Factors Important to the Resident Selection Process:

  • Graduation from an approved medical school determined by using the CA Medical Board list of recognized schools within the past two years

  • We welcome both DO & MD applicants

  • Prefer no USMLE/COMLEX board exam failures

  • Good academic qualifications

  • Dependability, responsibility, maturity, courtesy, confidence

  • Leadership skills

  • Interpersonal and communication skills

  • Sense of humor and work ethic

  • Clinical experience within the United States

  • Applicants from the Central Valley (California) will be strongly considered

Application Process

Required Materials

Should you decide to proceed and apply to our program please include the following items along with your ERAS application:

  • Personal Statement 

  • Current CV

  • Dean’s letter from US grads/ECFMG from international medical school graduates. Note that approved schools are determined by using the California Medical Board’s List of Recognized Schools. 

  • Medical school transcripts

  • Letters of recommendation from most recent third and fourth year rotations, Urology rotations preferred

  • Graduation from an approved medical school determined by using the California Medical Board’s list of recognized schools within the last two years

  • USMLE or COMLEX Transcripts 

  • Registration and application with the American Urological Association Urology Residency Match. For more information see auanet.org/meetings-and-education/for-residents/urology-and-specialty-matches

  • In addition to the requirements listed above, IMGs must have the following:

    • ECFMG Certification: An ECFMG Certificate is required before you will be granted an interview. IMGs who have not yet graduated, must complete the application with the ECFMG. Interviews may be granted to IMGs without an ECFMG Certificate if they are currently enrolled in medical school and they meet the other application criteria. For further information please contact: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Tel (215) 386-5900, http://www.ecfmg.org/