Jose Abad

Dr. Abad serves River City Medical Group as its President and Chief Medical Officer. In these capacities, he chairs the Peer Review Committee, Utilization Management Committee, Quality Improvement Committee, and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Dr. Abad also provides medical oversight and acts as a clinical resource for the affiliated primary care physicians associated with RCMG.

Prior to joining RCMG, Dr. Abad was the Attending Physician and Instructor in Medicine at University of Southern California Medical Center, Senior Attending Physician in Pulmonary Disease for Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, TB Controller with Sacramento County Health Agency, Chief of staff at Methodist Hospital, Physician Manager at MedClinic in South Sacramento, and a variety of other positions within the field.

Dr. Abad is a graduate of the University of Madrid, School of Medicine in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Abad completed his internship at Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona and a fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Abad has a multitude of affiliations including, but not limited to, member of the Board of Directors and Chief of Medical Staff at Methodist Hospital, President of Sacramento-El Dorado Medical Society, member of Mercy Health Sacramento, and member of Sutter Club. Dr. Abad is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association as well as a member of the Society for Critical Care.