Are you looking to get into the internal medicine/pediatrics residency program of your dreams? We’ve got you covered! Here, we’ll give you the inside scoop on which internal medicine/pediatrics (Med-Ped) programs have the highest and lowest publications, MD-PhDs, AOA, and Gold Humanism members among matched applicants. So, if you’re curious about internal medicine/pediatrics or have a specific program in mind, you can learn all the details you need to maximize your chances of becoming a Med-Ped.
Which Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Programs Require the Most Research?
As discussed previously, matched internal medicine/pediatrics applicants have some of the lowest numbers of abstracts, presentations, and publications.
But how many publications are expected of each internal medicine/pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics 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.)
| Residency program name | City | State | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average 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 plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 5 | 4 | 0% | 20 | 55 | OPT | 13 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 16 | |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 4 | 5 | 0% | 42 | 58 | OPT | 29 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program | Miami | FL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5% | 8 | 44 | REQ | 20 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 20 |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 4 | 3 | 0% | 30 | 55 | OPT | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 16 | |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4% | 43 | 27 | NA | 0 | 67 | 25 | 8 | 24 |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 4 | 3 | 0% | 50 | 30 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 4 | 3 | 0% | 20 | 20 | OPT | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 4 | 5 | 0% | 50 | 40 | OPT | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 50 | 64 | OPT | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 16 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 4 | 3 | 0% | 50 | 30 | OPT | 33 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 23 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 4 | 2 | 0% | 30 | 25 | OPT | 13 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 16 | |
| Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program | New Haven | CT | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6% | 30 | 25 | OPT | 0 | 38 | 0 | 63 | 16 |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Christiana Care Health Services Program | Newark | DE | 3 | 4 | 0% | 10 | 29 | OPT | 13 | 25 | 63 | 0 | 17 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 26 | OPT | 13 | 63 | 13 | 13 | 15 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 3 | 2 | 0% | 11 | 11 | OPT | 13 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2% | 28 | 34 | OPT | 45 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 41 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | MO | 3 | 2 | 0% | 7 | 20 | OPT | 25 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 23 | |
| Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program | Newark | NJ | 3 | 3 | 0% | 20 | 15 | OPT | 29 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 3 | 2 | 0% | 30 | 35 | OPT | 0 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 32 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Stony Brook | NY | 3 | 3 | 0% | 13 | 19 | OPT | 14 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 12 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3% | 38 | 26 | OPT | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 3 | 3 | 0% | 43 | 54 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 28 | |
| Brown University Program | Providence | RI | 3 | 3 | 0% | 35 | 45 | REQ | 13 | 63 | 25 | 0 | 16 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 3 | 3 | 0% | 35 | 35 | OPT | 6 | 50 | 19 | 25 | 33 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 23 | OPT | 63 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 32 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 3 | 2 | 0% | 15 | 10 | OPT | 14 | 29 | 57 | 0 | 15 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 3 | 1 | 0% | 20 | 23 | OPT | 0 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 24 | |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5% | 4 | 24 | OPT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program | Peoria | IL | 2 | 3 | 0% | 7 | 20 | OPT | 47 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 32 | |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Program | Jackson | MS | 2 | 2 | 0% | 17 | 38 | OPT | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 19 | |
| Albany Medical Center Program | Cohoes | NY | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6% | 0 | 20 | OPT | 0 | 38 | 63 | 0 | 16 |
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program | Greenville | NC | 2 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 20 | OPT | 45 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 24 | |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 2 | 3 | 0% | 3 | 10 | REQ | 17 | 50 | 25 | 8 | 24 | |
| Medical University of South Carolina Program | Charleston | SC | 2 | 3 | 0% | 32 | 37 | OPT | 50 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Tennessee Program | Memphis | TN | 2 | 2 | 0% | 16 | 28 | OPT | 36 | 40 | 8 | 16 | 49 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 1 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 13 | OPT | 56 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| USA Health Program | Mobile | AL | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 8 | |||||
| Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University Program | Flint | MI | 0% | OPT | 17 | 50 | 0 | 33 | 12 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) Program | Royal Oak | MI | 0% | REQ | 0 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 14 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | OPT | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 0% | NA | 12 | |||||||||
| University at Buffalo Program | Buffalo | NY | 0% | OPT | 29 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 17 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) Program | Tulsa | OK | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | OPT | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | OPT | 22 | 22 | 56 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 1 | 6% | OPT | 14 | 57 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greenville) Program | Greenville | SC | 0% | OPT | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 1 | 8% | OPT | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Marshall University School of Medicine Program | Huntington | WV | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 0% | OPT | 0 | 57 | 29 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| Marshfield Clinic Program | Marshfield | WI | 0% | OPT | 33 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 8 |
What Are the Most Research-Heavy Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Programs?
Here are the internal medicine/pediatrics programs with the highest average publications among matched applicants:
- MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program (5 publications on average)
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program and other nine programs (4 publications on average)
- Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program (3 publications on average)
- 15 programs with three publications on average
What Are the Least Research-Heavy Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Programs?
