Training Sites

City Heights Family Health Center
FHCSD Family Medicine Residency Program Training Sites

City Heights Family Health Center

The Family Medicine Residency Program and Family Medicine Center are located within our City Heights Family Health Center. This center sees approximately 68,000 health encounters annually. It is a full-service clinic with medical, dental and multiple therapy services onsite. The City Heights area hosts the most ethnically diverse community in San Diego County. Key ethnic demographics include Latinos, Somalis, Vietnamese and Cambodians. Residents have all their continuity clinics here, thereby building a patient panel and establishing relationships with the community.

FHCSD Family Medicine Residency Program Training Sites

Scripps Mercy Hospital

Scripps Mercy Hospital is the main training ground for the residents’ inpatient experience. Residents do their adult inpatient, intensive care, obstetrics, surgery, orthopedics, emergency medicine, cardiology, palliative and newborn nursery rotations here. Scripps Mercy is San Diego’s longest established hospital and its two campus locations combine to make it San Diego’s largest hospital. They have trained residents since 1940 and are recognized for high performance in 12 specialties. Learn more here: www.scripps.org.

FHCSD Family Medicine Residency Program Training Sites

Sharp Grossmont Hospital

Residents currently rotate through Sharp Grossmont for their newborn nursery and OB/GYN months. Sharp Grossmont is East County’s largest health care facility serving the communities of La Mesa, El Cajon and Santee. It has 525 beds and offers a variety of services, including orthopedic surgery, emergency care, inpatient care, and labor and delivery services.

FHCSD Family Medicine Residency Program Training Sites

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego

Residents rotate through San Diego’s preeminent children’s hospital for their inpatient pediatric and pediatric emergency experiences. Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the largest children’s hospital in California and is ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties surveyed by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more here: www.rchsd.org.

Family Medicine Residency Program