Glenn Gookin, MD, PhD, FAAFP

Glenn Gookin, MD, PhD, FAACP

Program Director / Volunteer Clinical Faculty at UC Davis and Torro University

Dr. Glenn Gookin graduated from University of California, Irvine with a PhD in Environmental Toxicology in 2011. While completing his doctoral work, he continued his work in the development of a student run free clinic which sparked his interest in family medicine. He made a tough decision to transition career paths and coasts, leaving basic science research for primary care when he attended medical school at the University of Central Florida. He returned to California for residency, completing his family medicine training at the Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento program in 2018. Having grown up in a rural mountain community in Southern California, he was drawn to the beauty and vibrant small town communities of Grass Valley and Nevada City. 

He worked as a hospitalist at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital full time for two years before transitioning to a dual role as a primary care provider at Chapa-De Indian Health while still taking hospital call for adults and pediatric patients. He co-wrote a HRSA grant that allowed for the rural residency program to get up and running in 2018, with successful accreditation in 2021. He completed a National Institute for Program Director Development Fellowship in 2022 to assume the role of Program Director.