Specialty Guides

These Specialty Guides provide an overview and advice to support career planning for the specialties UWSOM students commonly apply for residency. Specialty Career Advisors and Career Advisors annually update the information contained in these guides.

You may additionally find the Career Planning Timeline helpful with staying on track with career and specialty exploration as you progress through medical school.

Read the Guidelines for Contacting Specialty Career Advisors first, before making contact with a SCA

READ FIRST: Guidelines for Contacting Specialty Career Advisors (SCAs)

Anesthesiology

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Child Neurology

Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine

Internal Medicine

Medical Genetics

Medicine-Pediatrics (Med-Peds)

Neurological Surgery

Neurology

Obstetrics-Gynecology (OB/GYN)

Ophthalmology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Otolaryngology

Pathology

Pediatrics

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)

Plastic Surgery

Psychiatry

Radiation Oncology

Radiology – Diagnostic

Radiology – Interventional

Surgery

Urology

Vascular Surgery