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The UCSF Fresno Department of Medicine residency program offers a three-year categorical ACGME-accredited program. 

The UCSF Fresno Department of Medicine residency program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).  All applications are handled through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Program Director – Steven Tringali, DO
Program Name: Department of Medicine
Program Code: 1022140C0

For information about our application requirements, please see below. For answers to specific questions, please contact:

Sundee Thao, Residency Coordinator
155 N Fresno St, Fresno CA 93701
Telephone: (559) 499-6500
FAX: (559) 499-6501
E-mail: [email protected]
Web address: fresno.ucsf.edu/internal-medicine

ERAS

UCSF Fresno participates in program signaling through ERAS. For the 2025-2026 ERAS application cycle, program signals will be fully integrated into the ERAS application. We receive thousands of applications and wish we could invite all applicants to interview with us. In addition to holistic review aligned with our program mission, program signals will be used to help us gauge interest when making our initial decision to invite an applicant to interview.

Application Requirements

  • Graduation from medical school by June.  For international medical graduates, we prefer a graduation date by early May.
  • 3 letters of recommendation (LOR), with at least one being a clinical LOR from a Department of Medicine faculty member .  We also encourage a department chair’s summary letter of evaluation when available.
  • Pass for either USMLE or COMLEX.  We do not require a Step 2 score to interview or rank.
  • We require all international medical graduates that have not completed rotations in the United States to complete at least 4 weeks of observerships in at least 2 different clinical settings. Hands-on experience is preferred.  We will consider international graduates who are applying less than 5 years since graduation.

Holistic Review Selection Process

Our Department of Medicine residency program utilizes a holistic review of all applicants who apply to our program.  A holistic review allows us to have a flexible, individualized process that gives a balanced consideration to each applicant’s experiences and attributes.  Under this framework, each candidate is evaluated by criteria that are mission-driven and specific to the needs of our institution and the community we serve. No one metric or academic credential is used to assess the candidate pool.  Our goal is to ensure that each of our residents bring their unique experiences and skills to positively add to our learning climate.

Interviews

All interviews will be virtual.

We will host virtual happy hours throughout the season to give applicants an opportunity to get to know our residents.

Post-Interview Communication

As a program, we understand that the interview season is stressful and time-consuming.  We want to both respect the time of all of our applicants and ensure clear and transparent communication.  As such, we have developed the following policy around post-interview communication:

  • We discourage routine thank-you notes or e-mails.
  • We are eager to answer factual questions about the program.
  • We do not use post-interview emails or letters of intent, nor the absence of communication, to influence an applicant’s ranking.
All Are Welcome

UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.