Many hospitals and health systems are opening new physician residency programs to expand training opportunities for medical students and bolster the pipeline of future physicians.
Below are 41 hospitals and health systems launching or announcing new programs in 2025.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list and was last updated Dec. 19. If you’d like to add a new program to the list, please email Mackenzie Bean at mbean@beckershealthcare.com. Organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
- Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.) will launch a emergency medicine residency program with the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, the organizations said Sept. 15.
- BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Fla., will launch seven new graduate medical education programs in the 2025-26 academic year. These include the system’s first emergency medicine residency, four internal medicine programs, a transitional year program, and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship.
- Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has launched an emergency medicine residency in partnership with Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
- Bon Secours Mercy Health in Cincinnati launched its three-year internal medicine residency program at its St. Francis Downtown hospital in Greenville, S.C. The first class of 12 residents began in July, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. In tandem with the program, the system opened a new clinic: Bon Secours St. Francis Internal Medicine Residency Practice.
- Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, will launch a pediatrics residency program in July 2026.
- Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis are launching a rural family medicine residency program at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital in Grand Rapids, Minn.
- Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala., has received accreditation to launch an internal medicine residency program, the hospital said May 22.
- Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Healthcare System will launch an internal medicine residency program in July 2026.
- Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and the University of Central Florida are launching a transitional year residency program at HCA Florida West Hospital in Pensacola this July.
- HCA and UCF College of Medicine will launch a new internal medicine residency program at Tallahassee-based HCA Florida Capital Hospital in July 2026.
- Independence Health System in Butler, Pa., is launching a family medicine residency program at Butler Memorial Hospital this summer.
- Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles launched an anesthesia residency program this year. In 2026, the system will also debut residencies for psychiatry, hospice and palliative care medicine, and internal medicine.
- Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., has received approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to launch a diagnostic radiology residency program.
- Maury Regional Health in Columbia, Tenn., and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn., will launch an internal medicine residency program in July 2026, the organizations said Sept. 23.
- McLeod Health is launching an internal medicine residency program at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C., in July 2026.
- Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, Calif., is launching an internal medicine residency program this July.
- Mobile (Ala.) Infirmary will launch a general surgery residency program next July, according to CBS affiliate WKRG.
- MUSC Health in Charleston, S.C., is launching an internal medicine residency program at Lancaster (S.C.) Medical Center. The program welcomed its first class of eight students in July.
- New Milford (Conn.) Hospital, part of Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health, began training its first class of family medicine residents in July.
- Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is adding general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology residency programs, and expanding its family medicine residency program with an urban family medicine track, according to a July 15 news release. The first class of these residency programs will begin in 2027.
- Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa in Idaho welcomed six students to its new family medicine residency program in July.
- Samaritan Healthcare in Moses Lake, Wash., is developing a rural family medicine residency program with Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane.
- Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge plans to launch an internal medicine residency program in July 2026.
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Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick has launched an internal medicine residency program.
- Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System launched an OB/GYN residency program in July.
- South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, Miss., welcomed 10 students to its new internal medicine residency program in July.
- In June, St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., launched its inaugural internal medicine and psychiatry residencies.
- Monroe, La.-based St. Francis Medical Center, part of FMOL Health, will launch a family medicine residency program in July 2026.
- Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health earned accreditation for its first two obstetrics-gynecology residency programs, which will launch at Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center and Oakland, Calif.-based Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in July 2026. The system will also launch a family medicine rural residency program at Crescent City, Calif.-based Sutter Coast Hospital and a neurology residency program at Sutter Roseville Medical Center in 2026, according to Roseville Today.
- Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will open a general surgery residency program at its Amarillo campus in 2026, KAMR-TV reported Feb. 22.
- Three Crosses Regional Hospital in Las Cruces, N.M., earned approval from ACGME in January to launch an internal medicine residency program.
- Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital and Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare in Conroe, Texas, will launch a psychiatry residency program in July 2026.
- TriState Health in Clarkston, Wash., will launch a family medicine residency program with the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
- UC San Diego Health and Imperial County Behavioral Health Services will launch a psychiatry residency program next year.
- Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System launched a new general surgery residency program in July with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, TAPinto Ridgewood reported May 16.
- Valley Health in Winchester, Va., will launch an internal medicine residency program at Winchester Medical Center in July 2026.
- Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon, Tenn., earned approval Sept. 17 to establish a primary care-internal medicine residency program.
- Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences earned approval to launch a neurology and emergency medicine residency program in July 2026.
- York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health received initial accreditation to launch a four-year psychiatry residency program, which will include six residents each year. The first class began in July.
- WellSpan Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital welcomed its first class of residents in its family medicine program, according to a statement shared with Becker’s.
- Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is launching an obstetrics and gynecology residency program at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., the Marietta Daily Journal reported March 24.
