Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program

New Haven, CT

Specialty:Thoracic surgery - independent

ACGME Code:4600821018

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

Program Overview

The Yale Integrated Six-Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program is an ACGME-accredited program designed for medical school graduates aiming to become board-certified cardiothoracic surgeons through the American Board of Thoracic Surgeons (ABTS). This residency integrates the first three years with the general surgery program, providing early exposure to cardiothoracic surgery, followed by three additional years focused primarily on cardiothoracic surgery training. This structure aims to endorse both clinical and academic excellence and cultivate leadership skills, ensuring that graduates are competent, independent surgeons.

Curriculum

The curriculum allows for personalized training pathways that can emphasize either cardiac or general thoracic surgery. Residents can select their pathway upon starting the program, allowing flexibility. Notably, the final two years emphasize extensive operative experiences tailored to each resident's clinical interests. Residents also take on administrative responsibilities, gaining insights into the management of clinical services and educational curriculum planning.

Clinical Rotations

During the PGY1-3 years, residents will undergo rotations that combine general surgery with cardiothoracic surgery. Each year features six months dedicated to general surgical rotations (including vascular surgery and transplant), alongside six months on cardiothoracic rotations involving adult cardiac and general thoracic services, as well as critical care exposure. The more advanced PGY4-6 years will include mandatory and elective rotations tailored to the resident’s chosen career path, providing invaluable hands-on experience in both adult and congenital cardiac surgery.

Operative Case Breadth and Depth

The program exposes residents to a wide array of surgical procedures, from advanced minimally invasive techniques to complex traditional operations. Training covers aspects of adult and congenital cardiac surgeries and thoracic pathologies, ensuring that residents have comprehensive exposure to operative and non-operative management strategies, which are crucial for a successful career in cardiothoracic surgery.

Training Facilities

The primary training facility for the program is the Yale-New Haven Hospital, a 1,541-bed tertiary medical center known for handling national and international referrals. This facility supports diverse surgical procedures and critical care environments. Additional training sites like West Haven VA Hospital offer unique exposure to general adult cases and foster independence, while Bridgeport Hospital and Saint Raphael Campus provide a vital community experience, further enhancing the breadth of training.

Didactics and Simulation

To ensure a robust educational experience, residents participate in weekly trainee-led educational sessions, which cover both foundational and advanced cardiothoracic surgery topics. This is supported by a structured didactics program involving wet/dry lab sessions and an immersive robotic surgery curriculum to prepare residents for evolving surgical technologies.

Research Opportunities

Yale emphasizes the importance of scholarly activities during residency. For those interested in research, opportunities exist for dedicated research time after the PGY3 year for up to four years. Projects can span various interests, including basic science, clinical outcomes, and collaborations with multiple departments across Yale University.

Resident Benefits

The program provides competitive salaries commensurate with the PGY level, along with various educational allowances, health insurance, and wellness programs aimed at ensuring the mental and physical health of residents. Additional benefits include vacation time, financial support for educational travel, and opportunities for family support.

Eligibility Requirements

The program accepts two residents per year, requiring graduation from an LCME-accredited U.S. or Canadian medical school or equivalent. Applicants must apply via ERAS and participate in the NRMP. Necessary documents include three letters of reference, a personal statement, transcripts, and a Dean's letter. Options for candidates with international medical degrees include ECFMG certification.

Visa Support

The program provides visa support for applicants requiring immigration assistance, supporting J-1 and H-1B visa types. This ensures that qualified international candidates can engage in the residency program fully.

Competitiveness and Special Application Considerations

The Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency is competitive. It considers all applicants, including U.S. and international medical graduates. There may be specific expectations such as a maximum number of failed STEP exams, which are typically stated during the application process. The program seeks to maintain a diverse resident cohort and encourages applications from various backgrounds.

Current Residents

The program also highlights a diverse group of current residents, detailing their backgrounds and interests in cardiothoracic surgery. This accessibility allows prospective candidates to connect and learn more about personal experiences within the program.

