Residency Advisor

Lehigh Valley Health Network Program

Center Valley, PA

Community (Uni. Aff.)STEP 234 - 264 J1

Community (Uni. Aff.)STEP 234 - 264 J1

Specialty:Radiology-diagnostic

ACGME Code:4204100002

NRMP Code:1601420A0

Status:Initial Accreditation

Overview

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Program data

ACGME History ^[3]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation3

Full accreditation0

Continued0

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

Program

Program Size

0, 0, 0 (4 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Initial Accreditation

(Effective: February 5, 2025)

Composition ^[2]

--

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:5X^[1]

Residents Career Path

--

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $75,221^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 10 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 50 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: 234–264^[2]

Visa Sponsorship:J1^[2]

YOG Cutoff:--

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Category

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Required/Optional

Lehigh Valley Health Network

11.5 months

11.5 months

11 months

12 months

Required

Lehigh Valley Hospital (Muhlenberg)

N/A

N/A

1 month

N/A

Required

Lehigh Valley Health Network - Hecktown Oaks

0.5 month

0.5 month

N/A

N/A

Required

Benchmarks

Match & stats

2026 Residency Applicant & Interview Insights

Signals

Number of Applicants

Number of Applicants Interviewed

Hometown State

Number of Applicants

Number of Applicants Interviewed

Medical School State

Number of Applicants

Number of Applicants Interviewed

Step 1 Fail

Number of Applicants

Number of Applicants Interviewed

Step 2 Fail

Number of Applicants

Number of Applicants Interviewed

Applicant Type

Number of Applicants

Number of Applicants Interviewed

Note: The AIR (Applicant Interview Rate) is calculated as the percentage of applicants in each category who were offered interviews. A higher AIR suggests stronger alignment with program preferences, indicating a greater likelihood of the program favoring applicants in this category.

USMLE STEP 2 CK Score ^[2]

USMLE STEP 2 CK Score Box Plot Statistics

Category

Minimum

Q1 (25th Percentile)

Median (50th Percentile)

Q3 (75th Percentile)

Maximum

All Applicants Invited

234

240

249

257

264

DO Applicants Invited

231

239

248

262

270

MD Applicants Invited

234

239

247

256

263

Non-US IMG Applicants Invited

No data

No data

No data

No data

No data

US IMG Applicants Invited

No data

No data

No data

No data

No data

COMLEX Level 2 Score ^[2]

Match History ^[4]

Track ID: 1601420A0

2026

3 of 5

Filled Position

Unfilled Position

Roster

Publications

8 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

8 Publications (5 yr)

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics2026

Cross-Institutional Validation of a novel LLM-Based Cardiac Event Extraction framework from Electronic Health Records.

Wenchao Cao,¹Isis Lloyd,¹Michael Dichmann,¹Nilanjan Halder,¹

PMID: 42373015doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.06.3060

PMID: 42373015doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.06.3060

Journal of osteopathic medicine2026

Gas gangrene of the great toe identified on radiograph.

Cody A Sprague,¹David S Pryluck,²Bryan G Kane,³

PMID: 42023549doi.org/10.1515/jom-2025-0178

PMID: 42023549doi.org/10.1515/jom-2025-0178

Location

Center Valley, Upper Saucon Township, PA ^[5]

Population

--

Median income

$84,919

Education

31.8%

Employment

67.6%

Health

3.5%

Age

--

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices ^[6]

