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Specialties – AAMC

We think the best source to view specialty information is on the AAMC CiM site, so rather than importing it here it is best to view it from their site since it is dynamic information.

You will first have to register to sign in to Careers in Medicine the first time. To do this you will need your AAMC user name and password. This is the same information you have used for other AAMC applications (e.g. AMCAS, MCAT, etc) that use the AAMC Login. If you have forgotten your AAMC username and password you can easily retrieve it by hitting “forgot my username or password” on the log in page. Please take the 2 minutes it will take you to register so you can use the valuable resource.

AAMC CiM: Specialties (with login)

You can view some specialty information on the Careers in Medicine website without signing in (AAMC CiM – no login). However if you sign in to Careers in Medicine you can get EXTENSIVE information on almost every specialty.

The following information is provided for most specialties:

  • Nature of the Work: Description, Patient Details, Subspecialties Interests, Personality/Learning Style
  • Residency Requirements: Length of training, Prerequisites, ACGME Training Overview, Other General Information about Residency Training, Housestaff stipends, Residency Application Procedure, Involvement in the Match, What are Program Directors Looking For
  • Match Data: ACGME statistics, NRMP statistics, USMLE Scores and Residency Applicant Data
  • Workforce Statistics: By Major Professional Activity, Metropolitan Statistical Area, Sex, and Age by US or by State
  • Compensation: Academic (early career, late career), Clinical (starting, 1-2 years into specialty)
  • Links and Reading: National Specialty Societies, Boards, and Related Organizations, Journals, Newsletters and Publications

Combined Residency Programs

*Diagnostic Radiology/Nuclear Medicine (1 program)

*Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine (2)

*Family Medicine/Preventive Medicine (2)

*Internal Medicine/Anesthesiology (3)

*Internal Medicine/Dermatology (7)

*Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine (12)

*Internal Medicine/Family Practice (3)

*Internal Medicine/Medical Genetics (4)

*Internal Medicine/Neurology (4)

*Internal Medicine/Pediatrics (85)

*Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine (4)

*Internal Medicine/Psychiatry (12)

*Pediatrics/Anesthesiology (7)

*Pediatrics/Dermatology (1)

*Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine (4)

*Pediatrics/Medical Genetics (16)

*Pediatrics/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (4)

*Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (9)

*Psychiatry/Family Practice (5)

*Psychiatry/Neurology (6)

Specialties Profiled on AAMC Site

Allergy and Immunology
–Clinical and Laboratory Immunology

Anesthesiology
–Critical Care Medicine
–Pain Medicine
–Pediatric Anesthesiology
–Obstetric Anesthesiology

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Dermatology
–Dermatopathology

Emergency Medicine
–Medical Toxicology
–Pediatric EM
–Sports Medicine

Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine

Family Medicine
–Geriatric Medicine
–Sports Medicine

Family Medicine/Preventative Medicine

Internal Medicine
–Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
–Cardiovascular Disease
–Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
–Critical Care Medicine
–Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism
–Gastroenterology
–Geriatric Medicine
–Hematology
–Hematology and Oncology
–Infectious Disease
–Interventional Cardiology
–Nephrology
–Oncology
–Pulmonary
–Pulmonary & Critical Care
–Rheumatology
–Sports Medicine
–Transplant Hepatology

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Medical Genetics
–Biochemical Genetics

Neurological Surgery
–Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology

Neurology
–Child Neurology
–Clinical Neurophysiology
–Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology
–Neuromuscular Medicine
–Pain Medicine

Nuclear Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynecology
–Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive

Ophthalmology
–Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive

Orthopedic Surgery
–Adult Reconstructive
–Foot and Ankle
–Hand
–Musculoskeletal Oncology
–Orthopedics Sports Medicine
–Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine
–Orthopedic Trauma
–Pediatric Orthopedics

Otolaryngology
–Otology-Neurotology
–Pediatric Otolaryngology

Pain Medicine

Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical
–Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
–Chemical Pathology
–Cytopathology
–Forensic Pathology
–Hematology
–Medical Microbiology
–Neuropathology
–Pediatric Pathology
–Selective Pathology

Pediatrics
–Adolescent Medicine
–Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
–Pediatric Cardiology
–Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
–Pediatric Emergency Medicine
–Pediatric Endocrinology
–Pediatric Gastroenterology
–Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
–Pediatric Infectious Disease
–Pediatric Nephrology
–Pediatric Pulmonology
–Pediatric Rheumatology
–Pediatric Sports Medicine
–Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
–Neuromuscular Medicine
–Pain Medicine
–Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
–Sports Medicine (PM&R)

Plastic Surgery
–Craniofacial Surgery
–Hand Surgery

Plastic Surgery – Integrated

Preventive Medicine
–Medical Toxicology

Psychiatry
–Addiction
–Child and Adolescent
–Forensic
–Geriatric

Radiation Oncology

Radiology-Diagnostic
–Abdominal
–Cardiothoracic
–Endovascular and Surgical
–Musculoskeletal
–Neuroradiology
–Nuclear
–Pediatric
–Vascular and Interventional

Sleep Medicine

Surgery-General
–Hand
–Pediatric
–Surgical Critical Care
–Vascular

Thoracic Surgery
–Congenital Cardiac
–Thoracic Surgery-Integrated

Urology
–Pediatric

Vascular Surgery Integrated