Are you looking to get into the otolaryngology residency program of your dreams? We’ve got you covered! Here, we’ll give you the inside scoop on which otolaryngology programs have the highest and lowest publications, MD-PhDs, AOA, and Gold Humanism members among matched applicants. So, if you’re curious about otolaryngology or have a specific program in mind, you can learn all the details you need to maximize your chances of becoming an otolaryngologist.
Which Otolaryngology Residency Programs Require the Most Research?
As discussed previously, matched otolaryngology applicants have some of the highest numbers of abstracts, presentations, and publications.
But how many publications are expected of each otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program | Little Rock | AR | 9 | 6 | 0% | 40 | 7 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Rush University Medical Center Program | Chicago | IL | 8 | 4 | 0% | 60 | 10 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 9 | |
| Medical University of South Carolina Program | Charleston | SC | 8 | 7 | 0% | 55 | 20 | REQ | 78 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 8 | 6 | 0% | 55 | 20 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of California (Irvine) Program | Orange | CA | 7 | 16 | 0% | 42 | 25 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | San Diego | CA | 7 | 12 | 2 | 15% | 31 | 15 | OPT | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program | Miami | FL | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5% | 37 | 16 | REQ | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Emory University School of Medicine Program | Atlanta | GA | 7 | 7 | 0% | 26 | 21 | REQ | 13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | KS | 7 | 10 | 2 | 10% | 40 | 35 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program | Lexington | KY | 7 | 4 | 0% | 24 | 18 | REQ | 67 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 16 | |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School Program | Boston | MA | 7 | 11 | 0% | 28 | 12 | REQ | 0 | 80 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |
| University of Michigan Health System Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9% | 63 | 33 | REQ | 13 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | St Louis | MO | 7 | 8 | 0% | 28 | 16 | REQ | 22 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 25 | |
| University at Buffalo Program | Buffalo | NY | 7 | 4 | 0% | 30 | 20 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15% | 31 | 0 | REQ | 0 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 13 |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Program | Syracuse | NY | 7 | 3 | 0% | 47 | 7 | 15 | ||||||
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 7 | 7 | 0% | 40 | 20 | REQ | 13 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 19 | |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5% | 58 | 16 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10% | 33 | 5 | REQ | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 7 | 9 | 0% | 63 | 4 | REQ | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 23 | |
| Oregon Health & Science University Program | Portland | OR | 7 | 7 | 0% | 60 | 13 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh) Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 7 | 8 | 0% | 39 | 26 | REQ | 25 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 24 | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4% | 40 | 20 | REQ | 27 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 7 | 5 | 0% | 27 | 18 | REQ | 50 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 12 | |
| University of California Davis Health Program | Sacramento | CA | 6 | 6 | 0% | 40 | 13 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5% | 5 | 10 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | CA | 6 | 10 | 0% | 35 | 9 | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Stanford | CA | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8% | 12 | 12 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program | Loma Linda | CA | 6 | 7 | 0% | 65 | 24 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 18 | |
| Kaiser Permanente Northern California Program | Oakland | CA | 6 | 8 | 0% | 30 | 40 | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| University of Colorado Program | Aurora | CO | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5% | 30 | 30 | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program | New Haven | CT | 6 | 10 | 0% | 13 | 27 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 16 | |
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 6 | 7 | 0% | 33 | 13 | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| University of Florida Program | Gainesville | FL | 6 | 4 | 0% | 29 | 7 | REQ | 40 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 6 | 6 | 0% | 50 | 14 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Program | Indianapolis | IN | 6 | 10 | 0% | 24 | 18 | REQ | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 16 | |
| Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program | Shreveport | LA | 6 | 6 | 0% | 33 | 0 | REQ | 33 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 15 | |
| Johns Hopkins University Program | Baltimore | MD | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5% | 27 | 9 | REQ | 9 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 6 | 3 | 0% | 31 | 15 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4% | 64 | 12 | REQ | 22 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 6 | 5 | 0% | 26 | 11 | REQ | 38 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 6 | 4 | 0% | 45 | 0 | REQ | 20 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 11 | |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 6 | 5 | 0% | 60 | 13 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5% | 20 | 0 | REQ | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 20 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 6 | 6 | 0% | 30 | 5 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 6 | 5 | 0% | 50 | 0 | REQ | 14 | 0 | 71 | 14 | 15 | |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 6 | 4 | 0% | 53 | 33 | REQ | 60 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 6 | 6 | 0% | 55 | 15 | REQ | 50 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 19 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 6 | 6 | 0% | 55 | 5 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 25 | 76 | 20 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 6 | 8 | 0% | 50 | 17 | REQ | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 6 | 13 | 0% | 25 | 8 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 6 | 8 | 0% | 56 | 24 | REQ | 20 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 24 | |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 6 | 11 | 3 | 12% | 28 | 4 | REQ | 50 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program | Galveston | TX | 6 | 7 | 0% | 53 | 7 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 6 | 6 | 0% | 43 | 14 | REQ | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 13 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4% | 44 | 16 | REQ | 10 | 80 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 6 | 6 | 0% | 60 | 7 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5% | 5 | 21 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7% | 40 | 20 | REQ | 33 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 5 | 4 | 0% | 65 | 30 | REQ | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8% | 36 | 16 | REQ | 33 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| Medical College of Georgia Program | Augusta | GA | 5 | 4 | 0% | 31 | 8 | REQ | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program | Chicago | IL | 5 | 3 | 0% | 43 | 7 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 5 | 9 | 0% | 38 | 15 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 5 | 5 | 0% | 53 | 13 | REQ | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 15 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 5 | 5 | 0% | 53 | 13 | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program | Iowa City | IA | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17% | 38 | 21 | REQ | 18 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| Tulane University Program | New Orleans | LA | 5 | 6 | 0% | 53 | 7 | REQ | 17 | 17 | 67 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Maryland Program | Baltimore | MD | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7% | 33 | 20 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Boston University Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 5 | 5 | 0% | 22 | 11 | REQ | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 17 | |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Program | Detroit | MI | 5 | 6 | 0% | 15 | 5 | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program | Newark | NJ | 5 | 9 | 0% | 27 | 18 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York Eye and Ear Infirmary/Mount Sinai) Program | New York | NY | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3% | 43 | 13 | REQ | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 5 | 7 | 0% | 9 | 18 | REQ | 0 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 11 | |
| University of Tennessee Program | Memphis | TN | 5 | 4 | 0% | 45 | 25 | REQ | 50 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 5 | 6 | 0% | 33 | 13 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 5 | 4 | 0% | 40 | 7 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 5 | 4 | 0% | 27 | 27 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Louisiana State University Program | New Orleans | LA | 4 | 4 | 0% | 35 | 15 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 4 | 5 | 0% | 46 | 0 | REQ | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 12 | |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Program | Jackson | MS | 3 | 4 | 0% | 67 | 20 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program | Tucson | AZ | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) Program | Phoenix | AZ | 0% | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Naval Medical Center (San Diego) Program | San Diego | CA | 0% | 8 | ||||||||||
| University of Connecticut Program | Farmington | CT | 0% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| George Washington University Program | Washington | DC | 0% | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| National Capital Consortium Program | Bethesda | MD | 0% | 14 | ||||||||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Program | Jacksonville | FL | #DIV/0! | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Tripler Army Medical Center Program | Tripler AMC | HI | 0% | 0 | 25 | 0 | 75 | 10 | ||||||
| Southern Illinois University Program | Springfield | IL | 0% | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Program | Louisville | KY | 0% | REQ | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 12 | |||||
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program | Boston | MA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Tufts Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 1 | 10% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||||
| McLaren Health Care/Oakland/MSU Program | Pontiac | MI | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital Program | Warren | MI | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Program | Clinton Township | MI | 0% | REQ | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) Program | Farmington Hills | MI | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Detroit Medical Center Corporation Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | REQ | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kansas City University GME Consortium (KCU-GME Consortium)/Freeman Program | Joplin | MO | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | St Louis | MO | 0% | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Program | Las Vegas | NV | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program | Camden | NJ | 0% | REQ | 3 | |||||||||
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program | Albuquerque | NM | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Westchester Medical Center Program | Vahalla | NY | #DIV/0! | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stony Brook Medicine Program | Stony Brook | NY | 0% | REQ | 5 | |||||||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | New Hyde Park | NY | 1 | 17% | REQ | 6 | ||||||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||||||
| OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 5 | |||||
| Western Reserve Hospital Program | Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Kettering Health Network Program | Dayton | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |||||
| St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Program | Boardman | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Program | Tulsa | OK | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Program | Easton | PA | 0% | REQ | 2 | |||||||||
| Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium Program | Pittsburgh | PA | #DIV/0! | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| UPMC Medical Education (Erie) Program | Erie | PA | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | REQ | 0 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Puerto Rico Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Methodist Hospital (Houston) Program | Houston | TX | #DIV/0! | 0 | ||||||||||
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program | Lubbock | TX | 0% | REQ | 5 | |||||||||
| Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Program | Temple | TX | 0% | REQ | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | REQ | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program | JBSA-Fort Sam Houston | TX | 0% | 15 | ||||||||||
| University of Vermont Medical Center Program | Burlington | VT | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) Program | Portsmouth | VA | 0% | 9 | ||||||||||
| Madigan Army Medical Center Program | Tacoma | WA | 0% | REQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 |
What Are the Most Research-Heavy Otolaryngology Programs?
