All applications must be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Please contact the dean's office of your medical school for more information about applying to the HSS program via ERAS. Hospital for Special Surgery will not send or accept applications through the mail.
Contact the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) for information on how to apply to the HSS residency program via ERAS. Graduates of Canadian medical schools should contact the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) for information on how to apply.
Hospital for Special Surgery participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Each year, HSS matches nine first-year residents (PGY1s). HSS does not accept residents outside the NRMP without prior approval from the ACGME.
October: Deadline for submitting application materials to ERAS – October 1, 2023
November: The program will extend interview offers to applicants on the AOA’s Universal Interview Offer Day – Monday, November 13, 2023
January: Interviews will be held onsite in-person at HSS – Friday, January 19, 2024
March: Program Match Results are released by the NRMP – Friday, March 15, 2024
All application information must be transmitted through ERAS. You are required to submit:
The HSS Residency Selection Committee reviews each application. Residents are selected from the pool of eligible applicants based on preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communications skills, and personal qualities such as motivation and integrity.
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