MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center

At Long Beach Memorial (LBM), we believe in training and graduating competent, compassionate, high-quality, caring physicians while improving the health status of the communities we serve. We are committed to excellence in all our endeavors within medical education. LBM is a professional teaching hospital accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to sponsor post-MD medical training programs. LBM is also accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, an independent accrediting agency for podiatric medical education. Our institution plays a vital role in the training of physicians from several universities. We currently have 32 programs with about 200 residents rotating through our hospital each month. Approximately 20 medical students are here each month in addition to short-term medical students, residents, and visiting professors.

This PMSR program provides a comprehensive surgical education through a positive learning environment where interaction with podiatric and orthopedic faculty is highly encouraged. The program is well-rounded with an emphasis on wound care, limb salvage and orthopaedic trauma. Residents can expect to perform a high number of surgical procedures.The resident has the opportunity to learn from over 22 podiatric surgeons and our tremendous relationship with orthopedics provides the ability to work with multiple orthopedic surgeons on a daily basis. A high emphasis is placed on didactic activities, the resident can expect to meet weekly in radiology conference, grand rounds, journal clubs, and pathology lab. MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center is affiliated with the University of California Irvine