Overview of the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program
The University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program in Vascular Surgery offers a comprehensive integrated residency training designed to cultivate the next generation of vascular surgeons. This five-year program encompasses two years of core general surgery training, followed by three years dedicated to specialized vascular surgery education. The program is renowned as the only vascular surgery training program in South Florida and is structured to ensure residents gain extensive experience in open surgical and endovascular therapies.
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The program's curriculum integrates a broad spectrum of surgical practices, designed around providing both robust clinical experiences and academic growth. Residents will rotate through prominent medical centers, including the Jackson Memorial Hospital, UHealth Tower, and the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. These training sites are located within proximity in the Health District of Miami, allowing for seamless rotations among different healthcare environments.
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Mission and Vision
The mission of the program is to develop outstanding vascular surgeons equipped to deliver exceptional clinical outcomes and contribute meaningfully to healthcare research. This encompasses training in evidence-based practices, enhancing surgical skills, and embracing enriching learning experiences. The program emphasizes inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility to healthcare, reflecting the community it serves.
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Clinical Training and Rotations
During the training period, residents will be involved in various surgical cases, covering the entire spectrum of vascular conditions. This includes exposure to the treatment of aortic dissection, vascular trauma, and a range of occlusive diseases. A significant part of the residency incorporates hands-on experience in a variety of vascular procedures under the guidance of seasoned faculty.
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Residents will be expected to participate actively in outpatient clinics and oversee postoperative care, developing their clinical judgment and patient management skills. The curriculum also incorporates essential training on interpreting vascular labs and performing non-invasive vascular studies, invaluable for comprehensive vascular care.
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Another unique aspect of this residency is the opportunity to work within a Level I trauma center, integrating hands-on trauma experience with vascular surgical training. The emphasis on graded responsibility allows trainees to progress and assume greater autonomy as they advance in their residency, ensuring they are well-prepared for independent practice.
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Research Opportunities
The program places a significant emphasis on research, encouraging residents to engage in data-driven projects and present their findings at national conferences. This commitment to research enhances the academic profile of residents and provides essential skills necessary for innovation in vascular surgery.
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Additionally, residents will have access to state-of-the-art resources, including a basic science laboratory geared towards facilitating research projects, and engage in ongoing clinical trials. Participation in these research opportunities plays a key role in developing future leaders in the field.
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Training Facilities
The training facilities consist of three main sites:
Jackson Memorial Hospital – one of the largest teaching hospitals in the U.S.
UHealth Tower – a comprehensive hospital associated with the University of Miami.
Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
These institutions provide a robust platform for hands-on learning, combining clinical exposure with access to diverse patient populations.
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Visa Support and Sponsorship
The program actively supports international applicants by sponsoring the J1 visa, which is the standard visa category for residents and fellows who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This ensures that qualified candidates from all backgrounds can participate in the residency training, broadening the diversity within the program.
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Application Requirements and Competitiveness
The University of Miami/Jackson Health System Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency is competitive and seeks candidates who have successfully completed the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2 prior to entering the program. There are no postgraduate training requirements, making it accessible for qualified medical graduates.
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Educational Activities
The program promotes continuous educational growth through diverse formal educational activities. This includes:
Daily morning case presentations where residents collaborate on surgical cases.
Weekly didactic presentations on vascular surgery topics.
Monthly morbidity and mortality conferences to learn from past cases.
Skills workshops focusing on practical vascular surgical techniques.
