There are a multitude of reasons why we think that you should join the UCSF-SFGH residency program family and help make it a premiere EM program.

1. Training in an environment with stellar academic resources within the EM department and the greater UCSF community 
2. Enthusiastic and nationally-prominent EM faculty, invested in education and mentorship (see UCSF EM Interest Group) 
3. Surrounded by top-tiered residency programs in all the other departments 
4. Amazing patient diversity and high acuity 
5. Ability to develop a niche (Area of Distinction) similar to a longitudinal mini-fellowship during your training to enhance your marketability after you graduate 
6. Work in the ED of a nationally renowned children's hospital (Children's Hospital of Oakland) 
7. Work in the busy ED at San Francisco General Hospital-- the only level-one trauma center in SF. See the "List of Fame":