Here are the otolaryngology programs with the highest average publications among matched applicants:
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program (9 publications on average)
- Rush University Medical Center Program (8 publications on average)
- University of California (Irvine) Program (7 publications on average)
- Three programs with 8 publications on average
- Twenty programs with 7 publications on average
What Are the Least Research-Heavy Otolaryngology Programs?
Here are the otolaryngology programs with the lowest average publications among matched applicants:
- University of Alabama Medical Center Program (5 publications on average)
- West Virginia University Program / Louisiana State University Program(4 publications on average)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Program (3 publications on average)
- Nineteen programs with 5 publications on average
Which Otolaryngology Residency Programs Have the Most MD-PhDs?
Are you hoping to get into an otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology as a specialty. Note that this is a relatively higher advantage (~50% match rate increase for those with a PhD vs. those without).
Check out this list of otolaryngology 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 Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program | Iowa City | IA | 17% | 4 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 21 | REQ | 18 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | New Hyde Park | NY | 17% | 1 | REQ | 6 | ||||||||
| University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | San Diego | CA | 15% | 2 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 15 | OPT | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 15% | 2 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 0 | REQ | 0 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 13 |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 12% | 3 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 4 | REQ | 50 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | KS | 10% | 2 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 35 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Tufts Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 10% | 1 | REQ | 25 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||||
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 10% | 2 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 5 | REQ | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Michigan Health System Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 9% | 2 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 33 | REQ | 13 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 8% | 2 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 16 | REQ | 33 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Stanford | CA | 8% | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| University of Maryland Program | Baltimore | MD | 7% | 1 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 7% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 20 | REQ | 33 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 5% | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Colorado Program | Aurora | CO | 5% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program | Miami | FL | 5% | 1 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 16 | REQ | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins University Program | Baltimore | MD | 5% | 1 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 9 | REQ | 9 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 5% | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 0 | REQ | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 20 |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 5% | 1 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 16 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 5% | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 4% | 1 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 12 | REQ | 22 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 4% | 1 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 20 | REQ | 27 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 4% | 1 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 16 | REQ | 10 | 80 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York Eye and Ear Infirmary/Mount Sinai) Program | New York | NY | 3% | 1 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 13 | REQ | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Program | Jacksonville | FL | 0% | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Westchester Medical Center Program | Vahalla | NY | 0% | 0 | ||||||||||
| Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 0% | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Methodist Hospital (Houston) Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 0 | ||||||||||
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | 5 | 4 | 65 | 30 | REQ | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program | Tucson | AZ | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) Program | Phoenix | AZ | 0% | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program | Little Rock | AR | 0% | 9 | 6 | 40 | 7 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Naval Medical Center (San Diego) Program | San Diego | CA | 0% | 8 | ||||||||||
| University of California Davis Health Program | Sacramento | CA | 0% | 6 | 6 | 40 | 13 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of California (Irvine) Program | Orange | CA | 0% | 7 | 16 | 42 | 25 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | CA | 0% | 6 | 10 | 35 | 9 | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program | Loma Linda | CA | 0% | 6 | 7 | 65 | 24 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 18 | |
| Kaiser Permanente Northern California Program | Oakland | CA | 0% | 6 | 8 | 30 | 40 | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| University of Connecticut Program | Farmington | CT | 0% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program | New Haven | CT | 0% | 6 | 10 | 13 | 27 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 16 | |