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Bethlehem, PA

State - Pennsylvania

United States

1/31/2015

$982

$936

$1,193

2/28/2015

$995

$923

$1,199

3/31/2015

$1,011

$926

$1,206

4/30/2015

$1,013

$972

$1,213

5/31/2015

$1,002

$974

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,010

$975

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,019

$980

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,037

$985

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,031

$987

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,030

$989

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,025

$988

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,023

$988

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,037

$962

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,045

$983

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,052

$987

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,043

$993

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,048

$996

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,063

$990

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,069

$989

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,063

$989

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,061

$990

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,060

$1,022

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,083

$996

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,095

$1,015

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,093

$1,017

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,095

$1,022

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,090

$1,027

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,103

$1,031

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,098

$1,034

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,088

$1,036

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,085

$1,039

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,093

$1,020

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,109

$1,022

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,129

$1,026

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,129

$1,016

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,133

$1,036

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,131

$1,034

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,133

$1,038

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,129

$1,010

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,126

$1,015

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,138

$1,018

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,146

$1,020

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,150

$1,023

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,153

$1,028

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,158

$1,033

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,154

$1,036

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,147

$1,072

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,139

$1,076

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,143

$1,081

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,158

$1,140

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,171

$1,144

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,179

$1,121

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,181

$1,151

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,186

$1,157

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,192

$1,163

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,198

$1,169

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,198

$1,172

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,203

$1,174

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,217

$1,177

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,232

$1,202

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,244

$1,208

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,245

$1,238

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,232

$1,243

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,224

$1,261

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,220

$1,260

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,230

$1,238

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,245

$1,265

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,275

$1,270

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,286

$1,276

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,309

$1,275

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,318

$1,295

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,330

$1,295

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,320

$1,308

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,335

$1,316

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,352

$1,318

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,374

$1,331

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,403

$1,343

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,426

$1,357

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,457

$1,368

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,462

$1,383

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,484

$1,440

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,496

$1,421

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,513

$1,423

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,540

$1,441

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,557

$1,422

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,573

$1,446

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,576

$1,474

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,594

$1,472

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,605

$1,476

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,608

$1,487

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,597

$1,492

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,601

$1,499

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,594

$1,504

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,593

$1,510

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,588

$1,517

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,593

$1,533

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,609

$1,520

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,627

$1,535

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,638

$1,530

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,643

$1,543

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,642

$1,536

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,652

$1,526

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,652

$1,544

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,649

$1,543

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,653

$1,543

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,660

$1,564

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,680

$1,571

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,672

$1,564

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,670

$1,555

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,663

$1,559

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,676

$1,566

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,687

$1,574

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,695

$1,574

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,701

$1,581

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,709

$1,593

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,712

$1,594

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,727

$1,593

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,732

$1,606

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,741

$1,603

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,745

$1,616

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,745

$1,619

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,755

$1,626

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,752

$1,615

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,751

$1,634

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,756

$1,625

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,760

$1,624

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,769

$1,617

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,782

$1,623

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,782

$1,619

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,789

$1,628

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,787

$1,638

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,799

$1,614

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,812

$1,609

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,817

$1,615

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[7]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Center Valley, PA

State - Pennsylvania

United States

4/1/2021

82

82

41

5/1/2021

95

95

46

6/1/2021

92

92

44

7/1/2021

95

95

47

8/1/2021

93

93

45

9/1/2021

92

92

43

10/1/2021

92

92

44

11/1/2021

83

83

39

12/1/2021

91

91

40

1/1/2022

84

84

42

2/1/2022

78

78

39

3/1/2022

79

79

45

4/1/2022

80

80

45

5/1/2022

86

86

49

6/1/2022

85

85

47

7/1/2022

87

87

49

8/1/2022

88

88

48

9/1/2022

88

88

46

10/1/2022

87

87

46

11/1/2022

80

80

41

12/1/2022

86

86

50

1/1/2023

84

84

44

2/1/2023

72

72

39

3/1/2023

88

76

44

4/1/2023

79

79

45

5/1/2023

97

85

49

6/1/2023

87

82

47

7/1/2023

86

86

49

8/1/2023

88

83

48

9/1/2023

82

82

46

10/1/2023

83

83

47

11/1/2023

73

73

41

12/1/2023

77

77

47

1/1/2024

71

71

40

2/1/2024

68

68

39

3/1/2024

74

74

43

4/1/2024

87

76

44

5/1/2024

84

84

48

6/1/2024

80

80

46

7/1/2024

81

81

48

8/1/2024

79

79

46

9/1/2024

78

78

45

10/1/2024

88

77

44

11/1/2024

77

71

40

12/1/2024

76

70

42

1/1/2025

66

66

37

2/1/2025

61

61

34

3/1/2025

101

69

41

4/1/2025

72

72

41

5/1/2025

81

76

44

6/1/2025

73

73

43

7/1/2025

83

78

45

8/1/2025

85

74

43

9/1/2025

83

73

41

10/1/2025

71

71

40

11/1/2025

70

65

37

12/1/2025

61

61

35

1/1/2026

57

57

32

2/1/2026

48

48

27

3/1/2026

9

9

8

Living in Center Valley, PA

Center Valley, Pennsylvania, is a charming suburb located in the Lehigh Valley region. Below are various aspects of living in this area:

Crime Rate and Safety

Center Valley is generally considered a safe community with a lower crime rate compared to national averages. The presence of local law enforcement and community initiatives contribute to a sense of security.

Fun Activities

Residents can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, including parks, hiking trails, and proximity to the scenic Appalachian Mountains. The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley offers shopping, dining, and entertainment options. Local festivals and events throughout the year foster community engagement.

Climate

Center Valley experiences a humid continental climate, with four distinct seasons. Winters can be cold and snowy, while summers are warm and humid. Average temperatures range from around 30°F in winter to 80°F in summer.

Race and Population

Center Valley has a diverse population with a mix of ethnic backgrounds. The area is predominantly suburban, with a community focused on family-oriented living. As of the last census, the population is relatively small, providing a close-knit community feel.

Education

The area is served by several public and private schools, noted for their quality of education. Additionally, nearby universities and colleges in the Lehigh Valley provide opportunities for continued education and professional growth.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Center Valley is generally moderate compared to larger metropolitan areas. Housing prices are reasonable, but they may vary based on proximity to amenities and school districts.

Allentown, PA

As the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, Allentown boasts cultural attractions, including museums, theaters, and sporting events. The city is known for its vibrant downtown area and diverse dining options.

Bethlehem, PA

Known for its rich history and cultural scene, Bethlehem features beautiful architecture, festivals, and an array of restaurants. The annual Musikfest, one of the largest music festivals in the country, draws visitors from far and wide.

Pros

Safe and family-friendly community.

Cons

Limited nightlife and entertainment options compared to larger cities.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/4204100002

2. Residency Explorer - https://www.residencyexplorer.org/Program/GetByIdWithMedicalSpecialty/40553cba-2bfa-084f-76c6-b88b50e230f9

3. ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS) - https://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Programs/Search

4. NRMP Results and Data: 2022-2026 Main Residency Match - https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/2026/03/program-results-2022-2026/

5. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=060XX00US4202979544

6. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

7. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr