PGY-1:
Foundational training
EM Boot Camp: block 1
Emergency Department: 6 blocks
Pediatric ED: 1 block
POCUS: 1 block
Trauma Surgery: 1 block
ICU: 1 block
Orthopaedics/ophthalmology/ENT: 1 block
Anesthesia: 0.5 block
The St. Joseph's Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a community-based training experience that prepares residents for full-spectrum emergency medicine in a high-volume, high-acuity setting.
As part of Dignity Health, we are a member of CommonSpirit Health's national network of more than 2,200 care sites across 24 states. That broad perspective supports our local commitment to community-based training, health equity and compassionate care. Our main training site, St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, California, serves an ethnically, culturally, and socio-economically diverse population in the San Joaquin Valley with a high volume of pediatric cases and significant acuity. Upon graduation, residents are exceptionally prepared to care for any individual in a diverse range of emergent, urgent and ambulatory care settings.
Welcome Message from Program Director
Thank you for your interest in the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, California. We are committed to continuing our tradition of training exceptionally skilled, compassionate and well-rounded emergency physicians who are prepared to serve patients in any clinical setting.
What distinguishes our program is the combination of high-acuity clinical exposure, close faculty mentorship and a mission-driven commitment to the community we serve. Residents learn to make thoughtful, decisive decisions in the emergency department while developing the habits of collaboration, humility, and advocacy that patients deserve.
Our residents train in a busy emergency department located in the heart of a medically underserved region, where they encounter high-acuity illness, complex presentations and late-stage disease with exceptional frequency. This clinical environment prepares graduates to practice confidently across a wide range of settings, from academic medical centers to resource-limited communities.
Academically, the program offers robust training in quality improvement, research and emergency medicine subspecialty areas, supported by diverse fellowship-trained faculty in Ultrasound, Simulation, Wilderness Medicine and Medical Toxicology. Just as importantly, we work to foster a supportive learning environment, strong mentorship and camaraderie across specialties.
Founded in 2018, our program was one of the first two residency programs at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. Since then, graduate medical education at our institution has expanded to include nine residency programs and five fellowship programs. Although we are still a young program, we have made tremendous progress in building an engaging educational curriculum and a supportive training culture through the dedication and collaboration of our residents and faculty.
I am extremely proud to lead this program and grateful for the foundation built by those who came before me. I look forward to working tirelessly to continue its growth and to graduate diverse, clinically excellent physicians who are prepared to care for any patient who comes through the door.
Brian Wood, MD
Program Director
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a three-year ACGME-accredited training program, with each year consisting of 13 four-week blocks. Our curriculum emphasizes comprehensive emergency medicine training across various clinical settings.
EM Boot Camp: block 1
Emergency Department: 6 blocks
Pediatric ED: 1 block
POCUS: 1 block
Trauma Surgery: 1 block
ICU: 1 block
Orthopaedics/ophthalmology/ENT: 1 block
Anesthesia: 0.5 block
Emergency Department: 7 blocks
Pediatric ED: 1 block
Community Engagement Program: 1 block
Toxicology: 1 block
Obstetrics: 1 block
Trauma ICU: 1 block
Elective: 1 block
Senior-level focus areas include Emergency Department, NICU, Pediatric ICU, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, EMS/Administrative and elective rotations.
Emergency Department: 7.5 blocks
Pediatric ED: 1 block
PICU: 1 block
MICU: 1 block
Admin/Education: 1 block
Elective: 1.5 blocks
Residents are provided with asynchronous study resources including ROSH review, PEER Prep, EM:RAP, Rapid Sequence Radiology and ECG Stampede. They participate in weekly didactic conferences, simulation sessions, ultrasound modules, seminars and other non-patient care learning experiences, with sufficient time for independent, self-directed learning.
Residents participate in resuscitations and procedures, advancing with progressively increasing responsibilities as their knowledge and skill set advances with increasing experience and training. Residents complete most of their ACGME required procedure numbers by the end of their second year.
Residents must complete both a scholarly activity and quality improvement project. Our program offers residents outstanding training in quality improvement and research, with numerous opportunities available for both faculty and residents at our community hospital.
Elective rotation opportunities are available in PGY-2 and PGY-3 years, allowing residents to explore various subspecialty fields and find mentorship. Elective opportunities include:
Advanced US
Advance ED Clinical Pharmacy
CV- ICU
EMS
Medical education/SIM
Medical Toxicology
Palliative care
Research elective
Radiology and IR
Cardiology
Community Engagement and outreach
Rural access EM (Mark Twain Medical Center)
Ophthalmology (Central Valley Eye Clinic)
Otolaryngology (San Joaquin General Clinic)
Wilderness Medicine
Global Health electives (various opportunities)
Our training spans across various sites in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond, providing a diverse range of clinical experiences in both urban and specialized settings.
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
Stockton, California
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, California
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, California
Kaiser Roseville Medical Center
Roseville, California
Residents receive educational, wellness and leave benefits designed to support their professional development and well-being.
Annual resident salaries are:
PGY-1: $78,000
PGY-2: $79,170
PGY-3: $80,358
Additional financial support includes:
Chief resident stipend: $2,000 annually
CME allowance: $1,000 annually
Relocation bonus: $1,500 for residents moving more than 50 miles; available during the first year only
Annual professional society membership
Specialty-specific educational subscriptions and question-bank resources
Meal stipend
White coat
Three pairs of scrubs annually
Free parking at St. Joseph’s Medical Center and parking reimbursement at other clinical sites
In-Shape Health Club membership
$100 annual Lyft Healthcare benefit
Well-Being Index resources
UpToDate
Sanford Guide mobile app
Lexicomp
VisualDx
Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health Library Web Portal
Touro University medical resources
ClinicalKey, Ovid, PubMed, MD Consult and The New England Journal of Medicine
Full-text articles and interlibrary loan services
Full-time medical librarian on-site
On-site support from a GME research director with expertise in biostatistics
21 days of paid vacation
9 days of sick leave
6 weeks of paid medical, parental or caregiver leave immediately available for qualifying needs
Additional leave as permitted under St. Joseph’s Medical Center policies and California law
Stockton, CA, is a historic gold rush port city on the banks of the mighty San Joaquin River, offering a diverse community and convenient access to popular Northern California destinations. It is a 60-minute drive to the San Francisco Bay Area and a 90-minute drive to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Application Process
Application to the Emergency Medicine Residency Program must be made through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), utilizing ResidencyCAS. We only accept and review applications via the ResidencyCAS system.
Interview Season Information
Factors important in the resident selection process include academic qualifications, dependability, responsibility, maturity, courtesy, confidence, leadership skills, interpersonal and communication skills, work ethic and US clinical experience. Applicants from the Central Valley of California will be strongly considered.
International Medical Graduates
We do not independently sponsor any Visas. J-1 Visas can be accepted if sponsored through ECFMG.
Required Application Materials:
St. Joseph’s Medical Center and the Department of Emergency Medicine welcomes 4th year medical students to apply to our 4-week Clinical Clerkship in Emergency Medicine. We also offer clerkship rotations in ultrasonography and toxicology. Medical students will work as part of the clinical team, attend residency didactics and participate in a unique medical student education curriculum. Interested students must be in good standing and attend an LCME or AOA accredited medical school. Only students in an accredited health sciences training program are eligible to apply. We are unable to accommodate international students at this time. Clinical clerkships are not a prerequisite for acceptance into our residency programs. Students can apply for clerkship rotations through Clinician Nexus.

