • AI tools and committment to tech equity
  • Procedure clinic
  • Addiction medicine
Diversity of clinical care
  • ​Inpatient rotations at the VA
  • Learning from world class specialists at UCSF
  • Community based primary care at UCSF Lakeshore
Medical education opportunities
  • Shape the future of medicine by teaching UCSF
    medical students

 

 

Application & Benefits

A successful candidate for our program demonstrates:

  • Experience with and commitment to patient-centered clinical care
  • Dedication to primary care
  • Holistic and systemic understanding of health
  • Commitment to health equity

UCSF is sensitive to the high cost of living in SF, as well as the financial strain on most residents, and strives to provide a competitive compensation package, including:

  • PGY-1 starting salary: $92,284.00 (includes housing stipend)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, including 1 plan at no cost to residents
  • Financial and logistical support for relevant and approved conferences

NOW RECRUITING: 4-week sub-internship starting March 31, 2025!

Contact [email protected] to learn more.