How to Apply
Here at the University of Virginia Department of Anesthesiology, we are committed to providing residents with the environment and mentoring that will foster the development of outstanding clinicians, researchers, and future leaders in medicine.
Want to learn more about our program from our residents? We invite applicants for the 2024-2025 ERAS Match Cycle to register for our Virtual Open House on Wednesday, August 21st at 6pm. Can’t wait to meet you!
For Our 2024-25 Residency Applicants
Residency Central Application
The centralized online application service you’ll use to deliver your application.
The University of Virginia will be trialing the Residency Central Application service this year. Please remember to submit your application to both AAMC’s ERAS application and via the Central App. We strongly encourage signaling UVA through ERAS if you are highly interested in our program.
International medical school applicants must have at least two months of clinical experience in the United States and be eligible for ECFMG Certification prior to matriculation (or being credentialed) into our program. We sponsor the J-1 visa.
We review applications in September and October and extend invitations to interview on a rolling basis. We interview November through January. of each academic cycle. Per the recommendations of the SAAAPM, all interviews will be conducted virtually. Formal second look days for interviewed applicants will be offered in February after our Rank Order List has been submitted.
Residency Central Application
The centralized online application service you’ll use to deliver your application.
Apply to Our Program
All applications must include the following items:
- Minimum 3 and maximum 4 Letters of Recommendation, including one from an anesthesiologist with whom you have worked
- Updated Curriculum Vitae
- Medical School Transcript
- A numerical USMLE Step 2 is required if Step 1 was taken Pass/Fail
- Dean’s letter
- Personal statement explaining your reasons for wanting to train at UVA and what you hope to bring to our anesthesia family. We also want to know if you have any special ties to UVA, Virginia or the region and if you were referred to apply by any of our alums.
All Interview sessions will be held virtually, as per our specialty board of anesthesiology.
We typically interview around 175 candidates, on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning in November through early January. Each applicant will have 4 individual interviews with our Program Director, other faculty members, and a chief resident in addition to time to ask questions of faculty in a group Q&A room.
We usually have a casual resident hosted dinner the evening before your interview day. For the upcoming Season, we will host multiple Virtual Resident/Applicant Gathering so you’ll have plenty of time to ask our Residents All Your Questions. As in previous years, this event has always been optional, fun, informal and open to spouses/partners. The event provides just the right opportunity to talk to our residents one-on-one and get a feel for the culture and collegiality of the group. It is considered a highlight of our recruitment experience.
Virtual Interview Day
Prospective residents will meet with several of our faculty members, including the Program Director, Stephen Collins, MD, the Department Chair, Peggy McNaull, MD, and our Associate Program Directors: Joe O’Brien, MD, Amanda Kleiman, MD, Susan Walters, MD, and Eryn Thiele, MD, and other faculty on the resident recruitment committee. You will also interview with one of our chief residents and have a resident presentation about program highlights as a UVA trainee in anesthesiology.
Our program is indexed on the AMA’s Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database ( FREIDA). Detailed information about the program is found in the Education section of our website.
Resident Jason Scafidi, M.D. learns the finer points of Liver Transplant Anesthesia from Dr. Eryn Thiele, M.D.
As a resident, you are an employee of the House Staff of the University of Virginia. For information about housestaff, salaries, benefits, and conditions of employment, see the Graduate Medical Education website.
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The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
If you have additional questions, email anesthesiology@virginia.edu or call us at 434-924-2283.