After 47 citations, Sea Mar sues to save Marysville residency program

MARYSVILLE — After 47 citations and the exodus of 30 physicians-in-training, Sea Mar Community Health Centers is battling in court to keep its Marysville residency program afloat.

In April, a nationwide council revoked accreditation from Sea Mar Marysville Family Medicine Residency, citing improper oversight, education and working conditions. Sea Mar vehemently disputed the decision, and in June sued the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education — the nation’s largest body for reviewing medical graduate programs — in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Sea Mar is a government-supported health center that serves at least 200,000 low-income patients, mostly Latino, at more than 60 clinics across Washington each year. Since 2015, the nonprofit’s three-year residency program based in Marysville has trained medical school graduates to become primary care physicians. These physicians-in-training, called residents, practice at Sea Mar clinics as well as Seattle Children’s Hospital and Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

As Sea Mar scrambles to salvage its reputation and fill gaps in clinical care left by residents, health care experts said the loss is a step back for Snohomish County.

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