Advance Data Tables 2021 Main Residency Match

1 This Information is Embargoed Until 12:00PM EDT March 19, Data Tables2021 Main Residency Match Table 1A. Match Summary for MD Seniors, 2021 ..2 Table 1B. Match Summary for DO Seniors, 2021 ..4 Table 2. Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, Table 3. Positions Offered in the Matching Program, 2017-2021 ..8 Table 4. Applicants in the Matching Program, 2017-2021 ..10 Table 7A. Positions Offered and Number Filled by MD Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021 ..11 Table 7B. Positions Offered and Number Filled by DO Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021.

2 13 Table 10. MD Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, Table 11. DO Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021 ..16 Table 16. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2021 ..17 Reproduction prohibited without the written permission of the Council for Graduate Medical Applicant An applicant who submits a certified rank order list of In PolicyAny program registering for the Match must attempt to fill all positions through the Match or another national matching plan. Applicant TypeThe NRMP classifies applicants for the Main Residency Match into eight types: A 4th-year medical student in a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match ; also referred to as a MD senior.

3 A 4th-year medical student in a medical school accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accrediation (COCA) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match ; also referred to as a DO senior. Previous Graduate of MD Medical School ( MD Grad): A graduate of a MD school of medicine accredited by the LCME with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match . Previous graduates are not sponsored by the medical school. Previous Graduate of DO Medical School ( DO Grad): A graduate of a DO school of medicine accredited by the COCA with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match .

4 Previous DO graduates are not sponsored by the medical school. Student/Graduate of Canadian Medical School (Canadian): A senior student or graduate of a Canadian school of medicine accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). Graduate of Fifth Pathway Program (5th Pathway): A graduate of a Fifth Pathway program. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School ( IMG): A citizen who attended an international medical school. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School ( IMG): A citizen who attended an international medical this report, applicant types are sometimes combined into a smaller number of groups.

5 Independent Applicants (IA): All applicant categories excluding MD and DO seniors. Others: Includes Canadian and Fifth Pathway Any two applicants can register as a couple in the Match . The NRMP allows couples to form pairs of choices on their primary rank order lists, which are considered in rank order when the matching algorithm is processed. The couple will Match to the most preferred pair of programs where each partner has been offered a & PGY-2 Post-graduate year one and post-graduate year TypeThe NRMP classifies programs for the Main Residency Match into five types: Advanced (A) programs: Programs that begin in the PGY-2 year after a year of prerequisite training.

6 Categorical (C) programs: Programs that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide the full training required for specialty board certification. Primary (M) programs: Categorical programs in primary care medicine and primary care pediatrics that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide the full training required for specialty board certification. Preliminary (P) programs: One-year programs that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide prerequisite training for advanced programs. Physician (R) programs: Programs that are reserved for physicians who have had prior graduate medical education.

7 Reserved programs offer PGY-2 positions that begin in the year of the Match and thus are not available to senior medical Data Tables for the 2021 Main Residency Match Reproduction prohibited without the written permission of the of Matches*TotalRankedPositionsMDSeniorsPos itionsOfferedSpecialtyNo. ofProgramsMatch Summary for MD Seniors, 2021 Table 1 ATotalMDSeniorsNo. of Applicants*PGY- 1 PositionsAnesthesiology1591,46015,97723, 0461,0241, ,4602,706 Child Neurology771591,4752, Medicine2732,84026,74641,2021,7652, ,0813,734 Emergency Med-Family Medicine7294,82323,77962,3661,6064, ,8377,496 Family Med-Preventive Medicine (Categorical)6079,02451,49109,4273,5238, ,124 13, ,4665, (PGY-1 Only)3561,83354,10767,5611,2101, ,3475,640 Medicine-Preventive ,1415, , Radiology (Integrated) Surgery1152344,3124, ,3729, ,441 Obstetrics-Gynecology2791,46015,28720,09 41,0881, ,2922,030OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only)

8 Surgery20886810,09311, ,289 Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal ,3615, ,6617, (Categorical)2222,90125,82839,0641,7492, ,9693, M & , Medicine & Rehab391571,4652, Surgery (Integrated)851872,7193, ,90715,39223,2841,2051, ,4152,948 Psychiatry-Family ,5502, (Categorical)3311,56917,07624,2691,0291, ,4052,908 Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only)2491,1366,98311, ,989 Thoracic (PGY-1 Only)1841,49727,76738,8268451, ,4554,063 Vascular Surgery64791,6161, ,136 Total PGY- 1 35,194329,35918,43533,353530, ,801 63,9932 Advance Data Tables for the 2021 Main Residency Match Reproduction prohibited without the written permission of the of Matches*TotalRankedPositionsMDSeniorsPos itionsOfferedSpecialtyNo.

9 OfProgramsMatch Summary for MD Seniors, 2021 (Continued) Table 1 ATotalMDSeniorsNo. of Applicants*PGY- 2 PositionsAnesthesiology573395,5208, ,0301,874 Child ,2905, Radiology (Integrated)661211,7622, ,4633, Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & Rehab683272,7064, Oncology841731,6782, ,18116, ,657 Radiology-Nuclear PGY- 2 2,69930,6671,7912,63543, ,6106,452 Physician (R) Positions**Anesthesiology509401, Radiology (Integrated) Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & , Physician (R)GRAND TOTAL5,91538,106636360,026575,31820,2263 6, ,411 71,077 Applicants can rank multiple specialties.

10 In 2021, 2,347 applicants matched to both PGY-1 and PGY-2 positions; Of those applicants, 1,743 were MD (R) positions are PGY-2 positions starting in the year of the Match that are reserved for applicants who have had prior graduate medicaleducation. Physician positions are not available to senior medical students. In previous Results and Data Books, the numbers of R positions were smalland they were included in the categorical position counts. In 2014, NRMP began listing R positions separately. **3 Advance Data Tables for the 2021 Main Residency Match Reproduction prohibited without the written permission of the of Matches*TotalRankedPositionsDOSeniorsPos itionsOfferedSpecialtyNo.