VA Long Beach Healthcare System
The Long Beach Veterans Hospital is the primary site of the CDU Internal Medicine residency program. It is a tertiary care hospital caring for 56,000 veterans in Southern California. There are 96 medical and surgical beds, a 15-bed ICU, surgical suites, GI and pulmonary procedure suites, a cardiac catheterization lab, two psychiatric units, and more where you will be taking care of patients.
The Primary Care Health Care Group will serve as the continuity clinic for the residents. This is a fully integrated group using an interdisciplinary (Patient Aligned Care Team) approach to provide the continuum of care for veterans in the Long Beach VA Healthcare System.
Our VA is known for its rich clinical experiences with excellent training from dedicated faculty and constant supervision immediately available on-site, as well as a robust patient population volume that provides exposure to a wide range of illnesses and diseases.
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
The Health Services is an integrated health system to advance the health of our patients and the community by providing extraordinary care. The Health Services operate 26 health centers and four acute care hospitals, in addition to providing health care to youth in the juvenile justice system and inmates in the LA County jails. Across the network of Health Services directly operated clinic sites and through partnerships with community-based clinics, Health Services cares for about 750,000 unique patients each year and is the second largest municipal health system in the nation.
CDU Internal Medicine residents rotate through multiple sites in the Health Services, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center and Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center.