Residency Placement Data
TCOM graduates one of the highest percentages of primary care physicians in the nation. While a majority of our graduates enter primary care, a number of them also represent a broad array of specialties. Below is a summary by specialty the number of graduates who placed into a residency program from 2017-2021.
A database on specific program placements can be found online at TCOM Advising and Career Development:
Specialty | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Anesthesiology | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
Child Neurology | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
Dermatology | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Emergency Medicine | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Family Medicine | 52 | 50 | 49 | 57 | 58 |
Family Medicine/NMM* | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
General Surgery | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
General Surgery (preliminary) | 3 | – | – | 3 | 2 |
Internal Medicine | 52 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 42 |
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics | – | – | 2 | 1 | – |
Internal Medicine-Psychiatry | – | – | 1 | – | – |
Neurology | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Neurosurgery | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
Obstetrics & Gynecology | 14 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 10 |
Ophthalmology | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Orthopedic Surgery | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Otorhinolaryngology | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
Pathology | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Pediatrics | 25 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Pediatrics/Psych/Child Psychiatry | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
Psychiatry | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Radiology | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
PGY1 only | – | 8 | – | – | – |
Urology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
Traditional/Transitional Internship | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
% of Graduates Placed in GME | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% |
*as of December 21, 2021
**NMM is Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
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