ST. JOSEPH'S GRADUATES STAY

St. Joseph’s Medical Center Residents Graduate and Stay to Practice Humankindness

The Central Valley has a fresh infusion of physicians specializing in humankindness. St. Joseph’s Medical Center recently graduated its first class of 14 physician residents from its Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine residency programs.

“We are so proud of these graduates. Not only were they our inaugural class of residents, but they have successfully completed their training during the height of a global pandemic,” said Donald J. Wiley, President and CEO of St. Joseph’s. “We are especially thankful for those who have decided to stay on and work in our community.”

The program began in 2018 as an effort to both train and retain physicians in San Joaquin County, an area facing a critical shortage of physicians. Program administrators aim to select residents with local ties whenever possible, having either attended medical school in California or lived here.

“Graduate Medical Education has enabled us to recruit great physicians to serve as faculty, train great new physicians and keep them in our area, as well as shift the culture at our facility with an infusion of learners, challenging

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us all to be better caregivers,” said Scott Neeley, MD, Chief Medical Officer for St. Joseph’s. “In addition, the Medical Staff at St. Joseph’s has been instrumental in the success of the program, with physicians embracing their role as medical educators.”

And the program is working. Of the 14 residents that graduated from the program, nearly half are staying onboard either at the hospital or in the area. Those who aren’t staying local are pursuing fellowships or are leaving to be closer to family.

“This is a great place to work. Residents are really able to develop their clinical chops at St. Joseph’s,” said Sam Kaplan, MD, a graduate who will be staying on as an Emergency Room physician at St. Joseph’s. “The program has amazing leadership and a hybrid approach that provides an opportunity for physicians to help train new physicians, and that’s something I really wanted to be a part of.”

Graduates of the program appreciate the welcoming atmosphere, clinical excellence and the supportive medical staff at St. Joseph’s. Those sentiments were echoed by Daisy Li, DO, a graduate of St. Joseph’s Family Medicine Residency Program who is opening her own primary care private practice clinic here in Stockton. Dr. Li attended Touro Medical School and was introduced to St. Joseph’s as part of her third-year clerkship.

“I really appreciate the help that St. Joseph’s has been giving to everyone who wants to stay here. There’s definitely a need for primary care physicians in Stockton and that’s both part of why I came to St. Joseph’s for residency training and that’s why I decided to stay here,” said Dr. Li. Currently nearly 100 physician residents are training at St. Joseph’s, in the areas of emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, anesthesia, psychiatry and transitional year. Additional programs in the works include orthopedic surgery, urology, neurology and interventional radiology.

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