Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program

New Brunswick, NJ

Specialty:Rheumatology

ACGME Code:1503321019

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

Overview of the Program

The Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program in Rheumatology at New Brunswick is dedicated to a comprehensive approach encompassing clinical care, education, research, and community service. The Division of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Research is integral to this mission, hosting general rheumatology outpatient clinics four days a week. These clinics feature attendance by faculty members, fellows, and residents, promoting a collaborative learning environment.

The inpatient consult service ensures continuous physician coverage, enhancing the learning opportunities for fellows and residents. A distinguished feature of the program is the Scleroderma Program, recognized nationally and internationally for its clinical and research excellence. The division also focuses on rheumatological conditions such as gout, fibromyalgia, and osteoarthritis, offering fellows a well-rounded clinical experience.

Curriculum

The curriculum is structured to deliver a comprehensive educational experience. Major educational components are integrated into the second-year Pathophysiology and Physical Diagnosis Courses, dedicated significantly to rheumatology. The program facilitates active participation in outpatient clinics, didactic sessions, and hands-on patient care, thereby establishing a foundation for a competent future rheumatologist.

Fellows are expected to engage with the clinical team actively and are provided with a robust framework for teaching medical students and residents. The program emphasizes scholarly activities, encouraging fellows to critically engage with the latest research in the field and contribute to ongoing projects.

Training Sites

The primary training site for this program is the Clinical Academic Building located at 125 Paterson Street, Suite 5200A, New Brunswick, NJ. This facility houses the outpatient clinics and is the base for the Scleroderma Program. Additionally, the program fosters a collaborative network with other regional institutions, providing fellows with diverse training experiences.

Research Opportunities

Research is a cornerstone of the Rutgers Health program, with division faculty members consistently publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Recent contributions include 19 papers and various abstracts, reviews, and book chapters. The availability of NIH-funded research projects allows fellows to engage with high-level clinical research, particularly in the realms of systemic sclerosis and related disorders.

Fellows have access to multiple clinical research protocols that evaluate disease-modifying agents and advanced therapies for various complex rheumatological disorders. This hands-on involvement in research provides the fellows with invaluable experience and contributes to their professional development.

Special Features

The program prides itself on its strong educational commitment with a full range of teaching directed toward medical students, residents, and fellows, thus fostering a culture of learning. The faculty are dedicated to mentorship and supporting fellows in achieving ABIM certification, with all recent graduates having passed on their first attempt.

Visa Support

The program offers visa sponsorship for international medical graduates, facilitating the process for H-1B and J-1 visa types. This support is essential for attracting a diverse cohort of fellows and expanding the program's global talent pool.

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

The Rutgers Health Residency Program in Rheumatology is considered to be highly competitive, welcoming applications from both domestic and international graduates. The program is friendly to both DO and IMG candidates, fostering an inclusive atmosphere for all applicants. Special application requirements may include recent graduation timelines and maximum allowed failed STEP exams, ensuring that the selections are made from a qualified pool of candidates.

Web sources

1. Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Research

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Program data

ACGME History ^[2]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued27

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Continued	Jun 1, 2001
02	2001 - 2002	Continued	Jun 1, 2001
03	2002 - 2003	Continued	Jun 1, 2001
04	2003 - 2004	Continued	Jun 1, 2001
05	2004 - 2005	Continued	Jun 1, 2001
06	2005 - 2006	Continued	Jun 1, 2001
07	2006 - 2007	Continued	May 22, 2007
08	2007 - 2008	Continued	May 22, 2007
09	2008 - 2009	Continued	May 22, 2007
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	May 22, 2007

Program

Program Size

-- (2 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 23, 2026)

Composition

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:3.2X^[1]

Residents Career Path

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $85,014^[1]

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

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

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:--

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Roster

Publications

16 Publications (5 yr)

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

16 Publications (5 yr)

Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology2026

Acute Copper Toxicity: Succimer Makes you Less Blue.

Ivan Ivanov,¹Waleed Abouelela,²Tyler Debbie,²Denise Fernández,²

PMID: 41770515doi.org/10.1007/s13181-026-01117-9

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2026

On-Table Extubation following Cardiac Surgery: Clinical Outcomes and Associated Cost Reductions from a Single Academic Medical Center.

