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Valley Children's Healthcare Pediatrics

Residency · Madera, CA

Sponsored by Valley Children's Hospital

· Directors Vini Vijayan and Yoshihiro Ozaki

Valley Children's Healthcare Pediatrics Residency, Madera, CA | Carlo Med

Class size: 14
Visas: None
PGY-1 salary: $86k

Red flags

Seats left open in the Match. In 1 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.

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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

202213/13

202314/14

202411/14

How it chooses

Residents are chosen through the Match, with applications submitted through ERAS. Applicants need passing USMLE or COMLEX Step 1 and Step 2 scores before the Match.

Who started, by class

Started 202613 on record of 14 seats · 12 DO, 1 international · 3 published before starting

Arathi VinodTouro University College of Osteopathic Medicine1 paper
Haley BennettCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine1 paper
Sofia DavisCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific1 paper · 1 review
Andrea MerodioCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Annika CederwallTouro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine

Training

4 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to neonatal-perinatal medicine.

Where it trains

Valley Children's Healthcare
Valley Children's Hospital
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Fresno)

Where graduates went next

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship4
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship3
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship3
Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship3

People

Leadership

Vini VijayanValley Children's Pediatric Residency Program Director
Yoshihiro OzakiProgram Director
Carmela SosaAssociate Pediatric Residency Program Director
Keenia TappinAssociate Pediatric Residency Program Director

More programs at Valley Children's Hospital

ProgramPositions

Pediatric Hospital MedicinePositions: 4

2025

14/14

202614/14

Athira VinodTouro University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Ayesha DharCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Brandon BookCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Casey MalmisUERMMMC College of Medicine

Christopher YeeUniversity of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine

Danielle McNairBurrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University

Joshua CarterCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Samantha GluzinskiArizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Started 202513 on record of 14 seats · 1 US MD, 8 DO, 4 international · 2 published before starting

Komal MarwahaRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland7 papers · 3 first author · 1 review
Ria PeraltaNova Southeastern Univ Coll of Osteopathic Med3 papers · 1 review
Aman UpadhyayArizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Bansri PatelA.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Gino UrbanoAteneo de Manila University Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Harman DhesiUniversity of California, Davis School of Medicine
Jeffrey ChuKansas City Univ Of Med & Biosci, Coll Of Osteo Med
Mai VueSaint George's University School of Medicine
Meredith HardingAlabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nikita AkkalaHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Robert WedgeTouro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sanskriti SaxenaSaint George's University School of Medicine
Susan ParkLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Started 202413 on record of 14 seats · 3 US MD, 4 DO, 6 international · 5 published before starting

Amy DuCharles E. Schmidt College of Medicine3 papers · 1 first author · 2 reviews
Meghna PeesapatiMarian Univ Coll of Osteo Med2 papers · 1 review
Roxanne CoronelAteneo de Manila University Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health2 papers · 2 first author
William BautistaCalifornia Northstate University College of Medicine2 papers
Natalie PardoCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine1 paper · 1 case report
Bibi PatelCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Katherine ShahRoss University School of Medicine
Mia WolffGeisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Phung DangCalifornia Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sama TamerSaint George's University School of Medicine
Simrin BainsRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Sonia DubeySaint George's University School of Medicine
Veronica GullapalliSaint George's University School of Medicine

Fellowship

2

Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship2

Where graduates work now

Valley Children's Healthcare11
Kaiser Permanente Southern California4
Valley Children's Specialty Medical Group3
Valley Childrens Medical Group3
Charlie Mitchell Children's Center1
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia1

Research

261 papers by its people, 5,221 citations

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Fungal Infections and Studies
Obesity and Health Practices
Virus-based gene therapy research
Infant Development and Preterm Care

Find someone

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

28% of current residents have a paper since 2023

13 of 47, 26 papers between them

Publishes with residents

Vini VijayanPediatrics, 2 residents

Place

Summers reach 100°, winters fall to 40°.

Weather by month

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Commute

463k people live within 20 minutes of Valley Children's Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,430 a month within 10 miles of Valley Children's Hospital.

Hazards

Drought
Wildfire
Heat waves
River flooding