Continued Accreditation (Effective: January 15, 2026)
Composition
Composition
-
Training
Fellowship Rate:
-
Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:
1.6X
Residents Career Path
Residents Career Path
Data Distribution
Category
Value
Percentage
Full-time Practice
0
0%
Academic
50
50%
Fellowship
0
0%
Other
50
50%
Full-time Practice
Academic
Fellowship
Other
Quality of Life
First Year Average Weekly Hours:
80 hours
First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty:
12 hours
First Year Salary:
$70,790
First Year Paid Vacation:
28 days
First Year Paid Sick Leave:
14 days
Admission
USMLE Step 2 Score:
-
Visa Sponsorship:
J1
YOG Cutoff:
5
Incoming Schools
No data available for Incoming Schools
Race / Ethnicity
No data available for Race / Ethnicity
Gender
No data available for Gender
Rotation Duration by Site
Rotation Duration Chart Data
Category
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Required/Optional
Jackson Memorial Hospital
8 months
7 months
2 months
3 months
3 months
Required
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Miami)
1 month
2 months
N/A
6 months
6 months
Required
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/UHealth Tower
4 months
2 months
10 months
3 months
3 months
Required
Jackson West Medical Center
N/A
1 month
N/A
N/A
N/A
Required
2026 Residency Applicant & Interview Insights
No 2026 Applicant & Interview Insights available for this program.
USMLE STEP 2 CK Score
No data available for USMLE STEP 2 CK Score
COMLEX Level 2 Score
No data available for COMLEX Level 2 Score
Match History
Track: 1104451C0
2026
1 of 1
2024
1 of 1
2022
1 of 1
2020
1 of 1
Filled Position
Unfilled Position
Location
Miami, FL
Population
442,241
Income
$68,635
Education
38.6%
Employment
65.2%
Health
14.1%
Age
40
Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average
Housing - Rental Prices
Rental Prices
Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time
Date
Region - Miami, FL
State - Florida
United States
1/31/2015
$1,682
$1,166
$1,193
2/28/2015
$1,693
$1,170
$1,199
3/31/2015
$1,707
$1,175
$1,206
4/30/2015
$1,715
$1,180
$1,213
5/31/2015
$1,720
$1,186
$1,228
6/30/2015
$1,728
$1,190
$1,233
7/31/2015
$1,732
$1,196
$1,235
8/31/2015
$1,739
$1,198
$1,241
9/30/2015
$1,744
$1,206
$1,245
10/31/2015
$1,744
$1,212
$1,253
11/30/2015
$1,753
$1,220
$1,259
12/31/2015
$1,759
$1,223
$1,263
1/31/2016
$1,769
$1,229
$1,275
2/29/2016
$1,770
$1,232
$1,279
3/31/2016
$1,766
$1,238
$1,282
4/30/2016
$1,765
$1,241
$1,285
5/31/2016
$1,763
$1,244
$1,291
6/30/2016
$1,764
$1,245
$1,294
7/31/2016
$1,766
$1,248
$1,295
8/31/2016
$1,765
$1,252
$1,303
9/30/2016
$1,765
$1,259
$1,307
10/31/2016
$1,765
$1,261
$1,311
11/30/2016
$1,764
$1,264
$1,312
12/31/2016
$1,763
$1,267
$1,313
1/31/2017
$1,765
$1,272
$1,317
2/28/2017
$1,772
$1,277
$1,324
3/31/2017
$1,776
$1,284
$1,335
4/30/2017
$1,776
$1,291
$1,346
5/31/2017
$1,778
$1,295
$1,353
6/30/2017
$1,780
$1,301
$1,357
7/31/2017
$1,781
$1,305
$1,359
8/31/2017
$1,783
$1,310
$1,363
