Fletcher Allen, a university hospital in Burlington, Vermont, is the sponsoring organization for University of Vermont medical residency programs and fellowship programs. Together Fletcher Allen and the University of Vermont College of Medicine form Vermont's academic medical center – dedicated to providing university-based, academically-focused medical programs.
General Surgery Residency Application
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Residency applications for the University of Vermont General Surgery Residency Program at Fletcher Allen are submitted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). |
The Surgery Residency Program at Fletcher Allen participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
The basic components of your application (the common application form, transcripts) must be received by November 1. Your file should include your curriculum vitae, personal statement, Dean's letter, and three letters from clinical instructors who know you well. At least one of the latter should have worked with you on an inpatient rotation.
Successful completion of the ECFMG, including the Clinical Skills Exam is required prior to the start of the Surgery Residency. We prefer the results of these exams are available as part of the ERAS application prior to the ranking process (in late January). You may be invited for an interview prior to our receiving all of your letters of recommendation, but we will need to have all letters before entering any applicant into the match. Your application will not be able to be considered unless you are able to fulfill all of the criteria.
Materials required from all applicants are:
- Application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Personal Statement
- Dean's Letter
- Transcripts
- A minimum of three (3) recent letters of reference from U.S. or Canadian surgeons
- Successful completion of Step 1 and Step 2 CS and CK of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE)
International applicants must:
- have a J-1 Visa or have a U.S. citizen Permanent Resident status. No other Visas will be accepted. (H1B are not acceptable.)
- have graduated from medical school within the last two years
- have a current certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
- successfully completed the Clinical Skills requirement
- have worked in clinical medicine in the United States within the last two years
NOTE: an observership or externship does not fulfill this requirement and the Fletcher Allen Graduate Medical Education Program does not accept either position
Applicant Interview Scheduling and the Interview Day
Final selection for interview is made by the Residency Candidate Review Committee and invitations are sent to selected applicants via ERAS e-mail. Candidate interviews are held Mondays and Thursdays during December and January.
Our Thursday interview day consists of attendance at Grand Rounds, Quality Assurance conference, a welcome with Dr. David McFadden, and three individual interviews with either Dr. Kennith Sartorelli, Program Director or Dr. Julie Adams, Associate Program Director and a third interview with a Department of Surgery faculty member from the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Please note: our Monday interview day does not include Grand Round or the Quality Assurance conference. You will meet with our current residents at a gathering the night before and at lunch on interview day.