John Tobia,¹Russell Pepe,¹Fady Soliman,²NaYoung Yang,²

PMID: 41219098doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.10.014

Location

New Brunswick, NJ ^[4]

Population

55,266

Median income

$60,248Below

Education

24%Above

Employment

59.7%On par

Health

21.5%Above

Age

24Below

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

Housing — Rental prices ^[5]

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - New Brunswick, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$1,601

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$1,653

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$1,672

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$1,674

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$1,680

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$1,674

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$1,685

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$1,686

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$1,704

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$1,705

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$1,719

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$1,723

$1,263

1/31/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,275

2/29/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,279

3/31/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,282

4/30/2016

N/A

$1,799

$1,285

5/31/2016

N/A

$1,765

$1,291

6/30/2016

N/A

$1,766

$1,294

7/31/2016

N/A

$1,721

$1,295

8/31/2016

N/A

$1,729

$1,303

9/30/2016

N/A

$1,736

$1,307

10/31/2016

N/A

$1,750

$1,311

11/30/2016

N/A

$1,784

$1,312

12/31/2016

N/A

$1,722

$1,313

1/31/2017

N/A

$1,761

$1,317

2/28/2017

N/A

$1,768

$1,324

3/31/2017

N/A

$1,767

$1,335

4/30/2017

N/A

$1,769

$1,346

5/31/2017

N/A

$1,778

$1,353

6/30/2017

N/A

$1,785

$1,357

7/31/2017

N/A

$1,789

$1,359

8/31/2017

N/A

$1,822

$1,363

9/30/2017

N/A

$1,795

$1,406

10/31/2017

N/A

$1,841

$1,414

11/30/2017

N/A

$1,845

$1,413

12/31/2017

N/A

$1,858

$1,420

1/31/2018

N/A

$1,924

$1,422

2/28/2018

N/A

$1,909

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,805

$1,911

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,817

$1,915

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,827

$1,918

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,858

$1,924

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,867

$1,930

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,818

$1,937

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,788

$1,940

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,794

$1,942

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,806

$1,945

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,810

$1,953

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,806

$1,958

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,806

$1,963

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,851

$1,969

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,874

$1,980

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,859

$1,988

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,848

$1,993

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,846

$2,001

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,883

$2,006

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,884

$2,012

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,848

$2,011

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,838

$2,005

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,839

$1,973

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,868

$2,007

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,857

$2,009

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,880

$2,013

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,908

$2,006

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,928

$1,981

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,866

$1,978

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,800

$1,977

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,755

$1,968

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,752

$1,961

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,797

$1,962

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,811

$1,967

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,835

$1,970

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,810

$1,954

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,815

$1,956

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,812

$1,962

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,807

$1,967

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,807

$1,982

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,862

$1,997

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,960

$2,017

$1,707

8/31/2021

$2,070

$2,040

$1,729

9/30/2021

$2,125

$2,067

$1,752

10/31/2021

$2,137

$2,074

$1,767

11/30/2021

$2,120

$2,095

$1,777

12/31/2021

$2,136

$2,126

$1,791

1/31/2022

$2,177

$2,123

$1,800

2/28/2022

$2,227

$2,125

$1,820

3/31/2022

$2,232

$2,162

$1,829

4/30/2022

$2,256

$2,161

$1,841

5/31/2022

$2,267

$2,206

$1,852

6/30/2022

$2,307

$2,235

$1,861

7/31/2022

$2,315

$2,246

$1,868

8/31/2022

$2,320

$2,274

$1,872

9/30/2022

$2,302

$2,280

$1,875

10/31/2022

$2,294

$2,288

$1,873

11/30/2022

$2,303

$2,298