9/30/2017
$1,788
$1,313
$1,406
10/31/2017
$1,793
$1,317
$1,414
11/30/2017
$1,795
$1,320
$1,413
12/31/2017
$1,800
$1,326
$1,420
1/31/2018
$1,802
$1,332
$1,422
2/28/2018
$1,806
$1,339
$1,427
3/31/2018
$1,810
$1,343
$1,429
4/30/2018
$1,817
$1,349
$1,434
5/31/2018
$1,817
$1,351
$1,438
6/30/2018
$1,822
$1,357
$1,444
7/31/2018
$1,827
$1,363
$1,449
8/31/2018
$1,836
$1,367
$1,455
9/30/2018
$1,840
$1,371
$1,461
10/31/2018
$1,845
$1,375
$1,465
11/30/2018
$1,843
$1,381
$1,473
12/31/2018
$1,846
$1,390
$1,482
1/31/2019
$1,849
$1,390
$1,492
2/28/2019
$1,850
$1,394
$1,495
3/31/2019
$1,853
$1,398
$1,503
4/30/2019
$1,856
$1,403
$1,509
5/31/2019
$1,863
$1,406
$1,514
6/30/2019
$1,867
$1,409
$1,519
7/31/2019
$1,871
$1,414
$1,526
8/31/2019
$1,871
$1,420
$1,531
9/30/2019
$1,875
$1,427
$1,534
10/31/2019
$1,878
$1,432
$1,541
11/30/2019
$1,888
$1,435
$1,545
12/31/2019
$1,893
$1,439
$1,552
1/31/2020
$1,900
$1,446
$1,560
2/29/2020
$1,906
$1,451
$1,565
3/31/2020
$1,907
$1,458
$1,565
4/30/2020
$1,897
$1,457
$1,566
5/31/2020
$1,886
$1,458
$1,563
6/30/2020
$1,879
$1,459
$1,562
7/31/2020
$1,877
$1,465
$1,571
8/31/2020
$1,877
$1,472
$1,574
9/30/2020
$1,876
$1,482
$1,586
10/31/2020
$1,884
$1,495
$1,593
11/30/2020
$1,890
$1,509
$1,602
12/31/2020
$1,904
$1,518
$1,606
1/31/2021
$1,923
$1,532
$1,613
2/28/2021
$1,958
$1,551
$1,620
3/31/2021
$1,999
$1,571
$1,629
4/30/2021
$2,043
$1,601
$1,649
5/31/2021
$2,086
$1,625
$1,663
6/30/2021
$2,140
$1,665
$1,686
7/31/2021
N/A
$1,704
$1,707
8/31/2021
$2,280
$1,759
$1,729
9/30/2021
$2,344
$1,810
$1,752
10/31/2021
$2,397
$1,845
$1,767
11/30/2021
$2,460
$1,866
$1,777
12/31/2021
$2,521
$1,899
$1,791
1/31/2022
$2,576
$1,932
$1,800
2/28/2022
$2,623
$2,018
$1,820
3/31/2022
$2,664
$2,045
$1,829
4/30/2022
$2,713
$2,069
$1,841
5/31/2022
$2,758
$2,091
$1,852
6/30/2022
$2,795
$2,108
$1,861
7/31/2022
$2,812
$2,122
$1,868
8/31/2022
$2,820
$2,128
$1,872
9/30/2022
$2,832
$2,133
$1,875
10/31/2022
$2,841
$2,140
$1,873
11/30/2022
$2,847
$2,152
$1,875
12/31/2022
$2,852
$2,152
$1,874
1/31/2023
$2,858
$2,169
$1,877
2/28/2023
$2,858
$2,175
$1,879
3/31/2023
$2,859
$2,188
$1,884
4/30/2023
$2,860
$2,189
$1,886
5/31/2023
$2,861
$2,199
$1,886
6/30/2023
$2,859
$2,198
$1,886
7/31/2023
$2,856
$2,197
$1,891
8/31/2023
$2,861
$2,203
$1,908
9/30/2023
$2,864
$2,204
$1,912
10/31/2023
$2,872
$2,204
$1,916
11/30/2023
$2,875
$2,203
$1,918
12/31/2023
$2,879
$2,210
$1,921
1/31/2024
$2,884
$2,212
$1,928
2/29/2024
$2,893
$2,209
$1,932
3/31/2024
$2,902
$2,204
$1,935
4/30/2024
$2,911
$2,209
$1,942
5/31/2024
$2,918
$2,218
$1,946
6/30/2024
$2,921
$2,221
$1,973
7/31/2024
$2,926
$2,238
$1,958
8/31/2024
$2,934
$2,245
$1,992
9/30/2024
$2,946
$2,245
$1,993
10/31/2024
$2,952
$2,249
$1,995
11/30/2024
$2,950
$2,254
$1,999
12/31/2024
$2,952
$2,258
$2,003
1/31/2025
$2,953
$2,258
$2,006
2/28/2025
$2,954
$2,257
$2,007
3/31/2025
$2,956
$2,258
$2,016
4/30/2025
$2,954
$2,259
$2,019
5/31/2025
$2,953
$2,262
$2,022
6/30/2025
$2,957
$2,264
$2,026
7/31/2025
$2,963
$2,265
$2,029
8/31/2025
$2,962
