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Our lists of medical residencies in the United States contain 5890 programs in 31 specialties

Here are some of the most competitive residency programs for each specialty:
Specialty ID Program State

Anesthesiology 0400521025 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 0403521098 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) New York

— 0402421066 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts

Child neurology 1854121041 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pennsylvania

— 1850521065 Children's Hospital Los Angeles California

— 1850521061 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program California

Dermatology 0800521020 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program California

— 0803621067 Duke University Hospital North Carolina

— 0802321040 Johns Hopkins University Maryland

Emergency medicine 1103521087 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital New York

— 1102421150 Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 1104121148 University of Pennsylvania Health System Pennsylvania

Family medicine 1204121504 Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center/Hershey Pennsylvania

— 1204121276 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Pennsylvania

— 1204121633 University of Pennsylvania Health System Pennsylvania

Internal medicine 1402421172 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts

— 1402411169 Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts

— 1403531288 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital Program New York

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics 7002414084 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 7000814127 Yale-New Haven Medical Center Connecticut

— 7004714070 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Tennessee

Interventional radiology - integrated 4163500003 NYU Grossman School of Medicine New York

— 4162400001 Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts

— 4161600004 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Illinois

Medical genetics and genomics 1304121002 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pennsylvania

— 1304021009 Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU Health) Program Oregon

— 1305621036 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Wisconsin

Neurological surgery 1602321034 Johns Hopkins University Maryland

— 1600521012 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 1602811046 Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program Missouri

Neurology 1802431050 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 1801621032 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Illinois

— 1800521016 University of California (San Francisco) Program California

Nuclear medicine 2002821042 SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine Missouri

— 2000521018 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 2000521010 University of California Davis Health California

Obstetrics and gynecology 2201621089 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Illinois

— 2204111256 University of Pennsylvania Health System Pennsylvania

— 2203521201 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) New York

Ophthalmology 2400521032 University of California (San Francisco) California

— 2402421070 Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Program Massachusetts

— 2400521033 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

Orthopaedic surgery 2600521002 University of California (San Francisco) California

— 2603521022 Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical Center New York

— 2600521098 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program California

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery 2800521023 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 2805421112 University of Washington Washington

— 2803511074 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) New York

Pathology-anatomic and clinical 3000521046 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 3003511237 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program New York

— 3002400001 Mass General Brigham Program Massachusetts

Pediatrics 3203511161 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Kravis Children's New York

— 3202421403 Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center Massachusetts

— 3204121205 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Physical medicine and rehabilitation 3402421094 Mass General Brigham/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 3400521008 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 3404700100 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Tennessee

Plastic surgery 3602400136 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 3601221024 Emory University School of Medicine Program Georgia

— 3600522012 University of California (San Francisco) Program California

Plastic surgery - Integrated 3623600155 Duke University Hospital North Carolina

— 3622421135 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 3622400137 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Massachusetts

Preventive medicine 3804777088 Meharry Medical College A Tennessee

— 3800577123 Loma Linda University A California

— 3800521033 Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium California

Psychiatry 4004121197 University of Pennsylvania Health System Program Pennsylvania

— 4002321081 Johns Hopkins University Maryland

— 4000531033 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

Radiation oncology 4300521008 UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program California

— 4303521063 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York

— 4302411131 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

Radiology-diagnostic 4203521137 NYU Grossman School of Medicine New York

— 4203521129 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) New York

— 4200521031 University of California (San Francisco) California

Surgery 4400521042 UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center California

— 4402431132 Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts

— 4400521052 University of California (San Francisco) California

Thoracic surgery 4600521016 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

— 4604121082 University of Pennsylvania Health System Pennsylvania

— 4600521109 University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program California

Thoracic surgery - integrated 4610521016 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program California

— 4614121082 University of Pennsylvania Health System Pennsylvania

— 4613521071 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) New York

Transitional year 9994100115 UPMC Medical Education Pennsylvania

— 9993500241 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York

— 9995500248 West Virginia University West Virginia

Urology 4800521025 University of California (San Francisco) California

— 4802421064 Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

— 4800531026 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University California

Vascular surgery - integrated 4512400014 Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital Program Massachusetts

— 4513621007 University of North Carolina Hospitals North Carolina

— 4512421013 UMass Chan Medical School Massachusetts

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Residency program list is an important step to residency

