Residency Program
Family Medicine / Obstetrics Residency Program
Program Overview
This unique program provides residents with a strong foundation in family medicine and a surgical obstetrics experience over four years of training. FM/OB residents complete all the goals and objectives of the UC Davis Family Medicine Residency Program and develop additional proficiency at surgical obstetrics.
Graduates of the FM/OB program will be board eligible in family medicine and will receive an additional certificate of completion for the FM/OB program. The FM/OB Program is administered jointly by the UC Davis Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Both are fully accredited residency programs.
How to Apply
Applicants interested in the FM/OB program should apply to our Family Medicine Residency Program through ERAS.
This unique program provides residents with a strong foundation in family medicine and an advanced obstetrics experience (emphasizing surgical and high-risk obstetrics) over four years of training. We offer one FM/OB PGY-1 position annually.
To be considered for an FM/OB interview you must also submit the following by Sept. 25, 2024:
- A supplemental personal statement describing your interest in the FM/OB Program. Please tell us why this type of training is important to you. Email this statement to Roz Shirley at: rmshirley@ucdavis.edu.
- At least one letter of recommendation from someone with whom you’ve had obstetrical experience. This letter should be included in your ERAS application.
Applicants should apply to both the core program and the FM/OB program. If selected to interview for the FM/OB program there will be a separate interview invitation focused on this portion of the program in addition to an interview with the core Family Medicine program.
Comprehensive FM/OB Curriculum
Residents will complete 16 months of rotations as a member of the OB team, gaining proficiency in labor management, vaginal deliveries, Cesarean sections and care of high risk pregnancies. This is equivalent to the obstetrics portion of the training of our Ob/Gyn residents. While the first year of obstetric training focuses on gaining basic skills, in subsequent years the residents gain additional knowledge and expertise in leading the obstetric team. Graduates of the program average over 200 vaginal and 200 Cesarean deliveries by the end of training.
- You want to gain competency in cesarean deliveries.
Our graduates have 200+ cesareans at the time of graduation and most continue to practice surgical OB. - You want to have residency clinic in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with a high volume of obstetric care.
We work with primarily Medi-Cal patients in Sacramento FQHCs for both our general family medicine panel and prenatal care. - You want to learn in a high-risk OB setting.
UC Davis has a Level IV NICU and we are a referral center for high risk pregnancies all over Northern California. - You want to be a part of two residency programs.
We are lucky to be a part of two residency families! When we are on OB blocks, we attend OB didactics and are integrated as OB residents. - You want to be an FM doctor.
This program is best for residents who truly want to practice both family medicine and surgical obstetrics. This is not the best program if you want to be an OB-GYN! We do not gain the same level of skills in gynecology or gynecology oncology as OB-GYN residents.
- You don’t want to work nights.
Labor and delivery runs night and day. Approximately half of our time on OB is on nights, usually for two week blocks at time.
- You don’t want to participate in pregnancy termination care.
Residents regularly participate in termination inductions on labor and delivery. We rotate with the family planning department to increase skills in abortion care.
- You want to learn obstetrics exclusively from FM providers.
Though the majority of your prenatal care training is with FM attendings, most of our inpatient obstetric education is within the OB department.
- You’re not sure you want to train in surgical obstetrics.
Many medical students are interested in pregnancy care but not sure how they would want to incorporate this interest into their practice. There are so many wonderful ways to be a family doctor, and residency can be a great time to explore what’s right for you. If you aren’t sure that surgical obstetrics is right for you now, there are many skilled FM/OBs who do fellowship after residency; this is not your only opportunity to pursue surgical obstetrics training.
UC Davis Family Medicine / Obstetrics Graduates
We are proud of our many amazing graduates since 2001!
Emma Felzien, M.D.
Lancaster Family Health Center, Salem, OR
Katie Donaldson, M.D.
Essentia Health, Virginia, MN
Caroline Ornellas, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA
Susie Delmar, M.D.
Lancaster Family Health Center, Salem, OR
Megan Ash, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group, Sacramento, CA
Carly Grovhoug, M.D.
Sutter Family Medicine Clinic, Winters, CA
Rachel Peterson, M.D.
Northeastern Rural Health Clinic at Banner Lassen Hospital, Susanville, CA
Ryan Spielvogel, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group, Sacramento, CA
Jessica Porter, M.D.
SEARHC Juneau Medical Center, Juneau, AK
Joseph Magley, M.D.
Franciscan Medical Clinic, Enumclaw, WA
Tara Arness Vu, M.D.
Open Door Community Health Center, McKinleyville, CA
Kyla Rice, M.D.
Santa Rosa Community Health Centers, Santa Rosa, CA
Aline Hansen-Guzman, M.D.
Salud Family Health Center, Fort Morgan, CO
Sarah Marshall, M.D.
UC Davis Dept. of Family and Community, Sacramento, CA
Shilpa Pakala, M.D.
Magnolia Family Health Center, Oxnard, CA
Heather Diaz, M.D.
Lancaster Family Health Center, Salem, OR
Kristine Ewing, M.D.
Naval Hospital, Bremerton, WA
Camille Goodspeed, D.O.
Westside Family Health Center, Willmington, DE
Wetona Eidson-Ton, M.D.
UC Davis Dept. of Family and Community, Sacramento, CA
Blanca Solis, M.D.
One Community Health, Sacramento, CA