MODESTO -— The Sutter Health Memorial Medical Center in Modesto got a huge boost this week. They have been nationally accredited for student residency programs, allowing the medical center to begin searching for 39 medical students.
There is a huge need for residency programs for medical professionals throughout the state.
Dr. Robert Altman, the CEO of Gould Medical Group, fought to have more residencies in the state. These are the first for Sutter Health in the Central Valley.
“When you look at schools outside the state,” Dr. Altman said. “They are typically filled with California medical students because we don’t have enough space for them here in California. So this is an opportunity for us to bring them back home.”
Dr. Altman has been a physician in Modesto for 30 years. He spearheaded the efforts to bring national accreditation to Sutter Health Memorial Medical Center in Modesto.