Family Medicine Residency - Grass Valley

Welcome to the Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program!

The Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program is an integrated rural training program based out of the Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Family Medicine Residency Program. Residents will complete their intern year (PGY-1) at Methodist Hospital and Mercy Family Medical Clinic in Sacramento, CA. In their 2nd and 3rd years (PGY-2 and PGY-3), residents will train in the beautiful, historic town of Grass Valley, CA at Chapa-De Indian Health Clinic (Tribal FQHC), Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and local subspecialty outpatient offices.

We are partnering with two medical organizations with deep ties to the community and surrounding area. The program will be rewarding while appropriately intense with a challenging, inpatient heavy intern year to prepare residents for their rural training in PGY-2 and PGY-3. We are dedicated to work-life balance and the surrounding environment makes that very easy. The continuity clinic abuts a scenic 5 mile trail loop that is one of hundreds of miles of beautiful trails in our scenic Nevada County. Lake Tahoe and the Sierra foothills have numerous skiing, snowboarding, hiking, running, fishing, boating, rafting and kayaking opportunities less than an hour away. Year round sunshine and abundant natural beauty make the outdoors your playground.

Mission, Vision, Values

Mission: The Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program is dedicated to training well rounded family physicians in underserved rural communities.

Vision: A Family Medicine training program of excellence that promotes health equity through the placement and retention of physician leaders in rural communities.

Values: We are committed to community based training that compassionately collaborates with patients, harnesses the expertise of our multidisciplinary partnership, and delivers quality care regardless of social status or station.

Unique Features

We are committed to quality driven, team-based training that compassionately puts the patient first regardless of the income, race, or gender and harnesses the expertise of each member of our multi-disciplinary partnership.

• Train at a high quality tribal Federally Qualified Health Center
• New, rural unopposed program
• Global health rotation or reservation experiences encouraged
• Full-spectrum family medicine with high outpatient procedure volume
• Primary care integrated medication assisted treatment program for opioid use disorder
• Post residency job opportunities in rural Northern California

Curriculum

Our program is a community-based program but our faculty are both academic and community trained, which leads to a diversity of teaching styles and experiences. Unique training opportunities embedded into our program include a longitudinal weekly medication assisted substance use treatment program, a global health rotation (which can also be a Reservation experience), a longitudinal community medicine elective and many other core experiences. We embrace the philosophy that the “clinic is the curriculum” with access to a robust multidisciplinary team including clinical pharmacists, behavioral health, physical therapy, dentistry and an excellent diabetes program. Community based sub-specialists provide further depth to the educational program.

2025-2026 Interview Season Information

Application Instructions:

• Applicants interested in BOTH programs must apply separately to the Rural and Urban Training Programs via ERAS.

NRMP Codes:

• Family Medicine Grass Valley (Rural): 1140120C1
• Family Medicine Sacramento (Urban): 1140120C0

Interview Formats:

• Urban Program (Sacramento):
  • Interviews will be conducted virtually.
• Rural Program (Grass Valley):
  • Interviews will be conducted in-person.

Interview Date Range:

• Interviews for both the Urban and Rural Training Programs will occur from October to December 2025

Contact Us

For Additional Information:

Erin Kolb, Residency Coordinator
Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program
Phone Number: (530) 274-6008
Email: Erin.Kolb@commonspirit.org

Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program
155 Glasson Way Grass Valley, CA 95945
Website: https://snfmrp.com/
General Inquires: SierraNevadaFamilyMedicine@commonspirit.org