Clinica Sierra Vista-Bakersfield Program
About This Program
Our Teaching Health Center offers comprehensive family medicine training in a diverse California community, serving a medically underserved population with common, complex, and rare conditions. Residents gain hands-on experience in office procedures and hospital care within a supportive, family-like environment. Our strengths include POCUS, street medicine, obesity medicine, geriatrics, sports medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology. Protected educational time supports learning through didactics. Residents share knowledge through research forums, medical conferences, and podcasts in English and Spanish.
Program Statistics
Types of Graduates
Resident Gender
Contact Information
Program Director
Carol A Stewart, MD
Clinica Sierra Vista
Primary Program Contact
Arianna Herrera
Clinica Sierra Vista
Locations
Clinica Sierra Vista
Rio Bravo Family Medicine Pgm
7800 Niles St
Bakersfield, CA 93306
815 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Bakersfield, CA 93307
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93305
7900 E Niles St
Bakersfield, CA 93306
Application Information
Participates In
Doesn't Participate In
- San Francisco Match
- Military Match (i.e., Joint Service Graduate Medical Education Selection Board, Military Selection Board)
- SAU/AU Match (i.e., Urology Match)
- None
Does not offer open house or second look
U.S. MD Applicants
IMG Applicants
DO Applicants
Total required letters of recommendation (excludes MSPE and Deans letter)
Required Letter Writers
- Letter from a department chair
- Letter(s) from someone within the specialty (e.g., faculty, attending)
- Program Director
- Physician preceptor at an away rotation (e.g., program director, faculty)
Medical School Graduation Timeline
No cap on the number of years.
Gap Experience Requirement
Data not provided by program
Resident / Fellow Characteristics
Three year averages. Medical school type does not include graduates of Canadian schools.
Types of Graduates
Resident Gender
Program Faculty
Faculty Distribution
Work Environment
NA = Not Applicable
NGO = Negotiable
OTH = Other
Visa Status
This program will consider an appropriately qualified applicant with the following visa or visa status. Contact the program for additional information.
Program Size
PGY-1 Positions Not Offered
PGY-2 Positions Not Offered
Key Dates & Timelines
2026 - 2027
Program Starts Reviewing Applications
Application service release date
Interview Offer Dates
Specialty Universal Dates
Average PGY-1 Educational Environment
Employment Policies & Benefits
Educational Benefits
Tracks & Educational Features
Evaluations
Medical Insurance Coverage
- Major medical for residents
- Major medical for dependents
- Major medical for domestic partners
- Outpatient mental health
- Inpatient mental health
- Group life insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Disability insurance for occupationally-acquired HIV
Salary Compensation
Year 1 through Year 3
Salary paid by a non-profit institution.
Vacation & Sick Days
Residents receive 15 Vacation Days and 5 Sick Days annually to support work-life balance and personal well-being.