A total of 48,156 MD and DO students applied for the 2023 match program.
Specialties including family medicine, radiation oncology and emergency medicine saw the highest vacancy rates this year.
The number of unfilled residency slots by specialty:
1. Family medicine: 1,154 (11.3 percent)
2. Emergency medicine: 1,116 (18.3 percent)
3. Surgery: 1,108 (19.8 percent)
4. Internal medicine: 776 (3.8 percent)
5. Pediatrics: 202 (2.9 percent)
6. Radiation oncology: 84 (20.6 percent)
7. Neurology: 56 (2.2 percent)
8. Psychiatry: 42 (1 percent)
9. OB-GYN: 28 (0.9 percent)
10. Anesthesiology: 16 (0.4 percent)
11. Pathology: 12 (1 percent)
12. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 10 (0.9 percent)
13. Neurological surgery: six (1.2 percent)
14. Dermatology: six (0.5 percent)
15. Interventional radiology: four (1.1 percent)
16. Otolaryngology: four (0.5 percent)
17. Vascular surgery: two (1.1 percent)
