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Are you looking to get into the anesthesiology residency program of your dreams? We’ve got you covered! Here, we’ll give you the inside scoop on which anesthesiology programs have the highest and lowest publications, MD-PhDs, AOA, and Gold Humanism members among matched applicants. So, if you’re curious about anesthesiology or have a specific program in mind, you can learn all the details you need to maximize your chances of becoming an anesthesiologist.

Which Anesthesiology Residency Programs Require the Most Research?

As discussed previously, matched anesthesiology applicants have an average number of abstracts, presentations, and publications.

But how many publications are expected of each anesthesiology residency? Here, we’ll discuss which programs have the most – and fewest – publications among their residents. That way, you can make an informed decision and feel hopeful about getting into the program that’s right for you.

Let’s look at which anesthesiology residency programs have the most – and least – publications among their members. (NOTE: the data here report the Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants. This is more narrow – and restrictive – than the “abstracts, presentations, and publications,” measure found on ERAS and reported by the Charting Outcomes in the Match reports.)

Anesthesiology residency nameCityStateAverage number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicantsAverage number of research experiences among matched applicants# current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program% current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs% matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application)% matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application)Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation% completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans% completed residents with plans to continue training in another program% completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position% completed residents with other career plansTotal # Residents on Duty
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA450%1710OPT375382102
University of California (San Francisco) ProgramSan FranciscoCA4411%276OPT57714582
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University ProgramStanfordCA4578%4016OPT374120293
University of Maryland ProgramBaltimoreMD430%35OPT12880051
Johns Hopkins University ProgramBaltimoreMD4534%1414OPT20718077
Brigham and Women's Hospital ProgramBostonMA4544%3816OPT116811997
Massachusetts General Hospital ProgramBostonMA4644%249OPT865224103
Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) ProgramRoyal OakMI420%00OPT33670024
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) ProgramNew YorkNY4433%138OPT127684103
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) ProgramNew YorkNY4645%242OPT0955078
Duke University Hospital ProgramDurhamNC4423%277OPT4960059
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ProgramDallasTX4311%1111OPT48482279
University of Alabama Medical Center ProgramBirminghamAL320%258OPT38555384
HCA Healthcare Riverside ProgramRiversideCA380%013REQ14
University of California Davis Health ProgramSacramentoCA330%36OPT2727123557
University of California (Irvine) ProgramOrangeCA3412%05OPT30654048
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA330%13OPT519195772
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA3424%13REQ256510055
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center ProgramSan DiegoCA3313%89OPT52480040
University of Colorado ProgramAuroraCO340%1010OPT483431454
Yale-New Haven Medical Center ProgramNew HavenCT3434%28OPT01508583
Emory University School of Medicine ProgramAtlantaGA330%106OPT384517053
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago ProgramChicagoIL330%03OPT137141350
University of Chicago ProgramChicagoIL3312%97OPT11836066
Loyola University Medical Center ProgramMaywoodIL330%09OPT265619054
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University ProgramChicagoIL330%1510OPT00010075
Ochsner Clinic Foundation ProgramNew OrleansLA3312%75REQ17830043
Tulane University ProgramNew OrleansLA330%07OPT94545022
Lahey Clinic ProgramBurlingtonMA340%00OPT33670024
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ProgramBostonMA3546%28OPT38512066
Tufts Medical Center ProgramBostonMA330%02OPT163254729
UMass Chan Medical School ProgramWorcesterMA3413%22OPT21790032
University of Michigan Health System ProgramAnn ArborMI3333%208REQ1571103113
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) ProgramRochesterMN3412%1812OPT49438056
University of Minnesota ProgramMinneapolisMN3513%64OPT86231038
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium ProgramSt LouisMO341012%94OPT165727083
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine ProgramOmahaNE3313%1510OPT36604038
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital ProgramLebanonNH350%22OPT335313031
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School ProgramNewarkNJ330%05OPT65314042
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell ProgramManhassetNY330%03REQ502517825
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside/West) ProgramNew YorkNY330%110OPT206416056
University of Rochester ProgramRochesterNY340%46OPT394614066
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai Hospital) ProgramNew YorkNY3433%104OPT0301258104
Westchester Medical Center ProgramValhallaNY3312%20OPT44506041
NYU Grossman School of Medicine ProgramNew YorkNY330%54OPT0099189
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital ProgramStony BrookNY330%412OPT35650040
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine ProgramBronxNY330%12OPT06337062
