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Scripps Mercy Hospital Family Medicine

Residency · Chula Vista, CA

Sponsored by Scripps Mercy Hospital · Director Shaila Serpas

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Class size
9
PGY-1 salary
$92k

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Applicants apply through ERAS, and applications are due November 30 of the application year.

Who started, by class

Started 20241 on record of 9 seats · 1 US MD · 1 published before starting
  • Gianna Nino-TapiasStanford University School of Medicine1 paper · 1 review

Training

4 training sites.

Months at each site

  • San Ysidro Health Centers36 mo
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital (Chula Vista)9 mo
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital7 mo
  • Rady Children's Hospital3 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Fellowship2
  • Hospice And Palliative Medicine Fellowship2
  • Addiction Medicine Fellowship1
  • Geriatric Medicine Fellowship1
  • Obstetrics And Gynecology Residency1
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Kaiser Permanente Southern California8
  • Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro6
  • Scripps Health5
  • Aligned Geriatrics1
  • Colorado Permanente Medical Group PC1
  • Fair Hill Community Physicians1

Research

100% of current residents have a paper since 2023

1 of 1, 7 papers between them

  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • HIV Research and Treatment

People

Leadership

  • Shaila SerpasProgram Director
  • Eugene RosenblattAssistant Program Director
  • John SwartzAssistant Program Director
  • Krystal JimenezAssistant Program Director

Find someone

Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

Place

Summers reach 77°, winters fall to 50°.

Weather by month

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Commute

1.2M people live within 20 minutes of Scripps Mercy Hospital (Chula Vista) by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,310 a month within 10 miles of Scripps Mercy Hospital (Chula Vista).

Hazards

  • Wildfire
  • River flooding
  • Earthquakes
  • LNDS