10 Prestigious Places to do your Residency/Fellowship Program

Graduating from medical school with an M.D. degree is a huge feat, and one to be proud of, but that’s only half of the journey to becoming a doctor. After you walk across that stage, you have another three to seven years of graduate medical education, also known as your residency. During this time, you’ll work in a hospital under the supervision of physicians, gaining invaluable experience in patient care and independent practice in the medical specialty or subspecialty of your choice. Choosing a prestigious, accredited residency or fellowship program is just as important as attending a prestigious medical school. Competition is keen and space is limited in these elite graduate medical programs, but they’re definitely worth applying to. Here are 10 exceptional places to do your residency program:

1. College of Medicine Mayo Clinic
   Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the most prestigious medical facilities in the United States, and a phenomenal hospital to do your medical residency program. For over a decade,
   Mayo Clinic has received high marks in its level of medical care, specifically in diabetes and endocrinology, gynecology, cardiology, neurology and other major specialties. Mayo Clinic offers 248 medical residency and fellowship programs in nearly all medical specialties.
2. Johns Hopkins University Program
   Located in Baltimore, Maryland, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has maintained its ranking as the best hospital in America, and a top performer in ear, nose and throat, urology, rheumatology and second best in psychiatry, ophthalmology, gynecology and geriatrics, according to the 2009-2010 U.S. News and World Report. With this level of prestige, it’s no surprise why Johns Hopkins’ residency and fellowship programs are so elite. This teaching hospital has dozens of residency and fellowship programs for students to choose from and determine their area of specialty.
3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program
   The Cleveland Clinic is another highly-ranked hospital, and a top performer in gastroenterology, rheumatology and urology specialties. This teaching hospital also has one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the nation, with approximately 57 accredited residency programs and more than 70 advanced fellowship programs in a variety of specialties.
4. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Program
   Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a highly-ranked hospital for nephrology and gynecology. BWH has about 220 accredited residency and fellowship programs in virtually all medical specialties.
5. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
   MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, is the number one hospital in the nation for cancer treatment, as well as a leader in ear, nose and throat and urology care. MD Anderson has a variety of excellent residencies and fellowships for students who are interested in anesthesiology and critical care, pediatrics, pathology and other divisions of cancer medicine.
6. Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Program
   Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the leading hospital in psychiatry treatment, and a top performer in diabetes and endocrinology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, geriatrics and other specialties. It is also a great hospital to complete a residency or fellowship program in one of their many specialties, such as adult and child psychiatry, emergency medicine, radiation oncology or oral and maxillofacial surgery. Many of the specialized residencies and fellowships are affiliated with Harvard Medical School and share resources with other Boston-based medical facilities.
7. Univeristy of Pennsylvania Health System
   
   Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is another highly-ranked medical facility that excels in pulmonology, ear, nose and throat, cardiology and other specialty care. The University of Pennsylvania Program has superb graduate medical training in more than 50 accredited specialties and subspecialties.
8. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
   University of California Los Angeles Medical Center is a prestigious hospital and leader in a number of specialties, such as geriatrics, urology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, psychiatry and more. There are several prestigious residency training programs to choose from, including anesthesiology, dentistry, pediatrics, nuclear medicine and much more.
9. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program
   New York-Presbyterian Hospital is a leader in nephrology, as well as psychiatry, diabetes and endocrinology, neurology and neurosurgery. It’s also a prestigious teaching hospital to complete a residency and fellowship program in one of the many medical specialties available to students, such as otolaryngology, child and adolescent psychiatry or general surgery.
10. Duke University Hospital Program
    The Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, is a leader in several medical specialties, including gynecology, orthopedics, urology, ophthalmology and geriatrics. The Duke University Hospital Program also has an array of approved residencies and fellowships for students in community and family medicine, dermatology, pathology, pediatrics, radiology and other varied medical specialties.

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