University of North Carolina Hospitals ProgramChapel HillNC3312%1415OPT11890054
Wake Forest University School of Medicine ProgramWinston-SalemNC3212%1311OPT50437056
Ohio State University Hospital ProgramColumbusOH340%415OPT335017063
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ProgramClevelandOH330%38REQ196711455
Cleveland Clinic Foundation ProgramClevelandOH3311%53OPT26695088
Oregon Health & Science University ProgramPortlandOR3448%514OPT60328052
Baylor College of Medicine ProgramHoustonTX330%1116OPT12805274
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ProgramHoustonTX330%211OPT395164107
University of Utah Health ProgramSalt Lake CityUT350%138OPT167212049
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson ProgramTucsonAZ220%06OPT58380440
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) ProgramPhoenixAZ230%115OPT43430149
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine ProgramLittle RockAR250%44OPT393921055
Riverside University Health System ProgramMoreno ValleyCA230%014NA45450920
Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) ProgramVisaliaCA220%010OPT01000016
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center ProgramTorranceCA230%05OPT21717032
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium ProgramLoma LindaCA2212%0458
Cook County Health and Hospitals System ProgramChicagoIL240%22OPT12820637
Rush University Medical Center ProgramChicagoIL230%27OPT96418979
Indiana University School of Medicine ProgramIndianapolisIN220%25OPT661513679
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ProgramIowa CityIA230%41OPT50433360
University of Kansas School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityKS2213%010OPT265316534
University of Kentucky College of Medicine ProgramLexingtonKY220%07OPT413821059
University of Louisville School of Medicine ProgramLouisvilleKY220%44OPT335611042
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) ProgramShreveportLA220%010OPT38566031
Louisiana State University ProgramNew OrleansLA230%00OPT3541121225
Maine Medical Center ProgramPortlandME2515%03OPT305020019
UMass Chan - Baystate ProgramSpringfieldMA220%04OPT33607036
Boston University Medical Center ProgramBostonMA2513%26OPT2040202037
St Elizabeth's Medical Center ProgramBostonMA240%02OPT286111036
Wayne State University School of Medicine ProgramPontiacMI230%07OPT23698018
Henry Ford Hospital ProgramDetroitMI2412%03OPT8884048
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University ProgramDetroitMI240%00OPT32680049
University of Mississippi Medical Center ProgramJacksonMS220%66OPT256510038
University of Missouri-Columbia ProgramColumbiaMO220%48OPT603010019
St Louis University School of Medicine ProgramSt. LouisMO220%02OPT45455539
HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education ProgramLas VegasNV220%00NA17830031
Hackensack University Medical Center ProgramHackensackNJ230%00OPT13
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital ProgramCamdenNJ2115%00OPT50500020
St Joseph's University Medical Center ProgramPatersonNJ230%013OPT503801323
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ProgramNew BrunswickNJ230%014NA37535535
University of New Mexico School of Medicine ProgramAlbuquerqueNM2170%03OPT136020729
Nuvance Health ProgramPoughkeepsieNY250%50NA00010012
New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital ProgramNew YorkNY240%00NA11
Maimonides Medical Center ProgramBrooklynNY230%04NA43520532
University at Buffalo ProgramBuffaloNY220%47OPT036442046
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ProgramBrooklynNY240%11OPT58380467
SUNY Upstate Medical University ProgramSyracuseNY220%05OPT373726045
Albany Medical Center ProgramAlbanyNY250%310REQ45459025
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine ProgramCincinnatiOH230%53OPT254431033
University of Toledo ProgramToledoOH2215%00OPT105040019
The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University ProgramClevelandOH240%03OPT31548824
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ProgramOklahoma CityOK230%105OPT2125421248
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine ProgramSan AntonioTX230%07OPT61324462
Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) ProgramTempleTX230%106OPT413524040
University of Vermont Medical Center ProgramBurlingtonVT220%37OPT233831824
University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Ocala) ProgramOcalaFL130%26NA10000026
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center ProgramChicagoIL120%00REQ13870020
St Joseph's Medical Center ProgramStocktonCA0%NA9
Naval Medical Center (San Diego) ProgramSan DiegoCA0%19
University of Kansas (Wichita) ProgramWichitaKS0%REQ55004520
McLaren Health Care Corporation ProgramFlintMI#DIV/0!0
McLaren Health Care/Oakland/MSU ProgramPontiacMI0%OPT00010011
McLaren Health Care/Greater Lansing/MSU ProgramLansingMI0%OPT3813252616
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityMO0%REQ363627024
Rutgers Health/Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center ProgramLivingstonNJ0%OPT332233119
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital ProgramBrooklynNY0%OPT27730014
OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital ProgramColumbusOH0%OPT7525008
Kettering Health Network ProgramDaytonOH0%REQ600202011
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/South Pointe Hospital ProgramWarrensville HeightsOH0%REQ50500012
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences ProgramTulsaOK0%OPT10000012
UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg) ProgramHarrisburgPA#DIV/0!REQ0
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium ProgramFort Sam HoustonTX0%REQ02207853
What Are the Most Research-Heavy Anesthesiology Programs?

