Valley Consortium for Medical Education Program

Modesto, CA

Community (Uni. Aff.)YOG 1 Research Focused DO Friendly

Specialty:Orthopaedic surgery

ACGME Code:2600500222

NRMP Code:1444260C0

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Valley Consortium for Medical Education Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program in Modesto is dedicated to fostering exceptional orthopedic physicians equipped with comprehensive medical knowledge and outstanding compassion. The program emphasizes high professional standards in clinicians, scholars, and leaders, while addressing the health needs of a vulnerable population in an underserved area.

Curriculum

The curriculum of the program is structured to offer a broad-based general orthopedic training that enables graduates to practice independently post-residency. Beginning with the intern year, residents engage in hands-on orthopedic experiences and gradually progress through various rotations. The curriculum includes:

PGY-1: General Orthopedics, Trauma, Surgical ICU, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine.
PGY-2: Exposure to Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstruction.
PGY-3: Pediatric Orthopedic training through Valley Children's Hospital.
PGY-4: General Orthopedics and various elective sub-specialties.
PGY-5: Leadership roles as Chief Resident with options for elective rotations in multiple orthopedic sub-specialties.

Training Sites

Training primarily occurs at two ACS-certified Level II trauma centers: Doctors Medical Center and San Joaquin General Hospital. These facilities provide significant exposure to diverse orthopedic injuries and include advanced surgical services that encompass neurosurgery and spine care. Additional rotations at various Kaiser Permanente medical centers enhance training in sports medicine and orthopedic oncology.

Resident Benefits

Residents benefit from a comprehensive compensation package that includes:

PGY-1 salary: $69,686.54
PGY-2 salary: $73,170.87
Health benefits for residents and affordable options for dependents
Meal stipends, education funds, and travel reimbursements for clinical sites.
Four weeks of paid vacation annually.

Research Opportunities

The program offers a paid one-year research fellowship that allows a resident to gain experience in clinical research management alongside faculty and peers. The research fellow participates in various projects, contributes to presentations, and can attend conferences and Grand Rounds, aiming to enhance their research skills and strengthen their residency application.

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

The program is highly competitive, seeking candidates with strong academic performance. Applicants are advised to achieve at least a COMLEX Level 2 score of 600 or a USMLE Step 2 score of 250 prior to interview selection. All applications must be submitted through ERAS. Due to changes in the scoring of COMLEX and USMLE exams, candidates are expected to completed their Step/Level 2 exams by November 2024.

Visa Support

The program provides comprehensive visa support for international medical graduates. It is capable of sponsoring J-1 and H-1B visas for eligible applicants. This enables qualified international candidates to apply and train within the residency program.

Unique Aspects

Participants in the program gain exposure to a broad surgical pathology and utilize state-of-the-art surgical services. The Valley Orthopedic Surgery Residency program consistently achieves scores above the 95th percentile nationally in the Orthopedic In-Training Exam (OITE), showcasing its educational success.

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Program data

ACGME History ^[3]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation4

Full accreditation0

Continued6

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2015 - 2016	Pre-Accreditation - Pathway A	May 26, 2016
02	2016 - 2017	Continued Pre-Accreditation	Jan 27, 2017
03	2017 - 2018	Initial Accreditation	Apr 20, 2018
04	2018 - 2019	Initial Accreditation	Apr 20, 2018
05	2019 - 2020	Initial Accreditation	Apr 20, 2018
06	2020 - 2021	Initial Accreditation	Apr 20, 2018
07	2021 - 2022	Continued	Apr 22, 2022
08	2022 - 2023	Continued	Jan 20, 2023
09	2023 - 2024	Continued	Jan 19, 2024
10	2024 - 2025	Continued	Jan 10, 2025

Program

Program Size

4, 4, 4, 4, 4 (5 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 9, 2026)

Composition ^[2]

MD · 27%

DO · 73%

Training

Fellowship Rate:89%^[2]

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:1X^[1]

Residents Career Path ^[2]

Full-time Practice · 11%

Fellowship · 89%

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: 12 days^[1]

First Year Paid Vacation: 20 days^[1]

First Year Salary: $69,686^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 12 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 80 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--^[2]

YOG Cutoff:1^[1]

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Incoming Schools

20%

California Northstate University College of Medicine

13%

Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

13%

Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

13%

Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine

Incoming Schools % Tree Map

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Match & stats

2026 Residency Applicant & Interview Insights

No data available for USMLE STEP 2 CK Score

No 2026 Applicant & Interview Insights available for this program.

