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Most popular medical residency programs in Virginia

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This past year, FREIDA™ users tallied nearly 2 million views of medical residency programs, sorting the options with numerous filters. The most-used filter narrows residency programs by state.

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Drawn from more than 39,000 pageviews of the 130 Virginia residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about Virginia residencies.

For another unique view of which programs are capturing the attention of your peers, check out our list of the 20 most-viewed residency specialties.

Rankings are based on user activity on FREIDA™ from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2024. To qualify for this analysis, users must have searched by specialty and applied a state or region filter. FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

  1. Johnston Memorial Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

  2. Augusta Health Inc Program (Internal Medicine)

  3. Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University Program (Internal Medicine)

  4. Riverside Regional Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  5. Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program (Internal Medicine)

  6. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Program (Internal Medicine)

  7. University of Virginia Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  8. Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program (Internal Medicine)

  9. Mary Washington Healthcare Program (Internal Medicine)

  10. Wellmont Health System/Norton Community Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

  11. HCA Healthcare LewisGale Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  12. Sovah Health-Danville Program (Internal Medicine)

  13. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Program (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

  14. HCA Healthcare LewisGale Hospital-Montgomery/VCOM Program (Internal Medicine)

  15. Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University Program (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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