Here are the anesthesiology programs with the highest average publications among matched applicants:

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program
  • University of California (San Francisco) Program
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program
  • University of Maryland Program
What Are the Least Research-Heavy Anesthesiology Programs?

Here are the anesthesiology programs with the lowest average publications among matched applicants:

  • University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Ocala) Program (one publication on average)
  • Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Program (one publication on average)
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program (two publications on average)
  • Over 40 programs with two publications on average

Which Anesthesiology Residency Programs Have the Most MD-PhDs?

Are you hoping to get into an anesthesiology residency program? Having an MD-PhD may help you stand out, but it’s not always necessary.

As noted previously, having an MD-PhD is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into anesthesiology as a specialty. Note that this is a relatively small advantage (~5% match rate increase for those with a PhD vs. those without).

Check out this list of anesthesiology residency programs in the US and their MD-PhD percentages.

Anesthesiology residency nameCityState% current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs# current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD programAverage number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicantsAverage number of research experiences among matched applicants% matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application)% matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application)Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation% completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans% completed residents with plans to continue training in another program% completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position% completed residents with other career plansTotal # Residents on Duty
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium ProgramSt LouisMO12%103494OPT165727083
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University ProgramStanfordCA8%7454016OPT374120293
Oregon Health & Science University ProgramPortlandOR8%434514OPT60328052
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ProgramBostonMA6%43528OPT38512066
Maine Medical Center ProgramPortlandME5%12503OPT305020019
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital ProgramCamdenNJ5%12100OPT50500020
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) ProgramNew YorkNY5%446242OPT0955078
University of Toledo ProgramToledoOH5%12200OPT105040019
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA4%23413REQ256510055
Yale-New Haven Medical Center ProgramNew HavenCT4%33428OPT01508583
Johns Hopkins University ProgramBaltimoreMD4%3451414OPT20718077
Brigham and Women's Hospital ProgramBostonMA4%4453816OPT116811997
Massachusetts General Hospital ProgramBostonMA4%446249OPT865224103
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center ProgramSan DiegoCA3%13389OPT52480040
University of Kansas School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityKS3%122010OPT265316534
Boston University Medical Center ProgramBostonMA3%12526OPT2040202037
UMass Chan Medical School ProgramWorcesterMA3%13422OPT21790032
University of Michigan Health System ProgramAnn ArborMI3%333208REQ1571103113
University of Minnesota ProgramMinneapolisMN3%13564OPT86231038
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine ProgramOmahaNE3%1331510OPT36604038
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) ProgramNew YorkNY3%344138OPT127684103
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai Hospital) ProgramNew YorkNY3%334104OPT0301258104
Duke University Hospital ProgramDurhamNC3%244277OPT4960059
University of California (Irvine) ProgramOrangeCA2%13405OPT30654048
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium ProgramLoma LindaCA2%1220458
University of Chicago ProgramChicagoIL2%13397OPT11836066
Ochsner Clinic Foundation ProgramNew OrleansLA2%13375REQ17830043
Henry Ford Hospital ProgramDetroitMI2%12403OPT8884048
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) ProgramRochesterMN2%1341812OPT49438056
Westchester Medical Center ProgramValhallaNY2%13320OPT44506041
University of North Carolina Hospitals ProgramChapel HillNC2%1331415OPT11890054
Wake Forest University School of Medicine ProgramWinston-SalemNC2%1321311OPT50437056
University of California (San Francisco) ProgramSan FranciscoCA1%144276OPT57714582
Cleveland Clinic Foundation ProgramClevelandOH1%13353OPT26695088
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ProgramDallasTX1%1431111OPT48482279
University of Alabama Medical Center ProgramBirminghamAL0%32258OPT38555384
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson ProgramTucsonAZ0%2206OPT58380440
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) ProgramPhoenixAZ0%23115OPT43430149
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine ProgramLittle RockAR0%2544OPT393921055
Riverside University Health System ProgramMoreno ValleyCA0%23014NA45450920
Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) ProgramVisaliaCA0%22010OPT01000016
St Joseph's Medical Center ProgramStocktonCA0%NA9
HCA Healthcare Riverside ProgramRiversideCA0%38013REQ14
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center ProgramTorranceCA0%2305OPT21717032
Naval Medical Center (San Diego) ProgramSan DiegoCA0%19
University of California Davis Health ProgramSacramentoCA0%3336OPT2727123557