Web sources

1. Integrated Six-Year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency 2. Resident Benefits 3. Eligibility 4. Current Residents 5. Integrated Six-Year Rotations

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued26

Warning1

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 17, 1998
02	2001 - 2002	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 17, 1998
03	2002 - 2003	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 17, 1998
04	2003 - 2004	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 17, 1998
05	2004 - 2005	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 9, 2004
06	2005 - 2006	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 9, 2004
07	2006 - 2007	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 9, 2004
08	2007 - 2008	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 9, 2004
09	2008 - 2009	Continued Full Accreditation	Jul 9, 2004
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	Jan 8, 2010

Program

Program Size

1, 1 (2 years)

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: March 6, 2026)

Composition

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:9X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $103,142

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 24 hours

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 80 hours

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:5

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Roster

Publications

13 Publications (5 yr)

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

13 Publications (5 yr)

Translational lung cancer research2026

CEACAM5 as a biomarker of semi-solid, lepidic lung adenocarcinoma.

Justin M Bader,¹William de Santis,¹Emma Kane,¹Anjali Jaiswal,²

PMID: 42291360doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-2026-1-0102

Chest2026

Natural History, Treatment, Survival, and Causes of Mortality in Patients With Subsolid and Ground-Glass Nodules.

Justin M Bader,¹Samantha R Prince,¹William de Santis,¹Emma R Kane,¹

PMID: 42155700doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2026.04.053

Location

New Haven, CT

Population

864,835

Median income

$77,719Below

Education

36.2%Above

Employment

60.6%Above

Health

7.9%Above

Age

40Below

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 - New Haven, CT

State - Connecticut

United States

1/31/2015

$1,149

$1,524

$1,193

2/28/2015

$1,131

$1,524

$1,199

3/31/2015

$1,142

$1,536

$1,206

4/30/2015

$1,149

$1,536

$1,213

5/31/2015

$1,159

$1,535

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,152

$1,531

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,164

$1,551

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,179

$1,561

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,186

$1,566

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,180

$1,560

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,174

$1,567

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,172

$1,565

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,173

$1,563

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,175

$1,577

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,176

$1,498

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,188

$1,523

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,206

$1,442

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,218

$1,440

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,215

$1,436

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,200

$1,438

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,201

$1,440

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,206

$1,449

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,212

$1,451

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,225

$1,431

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,233

$1,411

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,245

$1,418

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,233

$1,421

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,229

$1,425

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,226

$1,437

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,230

$1,446

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,235

$1,413

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,247

$1,414

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,246

$1,417

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,249

$1,423

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,248

$1,419

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,251

$1,442

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,246

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,247

$1,437

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,267

$1,412

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,282

$1,416

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,283

$1,417

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,281

$1,421

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,286

$1,427

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,292

$1,430

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,301

$1,435

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,306

$1,438

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,314

$1,466

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,315

$1,450

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,325

$1,455

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,325

$1,456

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,324

$1,490

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,321

$1,462

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,327

$1,466

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,335

$1,468

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,338

$1,473

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,340

$1,480

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,343

$1,484

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,347

$1,487

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,350

$1,492

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,354

$1,497

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,355

$1,503

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,362

$1,504

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,387

$1,518

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,394

$1,521

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,392

$1,530

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,387

$1,535

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,377

$1,540

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,382

$1,550

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,390

$1,563

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,406

$1,584

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,403

$1,599

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,404

$1,612

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,419

$1,620

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,429

$1,619

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,434

$1,631

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,431

$1,642

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,451

$1,657

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,475

$1,676

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,517

$1,702

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,537

$1,736

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,558

$1,738

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,554

$1,710

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,573

$1,758

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,587

$1,744

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,592

$1,758

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,596

$1,770

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,614

$1,782

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,647

$1,806

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,663

$1,797

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,670

$1,814

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,672

$1,822

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,680

$1,830

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,688

$1,835

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,711

$1,832

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,723

$1,843

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,734

$1,932

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,741

$1,942

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,751

$1,953

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,755

$1,971

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,761

$1,971

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,771

$1,952

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,793

$1,956

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,810

$1,971

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,833

$2,016

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,842

$2,003

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,851

$2,032

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,866

$2,023

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,875

$2,022

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,894

$2,027

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,900

$2,035

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,912

$2,034

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,925

$2,017

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,935

$2,023

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,950

$2,043

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,955

$2,061

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,969

$2,086

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,980

$2,082

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,995

$2,083

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,997

$2,098

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,993

$2,114

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,993

$2,124

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,018

$2,147

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,028

$2,141

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,033

$2,152

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,040

$2,153

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,039

$2,156

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,050

$2,159

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,048

$2,156

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,057

$2,171

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,059

$2,180

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,070

$2,200

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,088

$2,190

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,099

$2,255

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,096

$2,453

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - New Haven, CT

State - Connecticut

United States

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External Links

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/4600821018

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=010XX00US

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

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