Here are the internal medicine/pediatrics programs with the lowest average publications among matched applicants:
- University of South Florida Morsani Program (2 publications on average)
- 7 programs with two publications on average
- University of Missouri-Columbia Program (one publication on average)
Which Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Programs Have the Most MD-PhDs?
Are you hoping to get into an internal medicine/pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics as a specialty. Note that this is a relatively modest advantage (~8% match rate increase for those with a PhD vs. those without).
Check out this list of internal medicine/pediatrics residency programs in the US and their MD-PhD percentages.
| Residency program name | City | State | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average 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 plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 19% | 3 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 64 | OPT | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 16 |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 8% | 1 | OPT | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program | New Haven | CT | 6% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 25 | OPT | 0 | 38 | 0 | 63 | 16 |
| Albany Medical Center Program | Cohoes | NY | 6% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | OPT | 0 | 38 | 63 | 0 | 16 |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 6% | 1 | OPT | 14 | 57 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program | Miami | FL | 5% | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 44 | REQ | 20 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 20 |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 5% | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 24 | OPT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 4% | 1 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 27 | NA | 0 | 67 | 25 | 8 | 24 |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 3% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 26 | OPT | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 2% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 34 | OPT | 45 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 41 |
| USA Health Program | Mobile | AL | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 8 | |||||
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 0% | 4 | 5 | 42 | 58 | OPT | 29 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Christiana Care Health Services Program | Newark | DE | 0% | 3 | 4 | 10 | 29 | OPT | 13 | 25 | 63 | 0 | 17 | |
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 0% | 5 | 4 | 20 | 55 | OPT | 13 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 16 | |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 4 | 3 | 30 | 55 | OPT | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | OPT | 13 | 63 | 13 | 13 | 15 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 0% | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | OPT | 13 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program | Peoria | IL | 0% | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 | OPT | 47 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 32 | |
| Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University Program | Flint | MI | 0% | OPT | 17 | 50 | 0 | 33 | 12 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) Program | Royal Oak | MI | 0% | REQ | 0 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 14 | |||||
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Program | Jackson | MS | 0% | 2 | 2 | 17 | 38 | OPT | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 19 | |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | MO | 0% | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | OPT | 25 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 23 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 0% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | OPT | 56 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | OPT | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program | Newark | NJ | 0% | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | OPT | 29 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 16 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 0% | NA | 12 | |||||||||
| University at Buffalo Program | Buffalo | NY | 0% | OPT | 29 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 17 | |||||
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | 3 | 2 | 30 | 35 | OPT | 0 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 32 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Stony Brook | NY | 0% | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | OPT | 14 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 12 | |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 0% | 4 | 3 | 50 | 30 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25 | |
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program | Greenville | NC | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | OPT | 45 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 24 | |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 0% | 3 | 3 | 43 | 54 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 28 | |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | REQ | 17 | 50 | 25 | 8 | 24 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | OPT | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) Program | Tulsa | OK | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | OPT | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | OPT | 22 | 22 | 56 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 0% | 4 | 5 | 50 | 40 | OPT | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Brown University Program | Providence | RI | 0% | 3 | 3 | 35 | 45 | REQ | 13 | 63 | 25 | 0 | 16 | |
| Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greenville) Program | Greenville | SC | 0% | OPT | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Medical University of South Carolina Program | Charleston | SC | 0% | 2 | 3 | 32 | 37 | OPT | 50 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 16 | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 0% | 4 | 3 | 50 | 30 | OPT | 33 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 23 | |
| University of Tennessee Program | Memphis | TN | 0% | 2 | 2 | 16 | 28 | OPT | 36 | 40 | 8 | 16 | 49 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | 4 | 2 | 30 | 25 | OPT | 13 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 16 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 3 | 3 | 35 | 35 | OPT | 6 | 50 | 19 | 25 | 33 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | OPT | 63 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 32 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | OPT | 14 | 29 | 57 | 0 | 15 | |
| Marshall University School of Medicine Program | Huntington | WV | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 0% | OPT | 0 | 57 | 29 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| Marshfield Clinic Program | Marshfield | WI | 0% | OPT | 33 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 | 23 | OPT | 0 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 24 |
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Programs with the Highest Percentage of MD-PhDs
Here are the internal medicine/pediatrics programs with the highest reported % of residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs:
- University of Pennsylvania Health System Program (19%)
- University of Utah Health Program (8%)
- Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program (6%)
- Albany Medical Center Program (6%)
- Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program (6%)
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Programs with the Lowest Percentage of MD-PhDs
While having an MD-PhD can give you a leg up on matching into internal medicine/pediatrics, note that there are many (many) programs without an MD-PhD among their residents. In fact, there were only 10 programs that reported having any graduates from MD-PhD programs.
Which Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics residency matching process. AOA recognizes students and residents who excel academically, in leadership, and in professionalism, while GHHS recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional qualities in patient-centered care and humanism.