$2,266
$2,027
9/30/2025
$2,958
$2,269
$2,030
10/31/2025
$2,956
$2,270
$2,052
11/30/2025
$2,961
$2,273
$2,095
12/31/2025
$2,963
$2,286
$2,086
1/31/2026
$2,964
$2,294
$2,160
2/28/2026
$2,963
$2,381
$2,178
Crime - All Violent Offences
Rate per 100,000 Residents
Rate per 100,000 people Over Time
Date
Region - Miami, FL
State - Florida
United States
4/1/2021
65
65
41
5/1/2021
74
74
46
6/1/2021
69
69
44
7/1/2021
73
73
47
8/1/2021
72
72
45
9/1/2021
68
68
43
10/1/2021
71
71
44
11/1/2021
62
62
39
12/1/2021
65
65
40
1/1/2022
62
62
42
2/1/2022
58
58
39
3/1/2022
68
68
45
4/1/2022
67
67
45
5/1/2022
71
71
49
6/1/2022
77
69
47
7/1/2022
133
72
49
8/1/2022
134
71
48
9/1/2022
125
70
46
10/1/2022
128
70
46
11/1/2022
126
62
41
12/1/2022
282
219
50
1/1/2023
111
69
44
2/1/2023
100
61
39
3/1/2023
129
69
44
4/1/2023
136
71
45
5/1/2023
152
77
49
6/1/2023
138
73
47
7/1/2023
147
77
49
8/1/2023
150
76
48
9/1/2023
147
73
46
10/1/2023
153
75
47
11/1/2023
132
66
41
12/1/2023
224
151
47
1/1/2024
121
67
40
2/1/2024
124
64
39
3/1/2024
117
71
43
4/1/2024
144
71
44
5/1/2024
152
78
48
6/1/2024
142
72
46
7/1/2024
141
74
48
8/1/2024
137
72
46
9/1/2024
133
70
45
10/1/2024
140
69
44
11/1/2024
120
63
40
12/1/2024
180
125
42
1/1/2025
119
66
37
2/1/2025
110
62
34
3/1/2025
126
73
41
4/1/2025
132
76
41
5/1/2025
130
78
44
6/1/2025
126
76
43
7/1/2025
133
79
45
8/1/2025
131
77
43
9/1/2025
118
73
41
10/1/2025
136
73
40
11/1/2025
116
69
37
12/1/2025
105
66
35
1/1/2026
99
59
32
2/1/2026
55
44
27
3/1/2026
12
12
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Living in Miami, FL
Miami, FL is a vibrant and diverse city known for its beautiful beaches, rich culture, and bustling nightlife. Here's what you can expect living in Miami
Crime Rate and Safety Miami has areas with varying levels of safety, so it's important to research your neighborhood. Overall, the city has a moderate crime rate.
Fun Activities Miami offers a wide range of activities, from water sports and beach days to exploring historic neighborhoods like Little Havana and Wynwood.
Climate Miami has a tropical monsoon climate with hot and humid summers and warm winters. Be prepared for frequent rain showers, especially during the summer months.
Races and Population Miami is a melting pot of cultures, with a diverse population including a significant Cuban, Haitian, and South American community.
Education Miami is home to several universities and colleges, providing educational opportunities for both residents and visitors.
Cost of Living The cost of living in Miami can be high, especially when it comes to housing. It's essential to budget accordingly to afford living in the city.
Proximity to Bigger Cities Miami is relatively isolated from other major cities. The closest major city is Fort Lauderdale, which is about a 30-40 minute drive away, depending on traffic.
Pros Diverse culture, beautiful beaches, vibrant nightlife.
Cons High cost of living, traffic congestion.
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