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA0%3313OPT519195772
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA0%451710OPT375382102
University of Colorado ProgramAuroraCO0%341010OPT483431454
University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Ocala) ProgramOcalaFL0%1326NA10000026
Emory University School of Medicine ProgramAtlantaGA0%33106OPT384517053
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago ProgramChicagoIL0%3303OPT137141350
Loyola University Medical Center ProgramMaywoodIL0%3309OPT265619054
Cook County Health and Hospitals System ProgramChicagoIL0%2422OPT12820637
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center ProgramChicagoIL0%1200REQ13870020
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University ProgramChicagoIL0%331510OPT00010075
Rush University Medical Center ProgramChicagoIL0%2327OPT96418979
Indiana University School of Medicine ProgramIndianapolisIN0%2225OPT661513679
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ProgramIowa CityIA0%2341OPT50433360
University of Kansas (Wichita) ProgramWichitaKS0%REQ55004520
University of Kentucky College of Medicine ProgramLexingtonKY0%2207OPT413821059
University of Louisville School of Medicine ProgramLouisvilleKY0%2244OPT335611042
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) ProgramShreveportLA0%22010OPT38566031
Tulane University ProgramNew OrleansLA0%3307OPT94545022
Louisiana State University ProgramNew OrleansLA0%2300OPT3541121225
University of Maryland ProgramBaltimoreMD0%4335OPT12880051
Lahey Clinic ProgramBurlingtonMA0%3400OPT33670024
UMass Chan - Baystate ProgramSpringfieldMA0%2204OPT33607036
Tufts Medical Center ProgramBostonMA0%3302OPT163254729
St Elizabeth's Medical Center ProgramBostonMA0%2402OPT286111036
Wayne State University School of Medicine ProgramPontiacMI0%2307OPT23698018
McLaren Health Care/Oakland/MSU ProgramPontiacMI0%OPT00010011
McLaren Health Care/Greater Lansing/MSU ProgramLansingMI0%OPT3813252616
Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) ProgramRoyal OakMI0%4200OPT33670024
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University ProgramDetroitMI0%2400OPT32680049
University of Mississippi Medical Center ProgramJacksonMS0%2266OPT256510038
University of Missouri-Columbia ProgramColumbiaMO0%2248OPT603010019
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityMO0%REQ363627024
St Louis University School of Medicine ProgramSt. LouisMO0%2202OPT45455539
HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education ProgramLas VegasNV0%2200NA17830031
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital ProgramLebanonNH0%3522OPT335313031
Hackensack University Medical Center ProgramHackensackNJ0%2300OPT13
Rutgers Health/Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center ProgramLivingstonNJ0%OPT332233119
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School ProgramNewarkNJ0%3305OPT65314042
St Joseph's University Medical Center ProgramPatersonNJ0%23013OPT503801323
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ProgramNew BrunswickNJ0%23014NA37535535
University of New Mexico School of Medicine ProgramAlbuquerqueNM0%21703OPT136020729
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell ProgramManhassetNY0%3303REQ502517825
Nuvance Health ProgramPoughkeepsieNY0%2550NA00010012
New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital ProgramNew YorkNY0%2400NA11
Maimonides Medical Center ProgramBrooklynNY0%2304NA43520532
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital ProgramBrooklynNY0%OPT27730014
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside/West) ProgramNew YorkNY0%33110OPT206416056
University of Rochester ProgramRochesterNY0%3446OPT394614066
University at Buffalo ProgramBuffaloNY0%2247OPT036442046
NYU Grossman School of Medicine ProgramNew YorkNY0%3354OPT0099189
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ProgramBrooklynNY0%2411OPT58380467
SUNY Upstate Medical University ProgramSyracuseNY0%2205OPT373726045
Albany Medical Center ProgramAlbanyNY0%25310REQ45459025
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital ProgramStony BrookNY0%33412OPT35650040
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine ProgramBronxNY0%3312OPT06337062
OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital ProgramColumbusOH0%OPT7525008
Kettering Health Network ProgramDaytonOH0%REQ600202011
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/South Pointe Hospital ProgramWarrensville HeightsOH0%REQ50500012
Ohio State University Hospital ProgramColumbusOH0%34415OPT335017063
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine ProgramCincinnatiOH0%2353OPT254431033
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ProgramClevelandOH0%3338REQ196711455
The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University ProgramClevelandOH0%2403OPT31548824
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences ProgramTulsaOK0%OPT10000012
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ProgramOklahoma CityOK0%23105OPT2125421248
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium ProgramFort Sam HoustonTX0%REQ02207853
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine ProgramSan AntonioTX0%2307OPT61324462
Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) ProgramTempleTX0%23106OPT413524040
Baylor College of Medicine ProgramHoustonTX0%331116OPT12805274
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ProgramHoustonTX0%33211OPT395164107
University of Utah Health ProgramSalt Lake CityUT0%35138OPT167212049
University of Vermont Medical Center ProgramBurlingtonVT0%2237OPT233831824
McLaren Health Care Corporation ProgramFlintMI0%0
UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg) ProgramHarrisburgPA0%REQ0

Anesthesiology Programs with the Highest Percentage of MD-PhDs

Here are the anesthesiology programs with the highest reported % of residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs:

  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program (12%)
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program/Oregon Health & Science University Program (8%)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Program (6%)
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program (5%)
  • Johns Hopkins University Program/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Program/Massachusetts General Hospital Program(4%)
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program (3%)
  • University of California (Irvine) Program (2%)

Anesthesiology Programs with the Lowest Percentage of MD-PhDs

While having an MD-PhD can give you a leg up on matching into anesthesiology, note that there are many (many) programs without an MD-PhD among their residents. In fact, there there were only 36 programs that reported having any graduates from MD-PhD programs.

Which Anesthesiology Programs Have the Most AOA and Gold Humanism Honor Society Members?

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) memberships are two important factors in the anesthesiology residency matching process. AOA recognizes students and residents who excel academically, in leadership, and in professionalism, while GHHS recognizes individuals who show exceptional qualities in patient-centered care and humanism.

As noted before, AOA membership is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into anesthesiology.

Here we list the US anesthesiology residency programs and the % of their residents who were AOA or GHHS members. Note you can search for individual programs, sort the data, and many other useful things in your anesthesiology residency search.

Anesthesiology residency nameCityState% matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application)% matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application)# current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program% current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programsAverage number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicantsAverage number of research experiences among matched applicantsProgram curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation% completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans% completed residents with plans to continue training in another program% completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position% completed residents with other career plansTotal # Residents on Duty
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University ProgramStanfordCA401678%45OPT374120293
Brigham and Women's Hospital ProgramBostonMA381644%45OPT116811997
University of California (San Francisco) ProgramSan FranciscoCA27611%44OPT57714582
Duke University Hospital ProgramDurhamNC27723%44OPT4960059
University of Alabama Medical Center ProgramBirminghamAL2580%32OPT38555384
Massachusetts General Hospital ProgramBostonMA24944%46OPT865224103
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) ProgramNew YorkNY24245%46OPT0955078
University of Michigan Health System ProgramAnn ArborMI20833%33REQ1571103113
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) ProgramRochesterMN181212%34OPT49438056
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA17100%45OPT375382102
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University ProgramChicagoIL15100%33OPT00010075
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine ProgramOmahaNE151013%33OPT36604038
Johns Hopkins University ProgramBaltimoreMD141434%45OPT20718077
University of North Carolina Hospitals ProgramChapel HillNC141512%33OPT11890054
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) ProgramNew YorkNY13833%44OPT127684103
Wake Forest University School of Medicine ProgramWinston-SalemNC131112%32OPT50437056
University of Utah Health ProgramSalt Lake CityUT1380%35OPT167212049
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) ProgramPhoenixAZ1150%23OPT43430149
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ProgramDallasTX111111%43OPT48482279
Baylor College of Medicine ProgramHoustonTX11160%33OPT12805274
University of Colorado ProgramAuroraCO10100%34OPT483431454
Emory University School of Medicine ProgramAtlantaGA1060%33OPT384517053
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai Hospital) ProgramNew YorkNY10433%34OPT0301258104
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ProgramOklahoma CityOK1050%23OPT2125421248
Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) ProgramTempleTX1060%23OPT413524040
University of Chicago ProgramChicagoIL9712%33OPT11836066
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium ProgramSt LouisMO941012%34OPT165727083
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center ProgramSan DiegoCA8913%33OPT52480040
Ochsner Clinic Foundation ProgramNew OrleansLA7512%33REQ17830043
University of Minnesota ProgramMinneapolisMN6413%35OPT86231038
University of Mississippi Medical Center ProgramJacksonMS660%22OPT256510038
Nuvance Health ProgramPoughkeepsieNY500%25NA00010012
NYU Grossman School of Medicine ProgramNew YorkNY540%33OPT0099189
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine ProgramCincinnatiOH530%23OPT254431033
Cleveland Clinic Foundation ProgramClevelandOH5311%33OPT26695088
Oregon Health & Science University ProgramPortlandOR51448%34OPT60328052
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine ProgramLittle RockAR440%25OPT393921055
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ProgramIowa CityIA410%23OPT50433360
University of Louisville School of Medicine ProgramLouisvilleKY440%22OPT335611042
University of Missouri-Columbia ProgramColumbiaMO480%22OPT603010019
University of Rochester ProgramRochesterNY460%34OPT394614066
University at Buffalo ProgramBuffaloNY470%22OPT036442046
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital ProgramStony BrookNY4120%33OPT35650040