How do I get a medical residency in the USA? - This is a common question not only for foreign medical school graduates but for many American students. Every year, programs receive anywhere from a few hundred to thousands of applications. While this number varies by specialty, even less competitive programs need to develop minimum initial filtering requirements in order to process such a huge number of applications. As result, USMLE scores, first attempt passage, clinical experience in the United States, time since graduation are very important for a successful application to a particular program. Additionally, the program can prefer exclusively U.S. MDs, DOs, IMGs or just U.S. IMGs, Caribbean graduates, etc. This is why it is very important to choose the right programs to apply to when submitting documents via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
There are a lot of U.S. medical residency databases on the internet. AMA's FREIDA medical residencies list provides information about minimum USMLE requirements, program work schedule, features, benefits, contacts and additional information self-reported by programs. FREIDA shows locations of participating institutions, filters residency training programs by specialty, program type, location, first-year salary, visa, percentage IMGs, total positions, etc. Therefore, FREIDA is a convenient source of information for U.S. medical graduates and an important source of basic information for IMGs.
AAMC Residency Explorer Tool provides statistics about the number of applications, scores, sex, race, medical schools and other characteristics of matched candidates collected during the past several years for many programs. As an important feature for IMGs, this tool shows percentages of US and non-US international medical graduates matched into the program. Residency Explorer also compares your profile with profiles of matched candidates and provides basic search, bookmarking, and export features.

So, what is the difference between the ResidencyProgramsList, Residency Explorer Tool and FREIDA database? First of all,the ResidencyProgramsList tools for IMGs and U.S. graduates are targeted at providing information about absolute cut-off and preferred(soft cut-off) scores, program graduation preferences, program-specific requirements for U.S. graduates and specific requirements for IMG applicants. Also, for IMGs, required months of U.S. clinical experience, hands-on USCE requirements and time since graduation preferences are collected. The second direction is collecting information about new programs, not well-known programs that accepted IMGs and programs that are willing to accept IMGs. And the third direction is ranking programs by probability to be inclined towards a certain IMG candidate and by program reputation/competitiveness for U.S. graduates. All of these together makes ResidencyProgramsList an important tool for finding the right medical residency programs in the USA. Our list of residency programs provides the most advanced search engine, unique ranking algorithms, and friendly interface to streamline your application and find best residency programs for success.

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About the ResidencyProgramsList

Since 2017 the ResidencyProgramsList equips ambitious medical students and graduates with the essential data they need to conquer the U.S. residency match in their dream specialty.

The ResidencyProgramsList uses original, source-verified data collected directly from residency programs by our staff.

The ResidencyProgramsList database delivers information and analysis based on:

  • Program minimum requirements and notes collected directly from residency programs
  • Program-reported & manually collected verified current resident data
  • Our own ResidencyProgramsList medical schools ranking based on residency results
  • Official NRMP based statistics
  • Official ACGME-accredited residency program directory
  • Historical data collected by ResidencyProgramsList team

ResidencyProgramsList FAQs

  1. How should I use the ResidencyProgramsList data?
    ResidencyProgramsList focuses strictly on the high-impact data that drives your match decisions. Because every applicant is unique, we provide distinct, customized datasets for U.S. MDs, U.S. DOs, US IMGs, and non-US IMGs (both with and without visa requirements).

    • For U.S. Graduates: Deep insights into residency program reputation with filters perfectly aligned to domestic graduate requirements.
    • For IMGs: A completely separate list highlighting program preferences, exclusive IMG metrics, and our targeted Friendly Score—making ResidencyProgramsList the ultimate platform for international medical graduates.
    • Seamless Workflow: Sort programs to your exact preference, flip through them using the "Next" button, and easily bookmark programs or jot down personal notes as you research.

  2. How often do you update the data?
    We continuously update our program data year-round, ensuring you always have access to current website links, the latest match statistics, and more. However, we update the core program requirements between late August and early September, as this is when most programs finalize their official changes.

  3. How does the Friendly score calculation works?
    Out tool calculates Friendly score for IMGs who purchased an "Advanced" list. Designed specifically for IMGs by our in-house PhD mathematician, this algorithm relies on proven statistical methods. It comprehensively analyzes each program's preferences, requirements, historical match statistics, and complex numerical metrics to deliver a rigorous mathematical solution. The algorithm does not guess like Large Language AI Models often do - it is a dedicated and precise tool. The result is deeply meaningful data that goes far beyond simply sorting by the percentage of US or non-US IMGs.

  4. Does ResidencyProgramsList provides free lists?
    Yes, we do. We offer two types of free lists. The first type is our "Explorer+" lists for highly competitive specialties like neurosurgery, dermatology, vascular surgery, ophthalmology, urology, plastic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation (14 in total). For these, we collect and provide all available information completely free of charge. The second type is our "Explorer" lists, which are for specialties that commonly use standardized minimum requirements as filtering criteria. These lists are designed for those who have the time to research programs on their own. We maintain up-to-date links to program websites and current residents' pages. Users have three levels of bookmarking and can save private notes. We also provide free filtering by visa requirements and absolute Step 2 cut-offs, though only basic information about these programs is provided.

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