Welcome to the PIH Health Whittier Family Medicine Residency. We are an unopposed program serving the communities of Los Angeles & Orange counties as well as the San Gabriel Valley. The Family Medicine Center (adjacent to PIH Health Whittier Hospital), operates as a community clinic that provides care to patients who reside in the medically underserved and under-insured areas of Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk, Pico Rivera and South Whittier.
Our mission is to train the next generation of Family Medicine physicians who will provide high-quality healthcare, without discrimination, and will contribute to the health and well-being of our communities. Residents in our program develop their skills in an ethical, safe, and fiscally prudent manner and focus on their patient’s needs first. Our family medicine faculty and supervising attending physicians at PIH Health Whittier Hospital provide our residents with a broad-based and multidisciplinary graduate medical education that is built on a culturally competent foundation. By providing medical care to predominantly medically underserved populations and multi-cultural communities, our residents establish their roles as community health providers and are equipped to provide the same type of outreach and medical services in similar communities upon completing the program and starting their independent practice of medicine.
Our residents are members of a collaborative healthcare team that includes hospital and ambulatory specialists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, behavioral scientists, and community partners. In addition to the comprehensive experiences in the Family Medicine Center outpatient continuity clinic, the core curriculum includes in-patient care, women’s health, maternity care, orthopedics, emergency medicine, dermatology, behavioral health, and more. PGY-1 residents will receive their pediatric training at LAC+USC Medical Center.
We are located in beautiful southern California and offer a
variety of benefits.
What Makes Our Program Unique
Take a tour of the Whittier campus and Labor & Delivery
• Palliative Care/Chronic Disease Management Track
• Tropical Medicine Track
• Unopposed program in a 548-bed hospital
• Continuity outpatient care at our on-site Family Medicine Center
• Rotations in Home Care, Geriatric Care and Palliative Care
• LAC+USC Medical Center pediatric rotations in PGY-1 year
• Extensive opportunities for community engagement including First Day Homeless Clinic and teaching obesity awareness at local schools
• Opportunity to work with medical students on clerkships
• Beautiful location near Southern California beaches and Los Angeles
How to Apply
Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®) up to December 31st. Three Letters of Recommendation are required, with at least one from a Family Medicine physician. Learn more about the PIH Health Family Medicine Residency Program application process.
