Family Medicine Residency

Welcome

Welcome to LifeLong Medical Care’s Family Medicine Residency. LifeLong is a well-established and highly regarded community health center in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Our program was accredited by the ACGME in April 2019 and was developed to fill a need to train highly skilled family medicine physicians to work in urban underserved outpatient medicine practices.

We provide a community medicine-based ‘clinic first’ educational experience focusing on teaching whole-person care, partnering with patients, and respecting their lived experiences. We provide the necessary and important inpatient and outpatient specialty rotations while focusing on the residency continuity clinic as the main focal point for learning.  To that end, our family medicine residency office serves as a model of a high-functioning and team-based clinic.

Our program looks for residents motivated to become broad-scope family medicine physicians with an emphasis on outpatient primary care and a strong behavioral health component. In addition, LifeLong offers a variety of learning opportunities outside of the teaching clinic that address the needs of underserved populations.

We seek residents committed to working with marginalized communities and to bringing their diversity to our community.  LifeLong and its Family Medicine Residency value diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in its leaders, clinicians, and staff, which catalyzes a more robust workforce, improved decision-making, and improved health outcomes for our patients.

We distinguish ourselves by our innovative curriculum that takes the resident outside the exam room and into the community. Our program is tailored to prepare residents for the real-world demands of the modern outpatient family doctor. We are excited to be a new, cutting-edge, robust, and mission-driven program deeply connected to the community we serve.

Dr. Eric Henley

Institutional Officer
Interim Program Director

Program Overview

William Jenkins Health Center side shot

Our Teaching Health Center

Program Highlights

Mission

Educate future leaders in family medicine who reflect the diversity of our community and possess the skills, knowledge and experience to engage in scholarship, partner with patients, families and communities, and promote wellness by addressing the root causes of suffering and disease.

Rotations

Family Medicine Residency Program Outpatient Rotation

Outpatient Rotations

Family Medicine Residency Program Inpatient Rotation

Inpatient Rotations/Hospital Partners

Family Medicine Residency Program Elective Rotation

Sub-Intern Elective

Vision

Striving to be a national model of a community-engaged family medicine residency program that trains and empowers physicians to deliver care with respect, compassion, and humility.

Application Information

Who Should Apply?

Interview Process

Application FAQ's

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

LifeLong Medical Care is committed to providing hope and refuge to the communities we serve. We strive to be accessible, responsive, and engaged with our communities. Our commitment to fight discrimination and racism in all forms and to stand with our communities is strong.

We will continue to shine a light on the health inequities that have roots in historical and institutional discrimination and racism, while supporting the power of our patients and our staff to improve the health of our medically underserved communities.

LifeLong provides a safe, nurturing, and anti-racist environment for our staff, patients and community with culturally appropriate care. We empower ourselves to listen, work with and support our communities impacted by health disparities.

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Meet Our Team

Meet Our Residents

LifeLong Medical Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Words from Our Residents

LifeLong Medical Care gives me an opportunity to live out my dream in serving and caring for urban underserved communities. Being from Oakland, CA, I plan to connect and establish lifelong relationships with my patients, address their needs, and make a difference in their overall health. LifeLong Medical Care's external partnership and robust training will help me in becoming a well rounded Family Physician.

Muhmod Ahmad
Resident Physician, Class of 2024

LifeLong Medical Care's mission of providing comprehensive family medical care throughout the joys and tragedies of life in its entire duration, by connecting with each patient one-on-one, and contextualizing their health in the landscape of their family and community, is why I chose the residency at LifeLong. LifeLong provides the opportunity to achieve these goals through the myriad of clinics and experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Justin Chin
Resident Physician, Class of 2023

What stands out at LifeLong Medical Care is how mission-driven and committed the organization, faculty, and staff are to providing quality, patient-centered primary care to underserved communities in the Bay Area. I couldn’t be more proud to be a resident completing my training at this program beside such passionate, caring, and dedicated individuals.

Hannah Dragomanovich
Resident Physician, Class of 2024

LifeLong Medical Care really stood out to me as a place where people could get truly comprehensive care. Since starting residency, I continue learning new ways in which this program is designed to help us develop fulfilling careers as family physicians. I came to LifeLong because I wanted to be part of a program that would enable me to take care of everyone, no matter how marginalized, alongside others who share that mission.

Adrianne Khanolkar
Resident Physician, Class of 2024

LifeLong Medical Care made me feel like I was going to enjoy my profession and grow with my peers, patients, and community, rather than wishing I had never gone down this route because I’m so burned out and have no time or energy to take care of myself, let alone anyone else. This program cares about the wellness of its patients and community, and equally so of its staff and residents. It’s the nurturing environment, compassion, and advocacy that I’ve witnessed at LifeLong that has made me so thankful to have matched into this program.

Weronika Nepali
Resident Physician, Class of 2024