Dignity Health: St Joseph’s Medical Center

Stockton, CA

Design Your Practice, Define Your Impact.

Position Overview

Design your ideal OB/GYN practice in Northern California—outpatient-only or full-scope with optional call and hospitalist support. Join Dignity Health Medical Foundation as a founding physician building a new service line with immediate patient demand, competitive compensation, and the choice to combine clinical practice with academic leadership as inaugural Program Director of a new residency program. Two career paths, one exceptional opportunity to create something meaningful.

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Healthcare System Overview

St. Joseph's Medical Center combines mission-driven healthcare with clinical sophistication—featuring a 30-bed Level III NICU caring for over 500 critically ill infants annually, established graduate medical education programs across multiple specialties, and the institutional commitment and resources of Dignity Health's nationwide system. As a teaching hospital serving San Joaquin County's diverse, underserved population, St. Joseph's provides the perfect foundation for building an accredited OB/GYN residency that will transform women's healthcare throughout the Central Valley.

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Community Overview

The Stockton-Lodi-Elk Grove triangle offers physicians what expensive coastal California promises but rarely delivers: genuine quality of life where competitive compensation meets affordable living, excellent schools, safe neighborhoods, outdoor recreation, cultural richness, and authentic community. Practice medicine at St. Joseph's sophisticated medical center while living in Lodi wine country, Elk Grove's top-rated school districts, or Stockton's safe northern neighborhoods—all within 15-30 minutes. Your income purchases spacious homes ($400,000-650,000), builds substantial wealth through housing affordability, funds children's excellent education in top public or affordable private schools, and supports active lifestyles with Delta waterways, wine tasting, Sierra access, and year-round sunshine. This is where physician families thrive professionally, prosper financially, and live genuinely well—the California dream accessible rather than aspirational.

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