Ohio State University Hospital ProgramColumbusOH4150%34OPT335017063
University of California Davis Health ProgramSacramentoCA360%33OPT2727123557
University of Maryland ProgramBaltimoreMD350%43OPT12880051
Albany Medical Center ProgramAlbanyNY3100%25REQ45459025
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ProgramClevelandOH380%33REQ196711455
University of Vermont Medical Center ProgramBurlingtonVT370%22OPT233831824
Yale-New Haven Medical Center ProgramNew HavenCT2834%34OPT01508583
University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Ocala) ProgramOcalaFL260%13NA10000026
Cook County Health and Hospitals System ProgramChicagoIL220%24OPT12820637
Rush University Medical Center ProgramChicagoIL270%23OPT96418979
Indiana University School of Medicine ProgramIndianapolisIN250%22OPT661513679
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ProgramBostonMA2846%35OPT38512066
Boston University Medical Center ProgramBostonMA2613%25OPT2040202037
UMass Chan Medical School ProgramWorcesterMA2213%34OPT21790032
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital ProgramLebanonNH220%35OPT335313031
Westchester Medical Center ProgramValhallaNY2012%33OPT44506041
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ProgramHoustonTX2110%33OPT395164107
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA130%33OPT519195772
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ProgramLos AngelesCA1324%34REQ256510055
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside/West) ProgramNew YorkNY1100%33OPT206416056
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ProgramBrooklynNY110%24OPT58380467
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine ProgramBronxNY120%33OPT06337062
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson ProgramTucsonAZ060%22OPT58380440
Riverside University Health System ProgramMoreno ValleyCA0140%23NA45450920
Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) ProgramVisaliaCA0100%22OPT01000016
St Joseph's Medical Center ProgramStocktonCA0%NA9
HCA Healthcare Riverside ProgramRiversideCA0130%38REQ14
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center ProgramTorranceCA050%23OPT21717032
Naval Medical Center (San Diego) ProgramSan DiegoCA0%19
University of California (Irvine) ProgramOrangeCA0512%34OPT30654048
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium ProgramLoma LindaCA0412%2258
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago ProgramChicagoIL030%33OPT137141350
Loyola University Medical Center ProgramMaywoodIL090%33OPT265619054
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center ProgramChicagoIL000%12REQ13870020
University of Kansas School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityKS01013%22OPT265316534
University of Kansas (Wichita) ProgramWichitaKS0%REQ55004520
University of Kentucky College of Medicine ProgramLexingtonKY070%22OPT413821059
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) ProgramShreveportLA0100%22OPT38566031
Tulane University ProgramNew OrleansLA070%33OPT94545022
Louisiana State University ProgramNew OrleansLA000%23OPT3541121225
Maine Medical Center ProgramPortlandME0315%25OPT305020019
Lahey Clinic ProgramBurlingtonMA000%34OPT33670024
UMass Chan - Baystate ProgramSpringfieldMA040%22OPT33607036
Tufts Medical Center ProgramBostonMA020%33OPT163254729
St Elizabeth's Medical Center ProgramBostonMA020%24OPT286111036
McLaren Health Care Corporation ProgramFlintMI#DIV/0!0
Wayne State University School of Medicine ProgramPontiacMI070%23OPT23698018
McLaren Health Care/Oakland/MSU ProgramPontiacMI0%OPT00010011
McLaren Health Care/Greater Lansing/MSU ProgramLansingMI0%OPT3813252616
Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) ProgramRoyal OakMI000%42OPT33670024
Henry Ford Hospital ProgramDetroitMI0312%24OPT8884048
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University ProgramDetroitMI000%24OPT32680049
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityMO0%REQ363627024
St Louis University School of Medicine ProgramSt. LouisMO020%22OPT45455539
HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education ProgramLas VegasNV000%22NA17830031
Hackensack University Medical Center ProgramHackensackNJ000%23OPT13
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital ProgramCamdenNJ0015%21OPT50500020
Rutgers Health/Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center ProgramLivingstonNJ0%OPT332233119
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School ProgramNewarkNJ050%33OPT65314042
St Joseph's University Medical Center ProgramPatersonNJ0130%23OPT503801323
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ProgramNew BrunswickNJ0140%23NA37535535
University of New Mexico School of Medicine ProgramAlbuquerqueNM030%217OPT136020729
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell ProgramManhassetNY030%33REQ502517825
New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital ProgramNew YorkNY000%24NA11
Maimonides Medical Center ProgramBrooklynNY040%23NA43520532
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital ProgramBrooklynNY0%OPT27730014
SUNY Upstate Medical University ProgramSyracuseNY050%22OPT373726045
OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital ProgramColumbusOH0%OPT7525008
Kettering Health Network ProgramDaytonOH0%REQ600202011
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/South Pointe Hospital ProgramWarrensville HeightsOH0%REQ50500012
University of Toledo ProgramToledoOH0015%22OPT105040019
The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University ProgramClevelandOH030%24OPT31548824
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences ProgramTulsaOK0%OPT10000012
UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg) ProgramHarrisburgPA#DIV/0!REQ0
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium ProgramFort Sam HoustonTX0%REQ02207853
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine ProgramSan AntonioTX070%23OPT61324462
Anesthesiology Programs with the Most and Least AOA and GHHS Members