Note: The AIR (Applicant Interview Rate) is calculated as the percentage of applicants in each category who were offered interviews. A higher AIR suggests stronger alignment with program preferences, indicating a greater likelihood of the program favoring applicants in this category.

USMLE STEP 2 CK Score ^[2]

No data available for USMLE
STEP 2 CK Score

COMLEX Level 2 Score ^[2]

No data available for COMLEX
Level 2 Score

Match History ^[4]

Track ID: 1444260C0

2020

3 of 3

2021

3 of 3

2022

3 of 3

2023

3 of 3

2024

3 of 3

2025

3 of 3

2026

4 of 4

Filled Position

Unfilled Position

Roster

Publications

12 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

12 Publications (5 yr)

Cureus2026

Assessing the Comfort of General Surgery Residents With Various Extremity Splints at Multiple Time Points Before and After a Training Course.

Jeffrey Doelling,¹John T Schwartz,¹Matthew Hatter,¹Janae Rasmussen,¹

PMID: 42403745doi.org/10.7759/cureus.110184

Cureus2026

Chronic Plaque Psoriasis as a Predictor of Spinal Osteoproliferation on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Kristen Tamsil,¹Madison Gackle,²Srujani Das,³Raisa Suha,⁴

PMID: 42099373doi.org/10.7759/cureus.106529

Location

Modesto, CA ^[5]

Population

218,464

Median income

$80,471Below

Education

21.6%On par

Employment

58.6%Above

Health

4%Above

Age

36On par

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices ^[6]

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Modesto, CA

State - California

United States

1/31/2015

$976

$1,615

$1,193

2/28/2015

$972

$1,623

$1,199

3/31/2015

$979

$1,658

$1,206

4/30/2015

$972

$1,678

$1,213

5/31/2015

$993

$1,736

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,003

$1,750

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,019

$1,737

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,016

$1,758

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,026

$1,775

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,032

$1,780

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,041

$1,792

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,045

$1,793

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,044

$1,827

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,056

$1,834

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,074

$1,835

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,100

$1,833

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,106

$1,876

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,104

$1,885

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,100

$1,884

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,116

$1,904

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,120

$1,910

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,143

$1,916

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,151

$1,923

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,166

$1,928

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,168

$1,940

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,181

$1,955

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,187

$1,980

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,194

$1,989

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,199

$1,997

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,214

$2,009

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,228

$2,010

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,232

$2,010

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,239

$2,023

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,232

$2,031

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,239

$2,033

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,243

$2,051

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,267

$2,058

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,269

$2,070

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,278

$2,070

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,281

$2,078

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,298

$2,083

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,300

$2,091

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,303

$2,099

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,306

$2,106

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,322

$2,113

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,336

$2,119

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,343

$2,134

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,343

$2,159

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,339

$2,170

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,346

$2,173

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,350

$2,197

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,356

$2,209

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,357

$2,215

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,366

$2,223

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,375

$2,235

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,386

$2,242

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,386

$2,249

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,392

$2,256

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,399

$2,257

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,413

$2,263

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,422

$2,275

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,431

$2,281

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,443

$2,284

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,448

$2,291

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,457

$2,279

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,460

$2,275

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,471

$2,277

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,479

$2,282

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,497

$2,295

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,524

$2,304

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,546

$2,316

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,560

$2,327

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,570

$2,336

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,584

$2,348

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,599

$2,351

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,606

$2,368

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,632

$2,393

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,652

$2,417

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,684

$2,446

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,695

$2,479

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,705

$2,511

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,711

$2,525

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,733

$2,551

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,756

$2,557

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,774

$2,579

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,785

$2,600

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,808

$2,623

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,844

$2,641

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,845

$2,651

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,853

$2,662

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,841

$2,665

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,857

$2,669

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,853

$2,670

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,856

$2,676

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,851

$2,682

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,856

$2,684

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,872

$2,672

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,880

$2,665

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,878

$2,663

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,867

$2,676

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,871

$2,666

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,883

$2,666

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,893

$2,680

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,909

$2,683

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,929

$2,688

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,934

$2,697

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,933

$2,696

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,929

$2,705

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,934

$2,703

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,938

$2,707

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,941

$2,712

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,945

$2,722

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,955

$2,731

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,964

$2,741

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,969

$2,745

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,967

$2,752

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,975

$2,763

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,993

$2,762

$1,995

11/30/2024

$2,016

$2,767

$1,999

12/31/2024

$2,012

$2,770

$2,003

1/31/2025

$2,005

$2,805

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,007

$2,820

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,015

$2,836

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,023

$2,846

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,025

$2,849

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,023

$2,849

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,028

$2,854

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,030

$2,862

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,027

$2,834

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,021

$2,894

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,015

$2,907

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,029

$2,907

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,037

$2,925

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,042

$2,926

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[7]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Modesto, CA

