How to Apply
We accept three residents a year through the National Resident Matching Program and accept applications through Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Please visit the ERAS website to complete your application for our program.
We have no minimum USMLE score requirement and try to look at each applicant in a holistic manner. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the residency recruitment process.
Resident Benefits
The full list of benefits offered through UMMC can be found on the Benefits at UMMC page.
Other benefits include:
- Parking costs covered by the department
- Discounted gym membership
- Full library access and electronic access to Oto textbooks
- Yearly board vitals subscription
- Meal stipend on call
- 403b matching
- Annual $500 CME fund
- Surgical Loupes during PGY-3 year
- Travel and registration for national meetings where you have a podium presentation
- Travel and registration for Academy of Otolaryngology meeting for all PGY-5 residents
- Travel and registration for multiple external courses including ORL emergencies boot camp, SIMFEST, CHOP airway course, Michigan Temporal Bone Course
Visiting Students
We invite visiting medical students to apply for our one-month Otorhinolaryngology sub-internship. These students will have the opportunity to rotate through the Otorhinolaryngology subspecialties with an assigned faculty mentor.
Contact Us
Please contact Mellisa Lantaya if you have any specific questions on the application process.
- Phone: 667-214-2698
- Email: mlantaya@som.umaryland.edu