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Anesthesiology residency in numbers

The number of anesthesiology positions increased by 23% over the past 5 years. Today 172 anesthesiology programs offer around 1600 PGY-1 positions and 52 programs offer around 300 PGY-2 positions. It's about 4% of all residency positions. Most of the matched applicants are US MDs - 75%. Also, 15% DOs and just 7% IMGs. The proportion is stable over the past years. Around 100% of positions are filled during the main match and near nothing left for the SOAP. Mean Step1/Step2 scores of matched US MDs are 234/246 respectively. Mean Step1/Step2 CMPLEX1/2 scores of matched DOs are 233/243 590/625 respectively. Mean Step1/Step2 scores of matched US/Non-US IMGs are 232/239, 236/242 respectively. Anesthesiology is enough competitive specialty with a high percent of matched US MDs, relatively high mean scores of matched candidates, and 89%,78%,50% match rates among interviewed US MDs, DOs, and IMGs respectively.

PGY-1 Anesthesiology residency positions by state

Number of Anesthesiology positions by state based on PGY-1 main residency Match

Most competitive Anesthesiology residencies - Top 20 ranking

ID Program State

0400521023 University of California (San Francisco) California

0403631115 Duke University Hospital North Carolina

0400521025 Stanford University California

0404121134 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

0402431064 Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts

0403521098 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) New York

0403511107 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) —

0400521020 UCLA Medical Center California

0402421066 Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts

0404700202 University of Tennessee College of Medicine Tennessee

0400521022 University of California (San Diego) California

0401221037 Emory University Georgia

0402311059 University of Maryland Maryland

0403521104 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York

0404831150 Baylor College of Medicine Texas

0402811081 Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Missouri

0400121010 University of Alabama Medical Center Anesthesiology residency program Alabama

0405111159 University of Virginia Virginia

0404711146 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Tennessee

0404711144 University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville —

Top 10 most competitive Anesthesiology residencies with %DO > 25

ID Program State

0401821049 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa

0402021052 University of Kentucky College of Medicine Kentucky

0404821155 University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio Texas

0401721048 Indiana University School of Medicine Indiana

0402021053 University of Louisville Kentucky

0401911050 University of Kansas School of Medicine Kansas

0403521105 New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center New York

0404111130 Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Pennsylvania

0404500144 Grand Strand Regional Medical Center South Carolina

0405621164 University of Wisconsin Wisconsin

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Percent MD,DO,IMG Anesthesiology PGY-1 residents (main match)

Percent of PGY-1 Anesthesiology MDs, DOs and IMGs by year

Anesthesiology PGY-1 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2023 1609 99.8 1219 (75 %) 245 (15 %) 127 (7 %)
2022 1509 99.9 1107 (73 %) 263 (17 %) 118 (7 %)
2021 1460 99.8 1062 (72 %) 268 (18 %) 116 (7 %)
2020 1370 99.9 961 (70 %) 262 (19 %) 136 (9 %)
2019 1322 98.4 914 (69 %) 248 (18 %) 139 (10 %)
2018 1253 97.8 894 (71 %) 206 (16 %) 126 (10 %)
2017 1202 95.3 823 (68 %) 164 (13 %) 159 (13 %)
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PGY-2 Anesthesiology residency positions by state

  1. California (46)
  2. New York (37)
  3. Maryland (32)
  4. Florida (24)
  5. Indiana (24)
  6. Pennsylvania (21)
  7. Massachusetts (20)
  8. Rhode Island (20)
  9. New Jersey (15)
  10. Illinois (13)
  11. Arizona (7)
  12. Connecticut (7)
  13. Michigan (6)
  14. Ohio (4)
  15. Utah (4)
  16. Washington (4)
  17. Colorado (4)
  18. Texas (3)
  19. Oregon (2)
  20. Virginia (2)
  21. Nebraska (2)
  22. District of Columbia (2)
  23. Wisconsin (1)
  24. New Mexico (1)
Number of Anesthesiology positions by state based on PGY-2 main residency Match

Percent MD,DO,IMG Anesthesiology PGY-2 residents (main match)

Percent of PGY-2 Anesthesiology MDs, DOs and IMGs by year

Anesthesiology PGY-2 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2023 301 100.0 228 (75 %) 48 (15 %) 21 (6 %)
2022 346 100.0 255 (73 %) 53 (15 %) 31 (8 %)
2021 339 100.0 236 (69 %) 69 (20 %) 29 (8 %)
2020 398 99.5 276 (69 %) 65 (16 %) 50 (12 %)
2019 425 98.1 264 (62 %) 96 (22 %) 57 (13 %)
2018 447 98.9 267 (59 %) 75 (16 %) 99 (22 %)
2017 441 93.9 256 (58 %) 63 (14 %) 95 (21 %)

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