$1,875

12/31/2022

$2,319

$2,303

$1,874

1/31/2023

$2,311

$2,291

$1,877

2/28/2023

$2,324

$2,311

$1,879

3/31/2023

$2,351

$2,306

$1,884

4/30/2023

$2,373

$2,322

$1,886

5/31/2023

$2,395

$2,321

$1,886

6/30/2023

$2,371

$2,342

$1,886

7/31/2023

$2,345

$2,349

$1,891

8/31/2023

$2,295

$2,364

$1,908

9/30/2023

$2,279

$2,377

$1,912

10/31/2023

$2,292

$2,394

$1,916

11/30/2023

$2,327

$2,404

$1,918

12/31/2023

$2,349

$2,412

$1,921

1/31/2024

$2,369

$2,649

$1,928

2/29/2024

$2,354

$2,644

$1,932

3/31/2024

$2,357

$2,684

$1,935

4/30/2024

$2,349

$2,692

$1,942

5/31/2024

$2,352

$2,709

$1,946

6/30/2024

$2,362

$2,724

$1,973

7/31/2024

$2,394

$2,727

$1,958

8/31/2024

$2,444

$2,735

$1,992

9/30/2024

$2,496

$2,751

$1,993

10/31/2024

$2,490

$2,766

$1,995

11/30/2024

$2,468

$2,769

$1,999

12/31/2024

$2,455

$2,758

$2,003

1/31/2025

$2,487

$2,749

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,504

$2,565

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,511

$2,777

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,526

$2,775

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,534

$2,763

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,550

$2,777

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,554

$2,777

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,555

$2,781

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,544

$2,780

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,563

$2,787

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,578

$2,779

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,592

$2,816

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,573

$2,748

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,579

$3,035

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[6]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - New Brunswick, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

4/1/2021

109

5/1/2021

154

6/1/2021

112

7/1/2021

141

8/1/2021

130

9/1/2021

166

10/1/2021

149

11/1/2021

125

12/1/2021

141

1/1/2022

144

2/1/2022

127

3/1/2022

180

4/1/2022

203

5/1/2022

192

6/1/2022

172

7/1/2022

186

8/1/2022

157

9/1/2022

171

10/1/2022

149

11/1/2022

104

12/1/2022

122

1/1/2023

153

2/1/2023

123

3/1/2023

178

4/1/2023

195

5/1/2023

210

6/1/2023

159

7/1/2023

212

8/1/2023

145

9/1/2023

182

10/1/2023

183

11/1/2023

166

12/1/2023

141

1/1/2024

138

2/1/2024

164

3/1/2024

140

4/1/2024

130

5/1/2024

163

6/1/2024

157

7/1/2024

184

8/1/2024

142

9/1/2024

157

10/1/2024

141

11/1/2024

133

12/1/2024

135

1/1/2025

101

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

114

4/1/2025

111

5/1/2025

135

6/1/2025

115

7/1/2025

123

8/1/2025

119

9/1/2025

135

10/1/2025

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in New Brunswick, NJ

New Brunswick, NJ, is a diverse city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Here are some aspects of living in this location:

Crime Rate and Safety

New Brunswick has some areas with a higher crime rate, so it's essential to be cautious, especially at night. Taking safety measures and staying informed about the neighborhood is important.

Fun Activities

New Brunswick offers a variety of entertainment options, such as cultural events, dining, shopping, and nearby parks for outdoor activities. The city is also known for its vibrant arts scene and theater performances.

Climate

New Brunswick experiences all four seasons, with hot and humid summers and cold winters. It's important to be prepared for temperature variations throughout the year.

Races and Population

The population of New Brunswick is diverse, with a mix of different races and ethnicities. This diversity adds to the cultural richness of the city.

Education

New Brunswick is home to Rutgers University, which provides educational opportunities and cultural events to residents and students. The city also has good schools for families with children.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in New Brunswick is relatively high compared to other cities in New Jersey. Housing costs, in particular, can be a significant expense for residents.

Proximity to Bigger Cities

New York City is approximately 40 miles away from New Brunswick, which is about a 1-hour drive depending on traffic. Residents can easily access the cultural and job opportunities in NYC.

Pros

Cultural diversity
proximity to bigger cities
entertainment options
educational opportunities.

Cons

Higher cost of living
some areas with higher crime rates
traffic congestion.

FAQ

The Scleroderma Program at Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is recognized nationally and internationally for its clinical and research excellence in systemic sclerosis. It is housed at the Clinical Academic Building and is supported by NIH-funded research projects specifically focused on systemic sclerosis and related disorders, giving fellows access to specialized training rarely found elsewhere.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/1503321019

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

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

4. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US3451210

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

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