---
title: "About the SRMC Emergency Medicine Residency at Sutter Health"
description: "Learn more about the Sutter Roseville Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program."
url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/about"
---

1.  [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) /
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5.  [Emergency Medicine, Roseville](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine) /
6.  About the Program

# About the Residency Program

**Section menu**

-   [Emergency Medicine, Roseville](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine "Emergency Medicine, Roseville")
    -   [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/about "About the Program")
        
    -   [Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/curriculum "Curriculum")
        
    -   [Didactics](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/didactic-activities "Didactics")
        
    -   [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/faculty "Faculty")
        
    -   [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/faqs "FAQs")
        
    -   [Graduates](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/Graduates "Graduates")
        
    -   [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/apply "How to Apply")
        
    -   [A Message from Our Program Leadership](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/message-from-program-leadership "A Message from Our Program Leadership") 
        
    -   [Residents](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/residents "Residents")
        

-   [Emergency Medicine, Roseville](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine "Emergency Medicine, Roseville")
    -   [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/about "About the Program")
        
    -   [Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/curriculum "Curriculum")
        
    -   [Didactics](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/didactic-activities "Didactics")
        
    -   [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/faculty "Faculty")
        
    -   [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/faqs "FAQs")
        
    -   [Graduates](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/Graduates "Graduates")
        
    -   [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/apply "How to Apply")
        
    -   [A Message from Our Program Leadership](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/message-from-program-leadership "A Message from Our Program Leadership") 
        
    -   [Residents](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/srmc-emergency-medicine/residents "Residents")
        

Located in Northern California, [Sutter Roseville Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location/facility/sutter-roseville-medical-center-1043247063) is a community hospital focused on the future and patient-centered care. The Sutter Roseville Medical Center Residency Program is dedicated to promoting a learning environment that prepares future physicians to provide high quality medical care.

Repeatedly recognized as one of the [top hospitals in California](https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/sutter-roseville-medical-center-6932645 "top hospitals in California"), Sutter Roseville’s 418-bed medical center serves 10 counties in the greater Sacramento area and offers a full range of healthcare services. It’s home to a Level II trauma center, a Level III NICU, the [Sutter Rehabilitation Institute](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location/facility/sutter-rehabilitation-institute-1043246929), and a Joint Commission-recognized Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center. In 2020, a carefully designed, patient-focused 98,000 square-foot expansion opened to meet the growing needs of Roseville and nearby communities.

Sutter Roseville Medical Center is part of the [award-winning](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards) [Sutter Health integrated system of care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us). Nearly three million patients benefit from connected care at Sutter Health facilities across the Bay Area, Sacramento Valley and the Central Coast. Sutter’s decades-long investment in [graduate-level medical education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-internal-medicine/faqs) and established institutional accreditation through the [Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)](https://www.acgme.org/) provide a solid foundation for new residency programs at Sutter Roseville. Existing residency programs within the health system include [family medicine](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/family-medicine) in Sacramento, Davis, Amador and Santa Rosa, as well as [internal medicine](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-internal-medicine), [ophthalmology](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-ophthalmology) and [psychiatry](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry) at CPMC.

The leadership, providers and staff at Sutter Health are committed to fostering a positive, supportive environment for training tomorrow’s successful physicians.

### Living in Roseville

Live at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the sun shines 340 days a year. Roseville is home to abundant job opportunities, low crime rates, and all that Northern California offers, from wine country to ski slopes.

[Get to Know the Area](https://www.roseville.ca.us/government/departments/economic_development/quality_of_life)

### Contact Us

**Program Administrator**

Lori Burdick  
[SRMCEMresidency@sutterhealth.org](mailto:SRMCEMresidency@sutterhealth.org)

**Program Directors**

Kimberly Sokol, M.D., M.S., MACM, Program Director  
William Webster, M.D., FACEP,  Associate Program Director

Matthew Henschel, D.O., Associate Program Director

[Get in Touch](mailto:SRMCEMresidency@sutterhealth.org)

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