Affiliated with David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2007 NRMP Match Results
The Northridge Family Medicine Residency Program was established in 1976 and is affiliated with David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Our program is ACGME accredited and has graduated over 200 family physicians practicing in Southern California and across the nation. As an unopposed program, we offer well-rounded curriculum and experiences. Our program is firmly committed to providing quality healthcare to underserved and to our community outreach programs.
The program supports learning through active patient care supported by ready and available physician staff mentors. Family physician preceptors are the mainstay of teaching in the Family Practice Center and are complemented by our pediatric, obstetrical, and surgical faculty. In addition, a health educator and nutritionist provide teaching and ancillary services.
A Message From the Director
Everything old is new again. The older I get, the truer the saying.
I am privileged to work with some of the brightest young minds in medicine. Each July new residents arrive to our program with energy, enthusiasm and an abundance of knowledge. I am committed to guiding them to the understanding that even the most advanced medical technology is more effective when combined with the tried and true medical tools that have served physicians for centuries: warmth, patience, sincerity and compassion.
Everyone who has ever needed their doctors advise, from treating a sore throat to helping a loved one face a chronic disease, knows that empathic listening and sincere concern (not a spoon full of sugar) makes the medicine go down. While patients rightfully place faith that current and emerging medical knowledge and treatment will be applied to their condition, I strive for residents to learn that these tools do not replace the need for a gentle manner. What I hope to help each resident understand is that while reviewing a patients problems and taking all the necessary steps to make an informed decision about their treatment, their care is not complete without looking into their patients eyes, seeing their fear and fostering understanding.
I am often asked what I am looking for in tomorrows residents. Throughout my years in medical education, my answer has not changed. I am looking for future doctors who apply their knowledge complemented with warmth, patience, sincerity and compassion: the most powerful skills in medicine.
Pamela Davis, M.D., Director
Northridge Family Medicine Residency Program