Role: Designated Institutional Official, Toxicology Faculty
Program/affiliation: Graduate Medical Education
Medical school: Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Affiliated
Fellowship: Medical Toxicology – Emory University School of Medicine / CDC Georgia Poison Center
Clinical/academic interests: Critical and acute care toxicology, complementary and herbal medications and their toxicology, medical education

Role: Program Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: Yale–New Haven Hospital, CT
Fellowship: Medical Education Leadership, Yale–New Haven Hospital
Clinical/academic interests: Medical education

Role: Assistant Program Director, SJMC Clerkship Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: University of Queensland-Ochsner Clinical School
Residency: St Joseph’s Medical Center–Stockton, CA

Role: Assistant Program Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Maimonides, Emergency Medicine (Brooklyn, NY)
Clinical/academic interests: Critical care, sports medicine

Role: Assistant Program Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Western University of Health Science, COMP
Residency: St Joseph’s Medical Center–Stockton, CA
Clinical/academic interests: medical education, resuscitation

Role: Department Chair, St. Joseph's Emergency Department
Program/affiliation: Emergency Department
Medical school: University of California San Francisco
Residency: Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
Clinical/academic interests: Quality improvement, ED operations, ultrasound, resuscitation medicine, medical education

Role: Assistant Facility Medical Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Department
Medical school: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Kings County Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Role: Director of Simulation, Simulation Fellowship Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
Fellowship: Medical Simulation, UC Davis
Clinical/academic interests: Simulation, medical education, ultrasound

Role: SJMC Ultrasound Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Residency: New York–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Fellowship: EM Ultrasound–New York–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Clinical/academic interests: Ultrasound, ultrasound research

Role: Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: American University of Antigua
Residency: St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, CA
Fellowship: Ultrasound at Northshore University/Long Island Jewish
Clinical/academic interests: Ocular and lung ultrasounds, QA, VexUS

Role: GME Research Director

Role: Transitional Year Program Director
Program/affiliation: Transitional Year Residency Program, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Oregon Health & Sciences University
Residency: University of Arizona–Tucson, AZ
Clinical/academic interests: medical resuscitations, orthopedic injuries

Role: Director of Special Projects and Innovation
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency: Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
Clinical/academic interests: Diversity in medicine, quality improvement, patient education, healthcare utilization, mental health/wellness

Role: EM Clerkship Director
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine
Graduate Degree: Masters of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Residency: Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Fellowship: Medical Education at University of California, San Francisco – Fresno
Clinical/academic interests: social determinants of health, public health, and on-shift teaching

Role: Core Academic Faculty
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: University of Southern California
Residency: LA County+USC Medical Center

Role: Medical Toxicology Faculty
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: Albany Medical Center–Albany, NY
Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Medical Toxicology Fellowship–Newark, NJ

Role: Wilderness Medicine and Global Health Core Faculty
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Weill Cornell Medical College
Residency: SUNY Downstate / Kings County
Fellowship: Wilderness Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center
Clinical/academic interests: Conservation medicine, global health, search and rescue, aeromedical retrieval, disaster relief, POC ultrasound

Role: Ultrasound Faculty
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Medical University of the Americas
Residency: St Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, CA
Fellowship: Ultrasound at St Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, CA

Role: Wilderness Medicine and Clinical Faculty
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: St. George’s University, Grenada
Residency: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Wilderness Medicine–Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA Clinical/academic interests: women’s heath, cardiovascular care, environmental effects on health, altitude medicine, diving medicine and race medicine

Role: Core Academic Faculty
Program/affiliation: Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical school: Midwestern Univeristy AZ College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: St Joseph’s Medical Center–Stockton, CA

Medical school: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
Hometown: Sugar City
Personal interests: Spending time with family and friends, video games, board games

Medical school: Kansas City University of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
Hometown: Davis, CA and Korea
Professional Interests: Global Health, Social EM
Personal interests: Cooking, hiking

Medical school: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
Hometown: Brampton, ON, Canada
Professional Interests: Ultrasound, toxicology, sports medicine
Personal Interests: Lifting, Basketball, Video Games, Marvel Movies, Anime

Medical school: Kansas City University of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Visalia, CA
Professional Interests: Ultrasound, EMS
Personal interests: Hiking, drinking coffee, watching soccer, spending time with family and cat

Medical school: Touro–Harlem, NY
Hometown: Discovery Bay, CA
Professional Interests: Critical Care Medicine, POCUS
Personal interests: Anything with family, full-time mommying, traveling, cooking/baking

Medical school: Kansas City University
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Professional Interests: Social EM, ultrasound, global health, Admin
Personal interests: Cooking different cultural cuisines, trying new restaurants, tennis, reading

Medical school: Alfaisal University–College of Medicine, Riyadh, KSA
Hometown: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Professional Interests: Global EM, ultrasound, community service, graduate medical education
Personal interests: Traveling, sports (badminton, table tennis, volleyball and soccer), spending time with loved ones

Medical school: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Professional Interests: Addiction medicine, event medicine, wilderness medicine
Personal interests: Video games, traveling, anime & Netflix, music festivals/concerts

Medical school: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: San Fernando, CA
Personal interests: Salsa and bachata dancing, trying new foods, watching movies, hitting the gym, snowboarding, playing soccer

Medical school: Western University
Hometown: Everett, MA
Professional interests: Wilderness medicine and rescue, high altitude medicine, supporting women in medicine
Personal interests: Hiking and submitting mountains with my dog, snowboarding, surfing, traveling, paragliding

Medical school: Touro University California–College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Martinez, CA and Pollock Pines, CA
Professional interests: EMS, education, ultrasound, wilderness medicine
Personal interests: Hiking, beaches, coffee, music, reading, cross-stitch, new experiences, spending time with family

Medical school: Western University of Health Sciences
Hometown: Baldwin Park, CA
Professional interests: Disaster medicine, trauma, event medicine
Personal interests: Traveling, concerts/festivals, exploring new cities and restaurants, binging TV shows
PGY-2

Medial School: St George's University School of Medicine
Hometown: Lodi, CA
Professional Interest: Critical Care, Global/Humanitarian Health
Personal Interests: Gaming, Gym, Hiking, Cooking

Medial School: American University of the Caribbean
Hometown: Morro Bay, CA
Professional Interests: Global Health, Addiction Med, Wilderness Med, Disaster Med
Personal Interests: Surfing, Snowboarding, Birding, Horses, Dancing, Mycology

Medical School: University of Medicine & Health Sciences, St. Kitts
Hometown: Napa Valley, CA
Professional Interests: Wilderness Medicine, Supporting Latinos in Medicine, Community Health
Personal Interests: Painting, Soccer, Harry Potter marathons, Kayaking, Camping, Puzzles

