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Table C8: Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty and Rank

Residents Who Completed Training, 2008-17

The table below displays the number and percentage of individuals who completed residency training from 2008 through 2017, are not currently active in any GME program, and have a full-time faculty appointment at a U.S. MD-granting medical school, by ACGME-accredited specialty and subspecialty and by faculty-appointment rank. Data include graduates of MD-granting and DO-granting U.S. and Canadian medical schools as well as graduates of international medical schools. For example, 219 of the 1,311 individuals (16.7%) who last completed residency training from 2008 through 2017 in allergy and immunology currently hold an assistant professor full-time faculty appointment at a U.S. MD-granting medical school. Part-time faculty appointments are not included. Counts and percentages shown for specialties do not include counts and percentages for the related subspecialties. Please contact residentreport@aamc.org with any comments or questions.

Selected Finding: Of those individuals who completed residency training from 2008 through 2017 and who currently hold a full-time faculty appointment at a U.S. MD-granting medical school, 77.1% (14.1% of the entire cohort) hold appointments at the assistant professor level.

ACGME-Accredited Specialties and Subspecialties CompletedProfessorAssociate ProfessorAssistant ProfessorInstructorOther RankNo Current Faculty AppointmentTotal
Number PercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
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Note: Specialties with no reported residents were excluded.
Source: GME Track® as of Aug. 27, 2018, and Faculty Roster as of Sept. 30, 2018, snapshot.