In the Community

November 21, 2007

Kaiser Permanente Makes $2.9 Million Grant to Santa Rosa Medicine Residency Consortium

Kaiser Permanente has granted $2.9 million to the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Family Medicine Residency Consortium. The funding will provide salary and benefits for 36 full-time family medicine residents and a graduate medical education coordinator, support faculty development, and provide educational and office materials for the consortium.

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, which is approximately 30 miles north of San Francisco.

Of the 264 graduates of the consortium's residency program in the past 25 years, 82 are in private practice in Sonoma County, 29 serve in Sonoma County community clinics or public health roles, and 25 are on the staff of Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center. In addition, the consortium's residents provide direct care to underserved populations at the Southwest Community Health Center.

For more information, read this news release.