| George Washington University Program | Washington | DC | 0% | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| National Capital Consortium Program | Bethesda | MD | 0% | 14 | ||||||||||
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 0% | 6 | 7 | 33 | 13 | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| University of Florida Program | Gainesville | FL | 0% | 6 | 4 | 29 | 7 | REQ | 40 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 0% | 6 | 6 | 50 | 14 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Emory University School of Medicine Program | Atlanta | GA | 0% | 7 | 7 | 26 | 21 | REQ | 13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Medical College of Georgia Program | Augusta | GA | 0% | 5 | 4 | 31 | 8 | REQ | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Tripler Army Medical Center Program | Tripler AMC | HI | 0% | 0 | 25 | 0 | 75 | 10 | ||||||
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 5 | 3 | 43 | 7 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Rush University Medical Center Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 8 | 4 | 60 | 10 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 9 | |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 5 | 9 | 38 | 15 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 5 | 5 | 53 | 13 | REQ | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 15 | |
| Southern Illinois University Program | Springfield | IL | 0% | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 0% | 5 | 5 | 53 | 13 | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Program | Indianapolis | IN | 0% | 6 | 10 | 24 | 18 | REQ | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Program | Louisville | KY | 0% | REQ | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 12 | |||||
| University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program | Lexington | KY | 0% | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | REQ | 67 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 16 | |
| Tulane University Program | New Orleans | LA | 0% | 5 | 6 | 53 | 7 | REQ | 17 | 17 | 67 | 0 | 15 | |
| Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program | Shreveport | LA | 0% | 6 | 6 | 33 | 0 | REQ | 33 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 15 | |
| Louisiana State University Program | New Orleans | LA | 0% | 4 | 4 | 35 | 15 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program | Boston | MA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School Program | Boston | MA | 0% | 7 | 11 | 28 | 12 | REQ | 0 | 80 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |
| Boston University Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 0% | 5 | 5 | 22 | 11 | REQ | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 17 | |
| McLaren Health Care/Oakland/MSU Program | Pontiac | MI | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital Program | Warren | MI | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Program | Clinton Township | MI | 0% | REQ | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) Program | Farmington Hills | MI | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Detroit Medical Center Corporation Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | REQ | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | 6 | 3 | 31 | 15 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 0% | 6 | 5 | 26 | 11 | REQ | 38 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Program | Jackson | MS | 0% | 3 | 4 | 67 | 20 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Kansas City University GME Consortium (KCU-GME Consortium)/Freeman Program | Joplin | MO | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 0% | 6 | 4 | 45 | 0 | REQ | 20 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 11 | |
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | St Louis | MO | 0% | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | St Louis | MO | 0% | 7 | 8 | 28 | 16 | REQ | 22 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 25 | |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | 6 | 5 | 60 | 13 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Program | Las Vegas | NV | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program | Camden | NJ | 0% | REQ | 3 | |||||||||
| Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program | Newark | NJ | 0% | 5 | 9 | 27 | 18 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program | Albuquerque | NM | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Stony Brook Medicine Program | Stony Brook | NY | 0% | REQ | 5 | |||||||||
| University at Buffalo Program | Buffalo | NY | 0% | 7 | 4 | 30 | 20 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||||||
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 0% | 6 | 6 | 30 | 5 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Program | Syracuse | NY | 0% | 7 | 3 | 47 | 7 | 15 | ||||||
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 0% | 6 | 5 | 50 | 0 | REQ | 14 | 0 | 71 | 14 | 15 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | 7 | 7 | 40 | 20 | REQ | 13 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 0% | 6 | 4 | 53 | 33 | REQ | 60 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 5 | |||||
| Western Reserve Hospital Program | Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Kettering Health Network Program | Dayton | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |||||
| St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Program | Boardman | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 0% | 6 | 6 | 55 | 15 | REQ | 50 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 19 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 6 | 6 | 55 | 5 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 25 | 76 | 20 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 6 | 8 | 50 | 17 | REQ | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | 7 | 9 | 63 | 4 | REQ | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 23 | |
| Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Program | Tulsa | OK | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Oregon Health & Science University Program | Portland | OR | 0% | 7 | 7 | 60 | 13 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Program | Easton | PA | 0% | REQ | 2 | |||||||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| UPMC Medical Education (Erie) Program | Erie | PA | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 0% | 6 | 13 | 25 | 8 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | REQ | 0 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | REQ | 0 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 11 | |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | 6 | 8 | 56 | 24 | REQ | 20 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 24 | |
| UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh) Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 0% | 7 | 8 | 39 | 26 | REQ | 25 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 24 | |
| University of Puerto Rico Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Medical University of South Carolina Program | Charleston | SC | 0% | 8 | 7 | 55 | 20 | REQ | 78 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Tennessee Program | Memphis | TN | 0% | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | REQ | 50 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program | Lubbock | TX | 0% | REQ | 5 | |||||||||
| University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program | Galveston | TX | 0% | 6 | 7 | 53 | 7 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Program | Temple | TX | 0% | REQ | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |||||
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | 8 | 6 | 55 | 20 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 6 | 6 | 43 | 14 | REQ | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 13 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | REQ | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program | JBSA-Fort Sam Houston | TX | 0% | 15 | ||||||||||
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 0% | 6 | 6 | 60 | 7 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Vermont Medical Center Program | Burlington | VT | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 0% | 5 | 6 | 33 | 13 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 0% | 5 | 4 | 40 | 7 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | 7 | 5 | 27 | 18 | REQ | 50 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 12 | |
| Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) Program | Portsmouth | VA | 0% | 9 | ||||||||||
| Madigan Army Medical Center Program | Tacoma | WA | 0% | REQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 | |||||
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 0% | 4 | 5 | 46 | 0 | REQ | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 12 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | 5 | 4 | 27 | 27 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Otolaryngology Programs with the Highest Percentage of MD-PhDs
Here are the otolaryngology programs with the highest reported % of residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs:
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program (17%)
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program (17%)
- University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program (15%)
- University of Rochester Program (15%)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System Program (12%)
Otolaryngology Programs with the Lowest Percentage of MD-PhDs
While having an MD-PhD can give you a leg up on matching into otolaryngology, note that there are many (many) programs without an MD-PhD among their residents. In fact, there were only 24 programs that reported having any graduates from MD-PhD programs.
Which Otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology.
Here we list the US otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology 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 Mississippi Medical Center Program | Jackson | MS | 67 | 20 | 0% | 3 | 4 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 65 | 30 | 0% | 5 | 4 | REQ | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program | Loma Linda | CA | 65 | 24 | 0% | 6 | 7 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 18 | |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 64 | 12 | 1 | 4% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 22 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| University of Michigan Health System Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 63 | 33 | 2 | 9% | 7 | 8 | REQ | 13 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 63 | 4 | 0% | 7 | 9 | REQ | 0 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 23 | |
| Rush University Medical Center Program | Chicago | IL | 60 | 10 | 0% | 8 | 4 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 9 | |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 60 | 13 | 0% | 6 | 5 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Oregon Health & Science University Program | Portland | OR | 60 | 13 | 0% | 7 | 7 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 60 | 7 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 58 | 16 | 1 | 5% | 7 | 7 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 56 | 24 | 0% | 6 | 8 | REQ | 20 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 24 | |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 55 | 15 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 50 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 19 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 55 | 5 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 25 | 76 | 20 | |
| Medical University of South Carolina Program | Charleston | SC | 55 | 20 | 0% | 8 | 7 | REQ | 78 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 55 | 20 | 0% | 8 | 6 | REQ | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 53 | 13 | 0% | 5 | 5 | REQ | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 15 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 53 | 13 | 0% | 5 | 5 | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Tulane University Program | New Orleans | LA | 53 | 7 | 0% | 5 | 6 | REQ | 17 | 17 | 67 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 53 | 33 | 0% | 6 | 4 | REQ | 60 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program | Galveston | TX | 53 | 7 | 0% | 6 | 7 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 50 | 14 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 50 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 5 | REQ | 14 | 0 | 71 | 14 | 15 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 50 | 17 | 0% | 6 | 8 | REQ | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Program | Syracuse | NY | 47 | 7 | 0% | 7 | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 46 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 5 | REQ | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 12 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 45 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 4 | REQ | 20 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 11 | |