The anesthesiology residency programs with the highest reported percentage of AOA members are:

  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital Program
  • University of California (San Francisco) Program
  • Duke University Hospital Program
  • University of Alabama Medical Center Program
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program

The anesthesiology residency programs with the lowest reported percentage of AOA members are:

  • University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program
  • University of California Davis Health Program
Are AOA Numbers Artificially Low in the Most Competitive Anesthesiology Residency Programs?

As we can see above, while AOA and GHHS membership can be beneficial, it’s not necessarily a critical factor in being accepted into an anesthesiology residency program.

For example, Cornell had only 24% of its residents with AOA membership and only 2% with GHHS membership. (The Cornell anesthesiology program is a New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program).

So, why might some of the most competitive anesthesiology residency programs have fewer AOA and GHHS members? One potential explanation is that some of the most prestigious medical schools don’t have AOA chapters. For example, the medical schools at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and UCSF all lack AOA chapters.

Ultimately, it’s essential to remember that AOA and GHHS membership can be important factors in getting accepted into an anesthesiology residency program. However, they’re not the only ones. There are plenty of other ways to make your application stand out, such as having strong USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, and a well-crafted personal statement.

Concluding Thoughts

Publications; AOA and GHHS membership; and having a PhD can all benefit an application into anesthesiology. However, as we can see, there are different anesthesiology residency programs that have different expectations as to what they are looking for in applicants.

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