Become leaders of internal medicine
Through experiences at diverse training sites in San Francisco and beyond, residents in our program are exposed to the broadest possible range of patients and faculty, leading to an incredibly rich clinical experience.
Apply to become a resident
For your convenience, there is a uniform, "one stop" application process through ERAS. Please plan on virtual interviews for your introduction to the program.
Resident stories
Read the following interviews to learn what it's really like as a UCSF resident:
- Resident Stories
Residency resources
Find policies, handbooks, forms, and online tools.
Residents in our program are exposed to different specialties to make informed clinical decisions at the bedside, and to fully understand their career options.
ACGME-accredited fellowship programs
Each year, approximately 370 residents conduct their fellowship training at UCSF's primary training sites, which include UCSF Medical Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and UCSF Fresno.
Subspecialty programs
- Addiction Medicine
- Allergy & Immunology
- Cardiology
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatrics
- Hematology/Oncology
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine
- Pulmonary
- Rheumatology
- Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
- Transplant Hepatology
UCSF Department of Medicine offers 16 ACGME-accredited clinical fellowship subspecialty programs.
UCSF ranks among Best Hospitals
UCSF Medical Center was named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2024-25, and DOM divisions were ranked among the nation’s best in the following specialty areas: geriatrics (#3), pulmonology (#4), cancer (#7), rheumatology (#7), endocrinology (#14), and gastroenterology (#18).
Geriatrics
Learn more about the Division of Geriatrics:
- Visit Geriatrics
Pulmonary
Learn more about Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine:
- Visit Pulmonary
Hematology and Oncology
Learn more about the Divisions of Hematology & Medical Oncology:
Rheumatology
Learn more about the Division of Rheumatology:
Once again UCSF made U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll, a distinction earned by only 20 medical centers nationwide.
#2
Top recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for academic departments in the U.S.
#3
Graduate program for internal medicine
3000+
peer-reviewed articles published by DOM faculty members in 2022