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Transitional Year Residency Program

Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Continued AccreditationACGME #9990500010

Scripps Mercy Hospital is an ACGME-accredited Transitional Year residency program in San Diego, CA. It has 18 PGY-1 positions per year and approximately 18 residents in training. It reports 0% IMG residents and a PGY-1 salary of $86,933. MatchPath compiles this profile from ACGME, FREIDA, and NRMP public data; every field is free to view, with no account required.

Cross-validated from ACGME, FREIDA, NRMP & CMS, each field stamped with a verification date. How we source this.

Overview

Positions / year
18
18 residents · 18 approved
PGY-1 salary
$86.9k
IMG percentage
0%
x
Visa sponsorship
None
Not currently sponsoring
Apps : 1 spot
Match report pending
verified
Open vacancies
None listed
SOAP eligible
Yes
1048999P0

Accredited since 1983 · 1 years · Last ACGME review 2010

IMG Fit

IMG-friendliness score

IMG-Friendliness Score
Computed from visa policy, IMG % in roster, and accreditation status.

Application requirements

Step 1
Optional
Required to apply
Step 2 CK
Optional
Required to apply
COMLEX
DO applicants
Letters
3–4
Incl. chair, faculty
Visa
Not sponsored
Application service
ERAS
Main match

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Match & Tracks

NRMP match trend

Match code
1048999P0
NRMP identifier
Match status
Active
SOAP eligible
Yes
via ERAS
MRM eligible
Yes
via ERAS

Listed in the NRMP directory as “Scripps Mercy Hosp-San Diego-CA”.

View on NRMP Program Directory ↗

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Training tracks

No tracks listed

No tracks recorded for this program yet. The categorical track is implied for most IM residencies.

Residents

Cohort composition

IMG
0%
x
US MD
100%
x
DO
0%
x
Women
67%
x

Verified Jun 2026 · how we source this

Resident roster

Resident roster — data pending

Resident roster ingest is still in progress. Names, medical schools, and country flags land with the next LinkedIn data refresh.

Schedule & Culture

Hours / week
52
Avg PGY-1 on duty
Max on-duty
24
Consecutive hours
Lecture hours
10
Protected didactic / week
Night float
Yes
PGY-1 rotation
Moonlighting
No
Outside work allowed
Faculty ratio
3.7
Full-time per resident
Days off / year
1.6
Avg PGY-1
Interviews / cycle
Slots offered
Preliminary positions
Yes
Offered by this program
Non-physician staff
7
Support team size

Verified Jun 2026 · how we source this

Hospital & Location

Hospital quality

Non-Profit

Scripps Clinic Medical Group (SCMG) is a multispecialty practice featuring one of the most diverse, accomplished medical teams in the country; over 950 physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians across 60+ specialties comprise our membership. Composed of 9 departments and approximately 60 divisions, our average department size is 100 members and our average division size is approximately 15 members. Medical care at Scripps Clinic began in 1924 with the creation of the Scripps Metabolic Clinic via the foresight of Ellen Browning Scripps. As the Scripps Clinic’s reputation for quality and diversity of clinical and scientific disciplines and graduate medical education programs grew, a need for its renowned and burgeoning clinical staff to organize became evident. Hence, in the 1970s, Scripps Clinic Medical Group was born. SCMG works in collaboration with Scripps Health to provide high quality comprehensive primary, secondary and tertiary medical care to their patients across San Diego and the Southwest United States, offering care at large and small clinical practice sites in La Jolla (Torrey Pines campus Geisel Pavilion and La Jolla campus Anderson Medical Pavilion), Bankers Hill, Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Rancho Bernardo, Encinitas, Coronado, Rancho San Diego, Santee, Mission Valley, Hillcrest, and Loma Portal/Liberty Station. Moreover, SCMG is recognized widely as a premiere local and regional tertiary referral center for the evaluation and management of a multitude of difficult to diagnose or treat disorders. We provide inpatient medical care at Scripps’ world-renowned hospitals: Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, and Scripps Mercy Hospital. Inpatient and outpatient, we are proud to provide over 1.5 million patient visits per year.

Star Rating
3 / 5
Overall hospital rating
Beds
467
Mid-size
Care quality (CMS Care Compare)
Safety of care1 better · 6 same · 0 worse
Mortality1 better · 6 same · 0 worse
Readmission1 better · 9 same · 1 worse

Measures rated better / same / worse vs the US national average.