Medial School: Touro University California
Hometown: San Mateo, CA
Professional Interests: Street Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Trauma
Personal Interests: Enjoying live music, attending bay area sports games, spending time with my dog, traveling

Medical School: Touro University California
Hometown: Lautoka, Fiji and Ceres, CA
Professional Interests: Critical Care, Sports Medicine, Pain Medicine
Personal Interests: Playing basketball, watching football, Hiking, biking, traveling, video games

Medical School: St George's University
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Professional Interests: Critical Care, Global Health, Medical Education, Peds EM, Disaster Med, Wilderness Med
Personal Interests: Reading, hiking, beach volleyball/soccer, sketching, pilates, crochet, cooking, harvesting fresh foods

Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Louisiana
Hometown: Hourston, TX
Professional Interests: ICU, Ultrasound, EMS
Personal Interests: Basketball, eating, watching Anime, traveling, hanging out with family

Medical School: St George's University
Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA
Professional Interests: Critical Care, Social EM, Palliative Care, Wilderness Med, Toxicology
Personal Interests: vegetable garden, climbing, outdoors, crafts, reading, baking

Medical School: California Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Tracy, CA
Professional Interests: critical care, sim, palliative and pain medicine
Personal Interests: casual gamer, scenic hikes, cooking, arts and crafts

Medical School: Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine- California
Hometown: Lodi, CA
Professional Interests: Immunology, Infectious disease, wilderness med, dermatology, neurology, administration
Personal Interests: Traveling overseas, reading fantasy novels, watching horror movies, cooking (and eating) all kinds of food

Medical School: Marian University College of Osteopathic
Hometown: Plano, TX
Professional Interests: Critical care and public health
Personal Interests: SCUBA, Sailing, Fixed wing pilot, the outdoors

Medical School: St George's University
Hometown: San Rafael, CA
Professional Interests: Critical care, sports medicine, wilderness medicine
Personal Interests: Sailing, skiing, Olympic weightlifting, live sports
PGY-1

Medical School: California Northstate University College of Medicine
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Professional Interests: Emergency Medicine and global health
Personal Interests: Basketball, boxing, working out, watching MMA, gardening, movies, history, philosophy, and spending time with family and friends

Medical School: Touro University College of Medicine
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Professional Interests: wilderness medicine, event medicine
Personal Interests: hiking, backpacking, traveling, camping, mountaineering, baking, concerts, napping

Medical School: California Northstate University College of Medicine
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Professional Interests: Community based emergency rooms, teaching
Personal Interests: Basketball, Marvel Rivals, spending time with friends and family, trying new foods

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown: Chelsea, MA
Professional Interests: Global health, SIM, Social EM
Personal Interests: Spending time with my daughter, exploring new coffee shops, hiking, taking crisp fall morning walks, traveling, and experimenting with healthier recipes

Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Hometown: Ukwala, Kenya
Professional Interests: critical care and global health
Personal Interests: running, biking, hiking, cooking, soccer, woodworking, gardening, feeding rock pigeons, watching movies, comedy

Medical School: UC Davis School of Medicine
Hometown: Modesto, CA
Professional Interests: EMS, Disaster Medicine
Personal Interests: Boxing, hiking, building models and pretty much anything that’ll take me on an adventure to a different country

Medical School: Loyola University Chicago SSOM
Hometown: Elk Grove Village, IL
Professional Interests: Event Medicine, Critical Care, Disaster Medicine
Personal Interests: Raves, Basketball, Tennis, Fantasy Football, Playing Counter-Strike, Hiking, Skiing, Exploring new places

Medical School: Kansas Health Science University
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Professional Interests: Critical Care and Ultrasound
Personal Interests: hiking, exploring whole-in-the-wall coffee shops, traveling

Medical School: T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Hometown: Tracy, CA
Professional Interests: Social Medicine, Health Equity, Mentorship
Personal Interests: Road trips, going to the dog park, cooking, baking, drawing, watching movies, any foodie activity

Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences
Hometown: Roseville, CA
Professional Interests: Social EM, Education, Critical Care
Personal Interests: Cooking, Baking, Hiking, Tennis, Spending time with family

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Professional Interests: Critical Care
Personal Interests: cooking, hiking, camping, and spending time with my cat

Medical School: A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Hometown: Los Alamos, NM
Professional Interests: Wilderness medicine, EMS
Personal Interests: baking, bird watching, hiking, needle felting
For questions regarding the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, please contact:
Sai Choeurn
Residency Program Administrator
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Saychai.Choeurn@commonspirit.org
Dignity Health – St. Joseph’s Medical Center
1800 North California Street
Stockton, CA 95204
For questions regarding medical student clerkship, please contact sjmc-clerkship@commonspirit.org
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