Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Our Graduates

Our residents generally follow one of three paths after the completion of residency: continue medical training at a subspecialty program or fellowship, enter into private practice, or join The Permanente Medical Group or one of the other Kaiser Medical Groups throughout our service area.

Fellowship/Subspecialty Training

Each year a good number of our graduating residents  participate in fellowships or other subspecialty training. Residents who have moved on to fellowships report that they are well prepared for the rigors of fellowship training and fellowship directors from around the country praise the strong research base and clinical experience that our residents receive during their Kaiser Permanente residency training.

Joining TPMG

About 20-30% of our graduating residents proceed to join our staff here at The Permanente Medical Group, or one of the other Kaiser Medical Groups in our other service areas. Because of their familiarity with Kaiser Permanente's systems and procedures as well as their excellent training, our graduating residents are highly sought by our medical groups. Our residents often rise quickly into leadership roles in our organization. Several Chiefs of Departments at our medical centers completed their residency at one of our programs. The Kaiser Medical Groups invite you to learn more about physician careers at Kaiser Permanente on their web site.

Private Practice

We are equally proud of our residents who have gone on to private practice or who have joined other healthcare organizations throughout the world. They bring with them the Kaiser philosophy and speak highly of our organization and our training. The bonds of friendship formed during residency are strong, and many of our former residents work together in private practice.

What our graduates are saying:

Kaiser Oakland is an ideal place to train given its philosophy of graduated autonomy along with a supportive collegial environment. You have as much control over the care of your patients as you feel comfortable. As a result, I felt aptly trained to pursue whatever future career was of interest to me.

Samira Kirmiz, MD
Class of 2006
Endocrinology Fellow, UCLA

Kaiser Oakland provided an exceptional training experience to be well prepared for the diverse demands of primary care medicine. Knowledgeable attendings, very supportive program directors, a great location, and the diversity of patients and pathology were all elements to this solid medicine program that taught me well.

Joseph Kim, MD
Hospital and clinic physician
Class of 2005

I think there are two major elements in the program that helped broaden my skills and improve my knowledge base--an awesome teaching staff and an academic curriculum that is kept current to stay abreast of the constant evolution of evidence-based medical practice. The opportunity to be autonomous while in training and having supportive faculty/mentors and staff, residents are prepared to face the challenges associated not just with the diseases we are treating/preventing, but also able to adapt to any changes in the workflow regardless of which practice setting we choose.

Joy Catolico, MD
Class of 2005