Reports 8 of 8 HCAHPS patient-experience measures. Reports 11 of 12 timely & effective care measures.

Leapfrog Safety GradeA
Industry Payments (2024)
Total
$1.3M
Research
$0
Payments
204

Top payer: PFIZER INC. ($365K)

Source: CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) — drug/device-maker payments to this teaching hospital.

Facility volume (annual)
Admissions
27,197
ED visits
109,670
Inpatient surgeries
7,856
Outpatient surgeries
5,187
Births
3,549
Daily census
392
Full-time staff
3,453

Source: FREIDA facility profile.

Primary teaching site: Scripps Mercy Hospital · San Diego, CA

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Clinical sites

Scripps Mercy Hospital

Primary
San Diego, CA467 beds

Naval Medical Center (San Diego)

San Diego, CA285 beds

University of California (San Diego) Medical Center

San Diego, CA757 beds

Location

Purchasing power

~$3,464/mo
Estimated take-home after rent & state tax
Rent ~38.9% of pay
Take-home$3,464/mo
Rent (1BR)$2,817/mo
State tax$964/mo

Estimate: PGY-1 salary $86,933 minus a 1-bedroom median rent (Realtor.com) and 13.3% state income tax. Before federal taxes and other costs.

Livability

County figures for San Diego County, California (US Census ACS).

State Income Tax
13.3%
Includes 1% mental-health surtax over $1M.
Median Income
$102,285
+$24k vs US median
Avg Commute
26 min
US avg 27 min
Foreign-born share
County vs US average
Largest immigrant communities

County foreign-born residents by country of birth (ACS).

Median rent and walkability scores arrive with the Zillow and Walk Score data refresh.

People

Leadership

Karen Jamison, MD

Internal Medicine Faculty

Program Director

Mayra Lopez, BA

Program Coordinator

Coordinator

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Scripps Mercy Hospital located?
Scripps Mercy Hospital is located in San Diego, CA.
Is Scripps Mercy Hospital ACGME-accredited?
Yes — Scripps Mercy Hospital holds continued ACGME accreditation.
How many residents are at Scripps Mercy Hospital?
Scripps Mercy Hospital has approximately 18 residents in training.
How much is rent near Scripps Mercy Hospital?
Median rent near San Diego, CA is ~$2,817/month for a 1BR and ~$4,231/month for a 2BR, based on a recent sample of Zillow and Realtor.com listings in the program's ZIP code.
Does Scripps Mercy Hospital accept International Medical Graduates (IMGs)?
Scripps Mercy Hospital reports that none of its current residents are International Medical Graduates. That is a snapshot of the current cohort as reported to FREIDA, not a stated policy, and it can change year to year. All of it is free to view, with no account needed.
Does Scripps Mercy Hospital sponsor J-1 or H-1B visas?
Scripps Mercy Hospital does not currently report J-1 or H-1B visa sponsorship to FREIDA. That means no sponsorship is listed at the source rather than that the program has ruled it out — confirm directly with the program if visa status decides your list.
What USMLE Step 2 CK score does Scripps Mercy Hospital require?
Scripps Mercy Hospital does not report a minimum USMLE Step 2 CK score, so MatchPath publishes no cutoff for this program — most programs do not publish one. Use its IMG percentage and the specialty's overall match data to gauge fit instead; both are on this page. All of it is free to view, with no account needed.
What is the resident salary at Scripps Mercy Hospital?
Scripps Mercy Hospital reports a PGY-1 salary of $86,933. Salary is set by the sponsoring institution and rises each training year through completion. This page also shows what that salary is worth locally, adjusted for state income tax and area rent. All of it is free to view, with no account needed.
How do I apply to Scripps Mercy Hospital?
US residency programs accept applications through ERAS and rank applicants through the NRMP Match. Applications open in the fall, interviews run through winter, and Match results release in March. Save Scripps Mercy Hospital to your MatchPath tracker to manage it across the cycle.
Does Scripps Mercy Hospital have unfilled or off-cycle positions?
Unfilled positions are offered through SOAP during Match week, and off-cycle vacancies can open year-round. MatchPath's Vacancies feed tracks open Transitional Year residency program positions as they appear.