| University of Tennessee Program | Memphis | TN | 45 | 25 | 0% | 5 | 4 | REQ | 50 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | |
| Baylor College of Medicine Program | Houston | TX | 44 | 16 | 1 | 4% | 6 | 5 | REQ | 10 | 80 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program | Chicago | IL | 43 | 7 | 0% | 5 | 3 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York Eye and Ear Infirmary/Mount Sinai) Program | New York | NY | 43 | 13 | 1 | 3% | 5 | 10 | REQ | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 43 | 14 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 13 | |
| University of California (Irvine) Program | Orange | CA | 42 | 25 | 0% | 7 | 16 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program | Little Rock | AR | 40 | 7 | 0% | 9 | 6 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of California Davis Health Program | Sacramento | CA | 40 | 13 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | KS | 40 | 35 | 2 | 10% | 7 | 10 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 40 | 20 | 0% | 7 | 7 | REQ | 13 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 19 | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 40 | 20 | 1 | 4% | 7 | 8 | REQ | 27 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 40 | 7 | 0% | 5 | 4 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 40 | 20 | 1 | 7% | 6 | 7 | REQ | 33 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh) Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 39 | 26 | 0% | 7 | 8 | REQ | 25 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 24 | |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 38 | 15 | 0% | 5 | 9 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program | Iowa City | IA | 38 | 21 | 4 | 17% | 5 | 6 | REQ | 18 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program | Miami | FL | 37 | 16 | 1 | 5% | 7 | 8 | REQ | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 36 | 16 | 2 | 8% | 5 | 9 | REQ | 33 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | CA | 35 | 9 | 0% | 6 | 10 | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Louisiana State University Program | New Orleans | LA | 35 | 15 | 0% | 4 | 4 | REQ | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 33 | 13 | 0% | 6 | 7 | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program | Shreveport | LA | 33 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 33 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of Maryland Program | Baltimore | MD | 33 | 20 | 1 | 7% | 5 | 6 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 33 | 5 | 2 | 10% | 7 | 7 | REQ | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 33 | 13 | 0% | 5 | 6 | REQ | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | San Diego | CA | 31 | 15 | 2 | 15% | 7 | 12 | OPT | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| Medical College of Georgia Program | Augusta | GA | 31 | 8 | 0% | 5 | 4 | REQ | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 31 | 15 | 0% | 6 | 3 | REQ | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 31 | 0 | 2 | 15% | 7 | 8 | REQ | 0 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 13 |
| Kaiser Permanente Northern California Program | Oakland | CA | 30 | 40 | 0% | 6 | 8 | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| University of Colorado Program | Aurora | CO | 30 | 30 | 1 | 5% | 6 | 7 | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| University at Buffalo Program | Buffalo | NY | 30 | 20 | 0% | 7 | 4 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 30 | 5 | 0% | 6 | 6 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| University of Florida Program | Gainesville | FL | 29 | 7 | 0% | 6 | 4 | REQ | 40 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School Program | Boston | MA | 28 | 12 | 0% | 7 | 11 | REQ | 0 | 80 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | St Louis | MO | 28 | 16 | 0% | 7 | 8 | REQ | 22 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 25 | |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 28 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 6 | 11 | REQ | 50 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| Johns Hopkins University Program | Baltimore | MD | 27 | 9 | 1 | 5% | 6 | 13 | REQ | 9 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program | Newark | NJ | 27 | 18 | 0% | 5 | 9 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 27 | 18 | 0% | 7 | 5 | REQ | 50 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 12 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 27 | 27 | 0% | 5 | 4 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Emory University School of Medicine Program | Atlanta | GA | 26 | 21 | 0% | 7 | 7 | REQ | 13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 26 | 11 | 0% | 6 | 5 | REQ | 38 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 25 | 8 | 0% | 6 | 13 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Program | Indianapolis | IN | 24 | 18 | 0% | 6 | 10 | REQ | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 16 | |
| University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program | Lexington | KY | 24 | 18 | 0% | 7 | 4 | REQ | 67 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 16 | |
| Boston University Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 22 | 11 | 0% | 5 | 5 | REQ | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 17 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5% | 6 | 10 | REQ | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 20 |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Program | Detroit | MI | 15 | 5 | 0% | 5 | 6 | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program | New Haven | CT | 13 | 27 | 0% | 6 | 10 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 16 | |
| Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Stanford | CA | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8% | 6 | 10 | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 9 | 18 | 0% | 5 | 7 | REQ | 0 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 11 | |
| University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5% | 6 | 8 | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 5 | 21 | 1 | 5% | 6 | 9 | REQ | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program | Tucson | AZ | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) Program | Phoenix | AZ | 0% | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Naval Medical Center (San Diego) Program | San Diego | CA | 0% | 8 | ||||||||||
| University of Connecticut Program | Farmington | CT | 0% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| George Washington University Program | Washington | DC | 0% | REQ | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| National Capital Consortium Program | Bethesda | MD | 0% | 14 | ||||||||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Program | Jacksonville | FL | #DIV/0! | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Tripler Army Medical Center Program | Tripler AMC | HI | 0% | 0 | 25 | 0 | 75 | 10 | ||||||
| Southern Illinois University Program | Springfield | IL | 0% | REQ | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Program | Louisville | KY | 0% | REQ | 25 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 12 | |||||
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program | Boston | MA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Tufts Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 1 | 10% | REQ | 25 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||||
| McLaren Health Care/Oakland/MSU Program | Pontiac | MI | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital Program | Warren | MI | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Program | Clinton Township | MI | 0% | REQ | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) Program | Farmington Hills | MI | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Detroit Medical Center Corporation Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | REQ | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kansas City University GME Consortium (KCU-GME Consortium)/Freeman Program | Joplin | MO | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | St Louis | MO | 0% | REQ | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Program | Las Vegas | NV | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program | Camden | NJ | 0% | REQ | 3 | |||||||||
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program | Albuquerque | NM | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Westchester Medical Center Program | Vahalla | NY | #DIV/0! | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stony Brook Medicine Program | Stony Brook | NY | 0% | REQ | 5 | |||||||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | New Hyde Park | NY | 1 | 17% | REQ | 6 | ||||||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||||||
| OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 5 | |||||
| Western Reserve Hospital Program | Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Kettering Health Network Program | Dayton | OH | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |||||
| St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Program | Boardman | OH | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Program | Tulsa | OK | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Program | Easton | PA | 0% | REQ | 2 | |||||||||
| Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium Program | Pittsburgh | PA | #DIV/0! | REQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| UPMC Medical Education (Erie) Program | Erie | PA | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | REQ | 0 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Puerto Rico Program | San Juan | PR | 0% | REQ | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Methodist Hospital (Houston) Program | Houston | TX | #DIV/0! | 0 | ||||||||||
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program | Lubbock | TX | 0% | REQ | 5 | |||||||||
| Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Program | Temple | TX | 0% | REQ | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | REQ | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program | JBSA-Fort Sam Houston | TX | 0% | 15 | ||||||||||
| University of Vermont Medical Center Program | Burlington | VT | 0% | REQ | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) Program | Portsmouth | VA | 0% | 9 | ||||||||||
| Madigan Army Medical Center Program | Tacoma | WA | 0% | REQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 |
Otolaryngology Programs with the Most and Least AOA and GHHS Members
The otolaryngology residency programs with the highest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Program
- University of Alabama Medical Center Program
- Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program
- University of Michigan Health System Program and Ohio State University Hospital Program
The otolaryngology residency programs with the lowest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program
- Temple University Hospital Program
- University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program
- University of Washington Program
Are AOA Numbers Artificially Low in the Most Competitive Otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology residency program.
For example, the Harvard otolaryngology program only had 28% of its residents with AOA membership and only 12% with GHHS membership. (The Harvard otolaryngology program is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School Program).
So, why might some of the most competitive otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology 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 otolaryngology. However, as we can see, different otolaryngology residency programs have different expectations as to what they are looking for in applicants.