As noted before, AOA membership is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into internal medicine/pediatrics.
Here we list the US internal medicine/pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics residency search.
| Residency program name | City | State | % 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 programs | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | 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 plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 50 | 30 | 0% | 4 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 25 | |
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 50 | 40 | 0% | 4 | 5 | OPT | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 50 | 64 | 3 | 19% | 4 | 4 | OPT | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 16 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 50 | 30 | 0% | 4 | 3 | OPT | 33 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 23 | |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 43 | 27 | 1 | 4% | 4 | 4 | NA | 0 | 67 | 25 | 8 | 24 |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 43 | 54 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 28 | |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 42 | 58 | 0% | 4 | 5 | OPT | 29 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 38 | 26 | 1 | 3% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 |
| Brown University Program | Providence | RI | 35 | 45 | 0% | 3 | 3 | REQ | 13 | 63 | 25 | 0 | 16 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 35 | 35 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 6 | 50 | 19 | 25 | 33 | |
| Medical University of South Carolina Program | Charleston | SC | 32 | 37 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 50 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 16 | |
| Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program | New Haven | CT | 30 | 25 | 1 | 6% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 0 | 38 | 0 | 63 | 16 |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 30 | 55 | 0% | 4 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 30 | 35 | 0% | 3 | 2 | OPT | 0 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 32 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 30 | 25 | 0% | 4 | 2 | OPT | 13 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 28 | 34 | 1 | 2% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 45 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 41 |
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 20 | 55 | 0% | 5 | 4 | OPT | 13 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 16 | |
| Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program | Newark | NJ | 20 | 15 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 29 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 16 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 20 | 20 | 0% | 4 | 3 | OPT | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 20 | 23 | 0% | 3 | 1 | OPT | 0 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 24 | |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Program | Jackson | MS | 17 | 38 | 0% | 2 | 2 | OPT | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 19 | |
| University of Tennessee Program | Memphis | TN | 16 | 28 | 0% | 2 | 2 | OPT | 36 | 40 | 8 | 16 | 49 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 15 | 10 | 0% | 3 | 2 | OPT | 14 | 29 | 57 | 0 | 15 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Stony Brook | NY | 13 | 19 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 14 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 12 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 11 | 11 | 0% | 3 | 2 | OPT | 13 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 15 | |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Christiana Care Health Services Program | Newark | DE | 10 | 29 | 0% | 3 | 4 | OPT | 13 | 25 | 63 | 0 | 17 | |
| University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program | Miami | FL | 8 | 44 | 1 | 5% | 4 | 3 | REQ | 20 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 20 |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program | Peoria | IL | 7 | 20 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 47 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 32 | |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | MO | 7 | 20 | 0% | 3 | 2 | OPT | 25 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 23 | |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 4 | 24 | 1 | 5% | 2 | 4 | OPT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 3 | 10 | 0% | 2 | 3 | REQ | 17 | 50 | 25 | 8 | 24 | |
| USA Health Program | Mobile | AL | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 8 | |||||
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0 | 26 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 13 | 63 | 13 | 13 | 15 | |
| Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University Program | Flint | MI | 0% | OPT | 17 | 50 | 0 | 33 | 12 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) Program | Royal Oak | MI | 0% | REQ | 0 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 14 | |||||
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 0 | 13 | 0% | 1 | 3 | OPT | 56 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | OPT | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 0% | NA | 12 | |||||||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Cohoes | NY | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 0 | 38 | 63 | 0 | 16 |
| University at Buffalo Program | Buffalo | NY | 0% | OPT | 29 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 17 | |||||
| Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program | Greenville | NC | 0 | 20 | 0% | 2 | 3 | OPT | 45 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 24 | |
| University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) Program | Tulsa | OK | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | OPT | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | OPT | 22 | 22 | 56 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 1 | 6% | OPT | 14 | 57 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greenville) Program | Greenville | SC | 0% | OPT | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 0 | 23 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 63 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 32 | |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 1 | 8% | OPT | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Marshall University School of Medicine Program | Huntington | WV | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 0% | OPT | 0 | 57 | 29 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| Marshfield Clinic Program | Marshfield | WI | 0% | OPT | 33 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 8 |
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Programs with the Most and Least AOA and GHHS Members
The internal medicine/pediatrics residency programs with the highest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- University of North Carolina Hospitals Program
- UPMC Medical Education Program
- University of Pennsylvania Health System Program
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program
- Duke University Hospital Program
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program
The internal medicine/pediatrics residency programs with the lowest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
- Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program
- Albany Medical Center Program
- University of Missouri-Columbia Program
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program
Are AOA Numbers Artificially Low in the Most Competitive Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics residency program.
For example, the University of South Florida internal medicine/pediatrics program only had 4% of its residents with AOA membership and only 24% with GHHS membership.
So, why might some of the most competitive internal medicine/pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics 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 internal medicine/pediatrics. However, as we can see, different internal medicine/pediatrics residency programs have different expectations as to what they are looking for in applicants.