State - California

United States

4/1/2021

5/1/2021

6/1/2021

7/1/2021

8/1/2021

9/1/2021

10/1/2021

11/1/2021

12/1/2021

1/1/2022

191

2/1/2022

178

3/1/2022

210

106

4/1/2022

206

103

5/1/2022

215

109

6/1/2022

224

109

7/1/2022

231

113

8/1/2022

211

113

9/1/2022

209

109

10/1/2022

215

107

11/1/2022

163

12/1/2022

192

104

1/1/2023

199

108

2/1/2023

171

3/1/2023

177

101

4/1/2023

193

104

5/1/2023

202

112

6/1/2023

179

108

7/1/2023

200

116

8/1/2023

198

113

9/1/2023

202

109

10/1/2023

223

117

11/1/2023

195

12/1/2023

185

104

1/1/2024

179

2/1/2024

171

3/1/2024

195

100

4/1/2024

200

101

5/1/2024

197

106

6/1/2024

203

106

7/1/2024

207

109

8/1/2024

196

106

9/1/2024

211

104

10/1/2024

185

102

11/1/2024

181

12/1/2024

174

1/1/2025

176

2/1/2025

145

3/1/2025

169

4/1/2025

177

5/1/2025

200

6/1/2025

167

7/1/2025

195

100

8/1/2025

175

9/1/2025

172

10/1/2025

169

11/1/2025

166

12/1/2025

156

1/1/2026

122

2/1/2026

101

3/1/2026

Living in Modesto, CA

Modesto, CA is a city located in the central valley of California. Here is a breakdown of various aspects of living in Modesto:

Crime Rate and Safety

Modesto has a moderate crime rate compared to other cities in California. It's always recommended to take general safety precautions.

Fun Activities

Modesto offers a variety of outdoor activities such as parks, museums, and cultural events. There are also shopping centers and dining options to explore.

Climate

Modesto has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Be prepared for hot temperatures during the summer months.

Races and Population

Modesto is a diverse city with a mix of different races and ethnicities. The population is around 200,000 people.

Education

Modesto has several schools and colleges, providing educational opportunities for residents of all ages.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Modesto is lower than in many other California cities. Housing, groceries, and transportation costs are relatively affordable.

Proximity to Big Cities

Modesto is located about 90 miles east of San Francisco and 70 miles south of Sacramento. Driving to San Francisco takes around 1.5-2 hours, while Sacramento is about an hour's drive away.

Pros

Affordable cost of living
diverse population
proximity to major cities.

Cons

Moderate crime rate
hot summers.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/2600500222

2. Residency Explorer - https://www.residencyexplorer.org/Program/GetByIdWithMedicalSpecialty/32bd5db9-dea5-72a0-fd0b-fd226212e544

3. ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS) - https://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Programs/Search

4. NRMP Results and Data: 2022-2026 Main Residency Match - https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/2026/03/program-results-2022-2026/

5. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US0648354

6. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

7. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

Valley Consortium for Medical Education Program

Overview

Curriculum

Training Sites

Resident Benefits

Research Opportunities

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

Visa Support

Unique Aspects

Web sources

SmartPick

Program data

Program

Training

Quality of Life

Admission

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Incoming Schools

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Match & stats

2026 Residency Applicant & Interview Insights

Match History Matched positions of the program in previous years [4]

Roster

Publications

Assessing the Comfort of General Surgery Residents With Various Extremity Splints at Multiple Time Points Before and After a Training Course.

Chronic Plaque Psoriasis as a Predictor of Spinal Osteoproliferation on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Location

Living in Modesto, CA

Crime Rate and Safety

Fun Activities

Climate

Races and Population

Education

Cost of Living

Proximity to Big Cities

Pros

Cons

FAQ

Ready to Find Your Ideal Residency Program?

Nearby programs

Other specialties near Modesto, CA

References

Match History ^[4]