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Residency Information by Specialty

Residency Information by Specialty

Trying to decide which specialty to pursue? Or which programs our Maryland students have been successful in the Match? Use the links below to explore residency choices or programs that you may be interested in applying to in your chosen specialty.

Feel free to stop by the OSA to discuss your career options or how you as an applicant would best approach the residency application process for your chosen specialty. We look forward to your individualized 1:1 Advising meetings to also review this material. 

Where Do University of Maryland Students Match?

The below table is with information from the 2025-2026 cycle. It will be updated for 2026-2027 when new information is available.

Specialty

Application1

Match2

Signals3

SLOE

Anesthesiology

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

5 Gold

10 Silver

N/A

Child Neurology

OSA Guidance

ERAS

NRMP

3 Gold

6 Silver

N/A

Dermatology

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

3 Gold

25 Silver

SLOE/New

Emergency Medicine

OSA Guidance 2027

ResidencyCAS

NRMP

5

SLOE x 2

Emergency Medicine/ Pediatrics

OSA Guidance

ResidencyCAS

NRMP

N/A

SLOE x 1

Family Medicine

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

5

N/A

Internal Medicine, Categorical

ERAS

NRMP

3 Gold

12 Silver

IM SEL x 1

Internal Medicine, Preliminary

AAIM Guidelines  

ERAS

NRMP

3 Gold

12 Silver

Not Required

Med/Peds

OSA Guidance

ERAS

NRMP

5

N/A

Neurological Surgery

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

25

1 SNS LOE (Home)

1-2 SNS LOR (Away)

1 Regular

Neurology

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

8

N/A

OB/GYN

OSA Guidance 2027

Residency CAS

NRMP

3 Gold

15 Silver

SLOE x 1

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

What is Occupational Medicine?

The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Information Page

Teleshadowing Occupational Medicine Physicians

ERAS

 

 

 

Ophthalmology

OSA Guidance 2027

SF Match

SF Match (Early)

10

N/A

Orthopeadic Surgery

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

30

eSLOR x 1

Otolaryngology

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

25

N/A

Pathology

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

5

N/A

Pediatrics

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

5

N/A

PM&R

OSA Guidance

AAP Guidelines

ERAS

NRMP

20

N/A

Plastic Surgery

OSA Guidance

ACAPS Resources

ERAS

NRMP

20

SLOE/New

Preventative Medicine

OSA Guidance

ERAS

NRMP

3

N/A

Psychiatry

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

10

Optional

Radiation Oncology

OSA Guidance 2027

ASTRO Resources

ERAS

NRMP

4

N/A

Radiology – Diagnostic

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

6 Gold

9 Silver

SLOR x 1

Radiology – Interventional

OSA Guidance 2027



ERAS

NRMP

8

N/A

Surgery

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

NRMP

15

N/A

Thoracic Surgery

OSA Guidance

ERAS

NRMP

4

N/A

Urology

OSA Guidance 2027

ERAS

AUA (Early)

30 (AUA)

SLOE/New

Vascular Surgery

OSA Guidance

APDVS Guidelines

ERAS

NRMP

3 Gold

12 Silver

N/A

  1. ERAS; ResidencyCAS; SF Match
  2. NRMP; SF Match; AUA
  3. Program Directors Association Guides for Residency Applicants 2025-2026
  4. Recommendations are to signal Home and Away programs except for Emergency Medicine