Kaiser Permanente Northern California Affiliates

University and Other Program Affiliations by Location

Oakland
San Francisco
Santa Clara

Oakland

Kaiser Permanente Oakland is affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). Our Program Directors, hospitalist attendings, and many of our clinic physicians hold clinical faculty appointments at UCSF. First, second, and third year students from both the UCSF School of Medicine and the UC Berkeley/UCSF School of Medicine (Joint Medical Program) participate in  Introduction to Clinical Medicine courses in our Department of Medicine. Third year students may do their Pediatric Clerkship, and fourth year medical students may do their Internal Medicine and Pediatric sub-internship at Kaiser Permanente Oakland.

Residents from UCSF, UCD, St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco, Children's Hospital in Oakland and Highland General/Alameda County Hospital do rotations at our Oakland Campus. These include:

University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)

  • Primary Care Internal Medicine Residents
  • Surgery Residents
  • Ophthalmology Fellows

University of California at Davis (UCD)

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery

Highland General Hospital

  • Emergency Medicine Residents
  • Surgery Residents

St. Mary's Hospital

  • Orthopedics Surgery Residents

Children's Hospital Oakland

  • Pediatric Residents

In addition, residents at Kaiser Permanente Oakland have the opportunity to participate in locally funded anduniversity affiliated research projects.

San Francisco

Internal Medicine Residency Program:
Several of our department staff have clinical faculty appointments in the UCSF Department of Internal Medicine and participate in various teaching assignments during the first three years of medical school.

OB/Gyn Residency Program:
The Ob/Gyn Department at Kaiser Kaiser Permanente San Francisco has an affiliation with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Third year UCSF students rotate through our service doing their core Ob/Gyn rotation. Six of our department staff physicians have clinical faculty appointments in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.

As a resident in Kaiser Permanente San Francisco you will often interact with residents from University of California San Francisco (UCSF), California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), St. Mary's Hospital,and Swedish Medical Center. A list of residency programs with rotations at our facility is as follows:

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

  • Anesthesia
  • Family Practice
  • Pediatrics
  • Surgery

California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)

  • Ophthalmology

St. Mary's Hospital

  • Orthopedics Surgery Residents
  • Podiatric Surgery Residents

Swedish Medical Center

  • Podiatric Surgery

Santa Clara

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara has had long-standing affiliation with Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford medical students begin their association with Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara late in their second year, when they participate in the Preparation for Clinical Medicine Course offered through the Department of Medicine. During their third year many Stanford Medical Students complete core clinical rotations in Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery at our facility. Often these students will return during their fourth year as sub-interns in eitherInternal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Emergency Medicine.

As a resident in Santa Clara you will often interact with residents from Stanford, O'Connor Hospital and San Mateo County Hospital. A list of residency programs with rotations at our facility are as follows:

Stanford

  • Child Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Pediatrics
  • General Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Otolaryngology

San Mateo County Hospital

  • Psychiatry

O'Connor Hospital

  • Family Practice (one month rotation in Pediatrics)

Internal Medicine Residents from Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara have been participating in an Infectious Disease rotation at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for the last three years. The residents feel it is one of the most interesting and educational opportunities available in the program because this county hospital serves an indigent population of such ethnic diversity.