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Thoracic Surgery

Heart, lung, and esophageal surgery, entered integrated from medical school or after general surgery, with among the longest training in medicine.

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Among the 31 specialties

Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Thoracic Surgery’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.

Training length
Training length: 6 years. Longer than 27 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 1. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
Interviews per position
Interviews per position: 3.3×. More than 14 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 9. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
Residents in training
Residents in training: 364. More than 5 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 24. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
Programs
Programs: 36. More than 4 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 26. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
States and territories
States and territories: 20. More than 3 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 27. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
Starting salary
Starting salary: $69K. Higher than 21 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 6. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.

Every accredited program

Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.

36 programs across 20 states

California6

Connecticut1

Florida1

Georgia1

Illinois1

Indiana1

Iowa1

Kentucky1

Maryland1

Massachusetts1

Michigan1

New York6

North Carolina2

Ohio3

Pennsylvania2

South Carolina1

Texas3

Utah1

Virginia1

Washington1

What the sources report

Published by the bodies that collect them. Each figure carries the year it describes, which is not always the year it was published.

Most recent reported

Thoracic Surgery - Integrated program signals availableApplicants to participating Thoracic Surgery - Integrated residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS application season
4signalsAAMC, 2027 MyERAS application season
ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Thoracic Surgery–Integrated roster
36programsACGME, 2026-2027
Advanced Thoracic Surgery–Integrated tracksThoracic Surgery–Integrated advanced tracks
0tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Categorical Thoracic Surgery–Integrated tracksThoracic Surgery–Integrated categorical tracks
39tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
NRMP live directory track countThoracic Surgery–Integrated tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
39tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Reserved physician Thoracic Surgery–Integrated tracksThoracic Surgery–Integrated reserved physician tracks
0tracksNRMP, 2026-2027

How each measure is made

Training length
Most common accredited length across programs in this specialty.
Residents in training
Total approved positions across all training years, summed across programs.
Programs
Accredited programs currently published in our directory.
States and territories
Distinct states with at least one published program.
Starting salary
Median first-year resident salary across programs. Resident pay, not attending pay.
Interviews per position
Median interviews a program conducts for each position it offers.