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Residency Core Faculty Job Description

Keck School of Medicine of USC Family Medicine Residency Program

Keck School of Medicine of USC Family Medicine Residency Program (KSOM FMRP) is seeking a board-certified family medicine physician to join our team as Core Faculty in our ACGME-accredited 6-6-6 Family Medicine Residency Program in Los Angeles, CA (inaugural class began July 2021).

The KSOM FMRP’s mission is to train Family Medicine physician trailblazers to transform primary care and promote health equity and wellness for all. Highlights of our program include resident continuity experience in diverse urban settings following a “Clinic-First” Model in an academic center, FQHC, and innovative Street Medicine program. Core Faculty supervise residents in our sponsoring institution of Keck Medicine of USC, an academic tertiary-quaternary healthcare system, with multiple hospital and ambulatory sites.

Core Faculty will provide both direct and supervising patient care in adult inpatient and family medicine ambulatory settings. The program is actively recruiting faculty with clinical expertise in adult hospital medicine to continue developing residency inpatient curriculum.

Responsibilities

60% Residency Time, inclusive of:

• 10% Educational Time, including:
• Didactic teaching
• Resident evaluation and feedback
• Participation in Clinical Competency Committee
• Faculty development activities to enhance teaching and leadership skills
• Resident advising
• Contribution to scholarship
• 50% Precepting: Precepting residents in Keck Medicine Family Medicine clinics (Keck Medical Center and Arcadia), including comprehensive primary care for all ages, and opportunities for General and Gynecologic Procedure Clinics; Inclusive of Adult Inpatient supervision (average 4 weeks/ year)
  
  
  

40% Direct Patient Care, inclusive of:

• 10% Clinical Administrative Time
• 30% Direct Patient Care, maintaining active patient panel at Keck Medicine Family Medicine clinics
  
  
  

Education and Certification

• MD or DO degree
  
  
  

INTERNAL

• Completion of an ACGME-accredited Family Medicine residency
• Current board certification by ABFM or AOBFM
• Current medical licensure in the state of California
• Current DEA licensure with full prescriptive authority
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellence as a clinician and educator
• Knowledge and experience in team-based primary care models, telehealth, and electronic health records
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills
• Preferred at least two years’ experience as faculty in an ACGME-accredited Family Medicine residency program
• Preferred at least five years’ experience as a practicing Family Medicine physician
  
  
  

Reporting

• For Residency Program activities (supervising patient care and educational time): Reports to the Residency Program Director
• For Clinical activities (direct patient care): Reports to the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
  
  
  

The annual base salary range for this position is $240,000-$290,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market as external market and organizational considerations.

Job ID REQ20174815 Posted Date 05/12/2026

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