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Medical Residency in California

California specific initial medical license requirements

Medical Board of California requirements:
  • Minimum 3 years of postgraduate training. At least 4 months general medicine and 24 months continuously within the same program.
  • Maximum 4 attempts at USMLE Step 3. Or held license in another state 4 years. (California BPC § 2177, 2135.5)
  • Passing scores shall be valid for a period of 10 years from the month of the examination.
  • The acceptance of FCVS(Federation Credentials Verification Service) is limited.
Osteopathic Medical Board of California requirements:
  • 1 year of postgraduate training.
  • No limit for number of attempts on COMLEX
  • No time limit for COMLEX
  • The acceptance of FCVS is limited.

PGY-1 residency positions in California

Number of positions by specialty in California based on PGY-1 main residency Match data

Top size residency programs in California by specialty

Specialty ID Program

Anesthesiology 0400521020 UCLA Medical Center Anesthesiology residency program

— 0400521025 Stanford University

— 0400521018 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

Child neurology 1850521061 Stanford University Child neurology residency program

— 1850521069 University of California (San Francisco)

— 1850521065 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Dermatology 0800521020 Stanford University Dermatology residency program

— 0800521019 University of California (San Francisco)

— 0800521017 UCLA Medical Center

Emergency medicine 1100512005 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Emergency medicine residency program

— 1100521097 University of California (Davis) Health System

— 1100521098 Stanford University Hospital/Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

Family medicine 1200511057 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Family medicine residency program

— 1200521041 University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno

— 1200511059 University of California (San Francisco)

Internal medicine 1400521064 University of California (San Francisco) Internal medicine residency program

— 1400511046 UCLA Medical Center

— 1400521044 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics 7000532005 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency program

— 7000532003 Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium

— 7000532130 UCLA Medical Center

Medical genetics and genomics 1300512075 University of California (San Francisco) Medical genetics and genomics residency program

— 1300500076 University of California Davis Health

— 1300521010 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Neurological surgery 1600521010 UCLA Medical Center Neurological surgery residency program

— 1600521009 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

— 1600521011 University of California (San Francisco)

Neurology 1800521017 Stanford University Neurology residency program

— 1800521012 UCLA Medical Center

— 1800521016 University of California (San Francisco)

Nuclear medicine 2000521018 Stanford University Nuclear medicine residency program

— 2000521016 University of California (San Francisco)

— 2000531014 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Obstetrics and gynecology 2200531038 UCLA Medical Center Obstetrics and gynecology residency program

— 2200521047 University of California (San Francisco)

— 2200511036 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

Ophthalmology 2400521027 UCLA Medical Center Ophthalmology residency program

— 2400521025 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

— 2400521032 University of California (San Francisco)

Orthopaedic surgery 2600521193 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Orthopaedic surgery residency program

— 2600521002 University of California (San Francisco)

— 2600521098 Stanford University

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2800521017 UCLA Medical Center Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery residency program

— 2800521022 University of California (San Francisco)

— 2800521023 Stanford University

Pathology-anatomic and clinical 3000521046 Stanford University Pathology-anatomic and clinical residency program

— 3000521044 University of California (San Francisco)

— 3000511034 UCLA Medical Center

Pediatrics 3200511028 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Pediatrics residency program

— 3200521041 Stanford University

— 3200512425 University of California (Irvine)/Children's Hospital of Orange County

Physical medicine and rehabilitation 3400521007 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program

— 3400521008 Stanford University

— 3400521005 University of California (Irvine)

Plastic surgery 3600522012 University of California (San Francisco) Plastic surgery residency program

— 3600521118 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

— 3600521113 University of California (Davis) Health System

Plastic Surgery - Integrated 3620531013 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Plastic Surgery - Integrated residency program

— 3620500156 University of California (San Francisco)

— 3620500157 UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Preventive medicine 3800521038 University of California (San Diego)/San Diego State University Preventive medicine residency program

— 3800577059 University of California (San Francisco)

— 3800532008 University of California (San Francisco)/University of California School of Public Health

Psychiatry 4000521030 University of California (San Francisco) Psychiatry residency program

— 4000521025 UCLA Medical Center

— 4000531033 Stanford University

Radiation oncology 4300511014 Stanford University Radiation oncology residency program

— 4300513143 University of California (San Diego)

— 4300521008 UCLA Medical Center

Radiology-diagnostic 4200521031 University of California (San Francisco) Radiology-diagnostic residency program

— 4200511023 UCLA Medical Center

— 4200521027 University of California (San Diego)

Surgery 4400521052 University of California (San Francisco) Surgery residency program

— 4400521031 University of California (Davis) Health System

— 4400521056 Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Thoracic surgery 4600521013 UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Thoracic surgery residency program

— 4600521015 University of California (San Francisco)

— 4600521016 Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University

Transitional year 9990500151 Naval Medical Center (San Diego) Transitional year residency program

— 9990500248 Riverside Community Hospital/University of California Riverside School of Medicine

— 9990500010 Scripps Mercy Hospital

Urology 4800521022 UCLA Medical Center Urology residency program

— 4800511009 Naval Medical Center (San Diego)

— 4800521021 University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

Vascular surgery - integrated 4510500115 University of California (Davis) Health System Vascular surgery - integrated residency program

— 4510521021 Stanford University

— 4510500116 UCLA Medical Center

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Percent MD,DO,IMG residents matched PGY-1 in California (main match)

Percent of MDs, DOs and IMGs in California by year

California PGY-1 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2021 3204 97.0 2219 (69%) 466 (14%) 407 (12%)
2020 3020 97.0 2168 (71%) 388 (12%) 364 (12%)
2019 2942 96.2 2143 (72%) 348 (11%) 336 (11%)
2018 2763 96.5 2121 (76%) 266 (9%) 279 (10%)
2017 2595 97.8 2066 (79%) 229 (8%) 240 (9%)
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PGY-2 residency positions in California

  1. Radiology-diagnostic (99)
  2. Dermatology (47)
  3. Neurology (44)
  4. Anesthesiology (41)
  5. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (25)
  6. Radiation oncology (24)
  7. Child neurology (1)
Number of positions by specialty in California based on PGY-2 main residency Match data

Percent MD,DO,IMG residents matched PGY-2 in California (main match)

Percent of MDs, DOs and IMGs in California by year

California PGY-2 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2021 281 98.6 240 (85%) 17 (6%) 19 (6%)
2020 272 97.4 241 (88%) 13 (4%) 10 (3%)
2019 267 97.8 244 (91%) 10 (3%) 7 (2%)
2018 262 99.2 249 (95%) 2 (0.8%) 9 (3%)
2017 262 97.7 241 (91%) 6 (2%) 9 (3%)

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