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Medical Residency in Illinois

Illinois specific initial medical license requirements

Illinois Medical Licensing Board requirements:
  • Minimum 2 years of postgraduate training.
  • Combined 5 attempts at all USMLE exams.
  • 7 years to complete USMLE.
  • Combined 5 attempts at all COMLEX exams.
  • No time limit for COMLEX
  • Accepts Federation Credentials Verification Service

PGY-1 residency positions in Illinois

Number of positions by specialty in Illinois based on PGY-1 main residency Match data

Top size residency programs in Illinois by specialty

Specialty ID Program

Anesthesiology 0401611044 University of Chicago Anesthesiology residency program

— 0401621043 Rush University Medical Center

— 0401621042 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Child neurology 1851621021 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Child neurology residency program

— 1851621001 University of Chicago

Dermatology 0801621031 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Dermatology residency program

— 0801612030 Cook County Health and Hospitals System

— 0801611032 Rush University Medical Center

Emergency medicine 1101612014 University of Chicago Emergency medicine residency program

— 1101621083 Cook County Health and Hospitals System

— 1101612015 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Family medicine 1201621427 SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine (Southwest Illinois) Family medicine residency program

— 1201611098 Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital

— 1201611100 Cook County Health and Hospitals System

Internal medicine 1401621119 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Internal medicine residency program

— 1401612113 Cook County Health and Hospitals System

— 1401621124 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics 7001632015 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency program

— 7001632103 Rush University Medical Center

— 7001614012 University of Chicago

Interventional radiology - integrated 4161600003 Rush University Medical Center Interventional radiology - integrated residency program

— 4161600002 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

— 4161600004 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Medical genetics and genomics 1301600001 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Medical genetics and genomics residency program

Neurological surgery 1601621022 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

— 1601611023 Rush University Medical Center

— 1601611024 University of Chicago

Neurology 1801621032 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Neurology residency program

— 1801621034 University of Chicago

— 1801611033 Rush University Medical Center

Nuclear medicine 2001611027 Rush University Medical Center Nuclear medicine residency program

Obstetrics and gynecology 2201621089 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

— 2201611092 University of Chicago

— 2201611093 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Ophthalmology 2401621052 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Ophthalmology residency program

— 2401622047 John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County

— 2401621049 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Orthopaedic surgery 2601621047 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Orthopaedic surgery residency program

— 2601621007 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

— 2601631174 Rush University Medical Center

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery 2801621033 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery residency program

— 2801621034 Rush University Medical Center

— 2801621035 University of Chicago

Pathology-anatomic and clinical 3001621097 University of Chicago Pathology-anatomic and clinical residency program

— 3001621098 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

— 3001621094 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Pediatrics 3201621070 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Pediatrics residency program

— 3201611073 University of Chicago

— 3201612077 Advocate Health Care/Advocate Children's Hospital (Park Ridge)

Physical medicine and rehabilitation 3401621082 Rush University Medical Center Physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program

— 3401621097 Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

— 3401622012 Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network/University of Chicago

Plastic surgery 3601621028 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Plastic surgery residency program

Plastic surgery - Integrated 3621600146 University of Chicago

— 3621621025 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

— 3621600147 Loyola University Medical Center

Preventive medicine 3801677066 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Preventive medicine residency program

— 3801621050 Cook County Health and Hospitals System/Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Psychiatry 4001621060 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Psychiatry residency program

— 4001621063 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

— 4001611061 Rush University Medical Center

Radiation oncology 4301611116 University of Chicago/University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Radiation oncology residency program

— 4301621027 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

— 4301611028 Rush University Medical Center

Radiology-diagnostic 4201621059 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Radiology-diagnostic residency program

— 4201611061 University of Chicago

— 4201611064 Loyola University Medical Center

Surgery 4401621099 Loyola University Medical Center Surgery residency program

— 4401621395 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

— 4401631096 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (Metropolitan Group)

Thoracic surgery 4601621027 Rush University Medical Center Thoracic surgery residency program

— 4601631030 Loyola University Medical Center

— 4601621025 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Thoracic surgery - integrated 4611621045 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Thoracic surgery - integrated residency program

Transitional year 9991600032 Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital

— 9991600207 Ascension Illinois/Resurrection

— 9991600232 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

Urology 4801621045 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Urology residency program

— 4801621047 University of Chicago

— 4801631046 Rush University Medical Center

Vascular surgery - integrated 4511621001 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Vascular surgery - integrated residency program

— 4511600568 Carle Foundation Hospital

— 4511621034 Southern Illinois University

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Percent MD,DO,IMG residents matched PGY-1 in Illinois (main match)

Percent of MDs, DOs and IMGs in Illinois by year

Illinois PGY-1 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2026 1677 95.9 958 (57%) 295 (17%) 356 (21%)
2025 1651 95.2 958 (58%) 301 (18%) 312 (18%)
2024 1656 95.0 929 (56%) 291 (17%) 354 (21%)
2023 1634 96.5 893 (54%) 326 (19%) 356 (21%)
2022 1632 96.4 932 (57%) 307 (18%) 334 (20%)
2021 1604 96.9 899 (56%) 307 (19%) 348 (21%)
2020 1619 97.2 940 (58%) 298 (18%) 334 (20%)
2019 1561 96.5 891 (57%) 262 (16%) 354 (22%)
2018 1479 98.2 920 (62%) 186 (12%) 347 (23%)
2017 1451 95.7 884 (60%) 162 (11%) 343 (23%)
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PGY-2 residency positions in Illinois

  1. Radiology-diagnostic (41)
  2. Dermatology (25)
  3. Neurology (20)
  4. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (19)
  5. Anesthesiology (15)
  6. Radiation oncology (7)
  7. Interventional radiology - integrated (6)
Number of positions by specialty in Illinois based on PGY-2 main residency Match data

Percent MD,DO,IMG residents matched PGY-2 in Illinois (main match)

Percent of MDs, DOs and IMGs in Illinois by year

Illinois PGY-2 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2026 133 100.0 112 (84%) 14 (10%) 7 (5%)
2025 132 100.0 114 (86%) 13 (9%) 5 (3%)
2024 130 99.2 110 (84%) 14 (10%) 5 (3%)
2023 125 97.6 106 (84%) 11 (8%) 4 (3%)
2022 128 99.2 107 (83%) 16 (12%) 4 (3%)
2021 127 99.2 99 (77%) 16 (12%) 11 (8%)
2020 131 96.9 94 (71%) 18 (13%) 15 (11%)
2019 143 99.3 110 (76%) 23 (16%) 9 (6%)
2018 144 100.0 111 (77%) 23 (15%) 10 (6%)
2017 155 99.4 117 (75%) 23 (14%) 14 (9%)

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