New Residency Program a First in Hospital History

San Antonio Regional Hospital has partnered with Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona to implement the first ACGME accredited physician residency program in hospital history. 

A cohort of Western U’s medical students will train at San Antonio alongside physician leaders from 14 different medical groups in the region. The initial residency program will begin in July 2025 with the inaugural class of ten internal medicine residents.  Plans are to add ten family medicine residents in July 2026.  Within three years, the hospital will have trained 60 residents, with plans to graduate 20 residents per year.  

San Antonio’s residency program is a preemptive step to help solve the ongoing physician shortage in the Inland Empire. 


“We have an aging population and a shortage of primary care providers in the region, 85% of Western University’s students are from California. This partnership allows us to build a residency program that will give medical students an opportunity to train at an excellent facility, with the hope of having them staying on staff with us and give back to their own community.”

John Chapman, President & CEO of San Antonio Regional Hospital
The residency program will also provide future physicians to staff San Antonio Regional Medical Group which operates CARE4U Family Clinics in Upland and Fontana.