Family Medicine
Contacts
Specialty Advisor
Residency Program Director(s)
Harlem Residency: Dr. Andrea Maritato
Mount Sinai Downtown: Dr. Radeeb Akhtar
South Nassau: Dr. Anubhav Agarwal
Specialty Interest Group Faculty Advisor
Specialty Overview
Family physicians provide front-line health care that is accessible, high quality, comprehensive and continuous over time for people of all ages, life stages, backgrounds and conditions. They care for individuals and for entire families, from birth through the end of life, including a broad range of preventive care; healthy lifestyle counseling; mental health care; care of acute illnesses; management of chronic diseases, including patients with multi-morbidity. When needed, they also provide referral and coordination of care with other specialists.
Family Medicine/Family Practice | Careers in Medicine (AAMC CiM log in required)
How long is this specialty's residency?
Residency training for this specialty is three years.
Websites for Reference
American Academy of Family Physicians | AAFP
Away Electives
Away Electives
Recommended if you are interested in a new geographic location
Order of Away vs Home
Whatever order student chooses
Programs where ISMMS students have completed away electives.
CA
Natividad Medical Center
1
CA
Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency
1
CA
Ventura County Medical Center
1
NC
University of North Carolina
3
WA
Swedish First Hill
1
Match Statistics
Information provided by the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) Charting Outcomes in the Match, last updated August 2024
Mean Number of Contiguous Ranks
13.5
Mean USMLE Step 2 CK Score
244
Mean Number of Research Experiences
2.1
Mean Number of Abstracts, Presentations and Publications
4.2
Competitiveness
Source: 2025 Match Advanced Data Tables
In the 2025 Match there were 5,357 positions in 817 programs, 28% of positions were filled by U.S. MD Seniors.
Application Information
Application System
ERAS
Match System
NRMP
Signaling
Source: ERAS Signaling and 2025 ERAS Data
How Many?
5
Signal Home Program?
No
Signal Away Program?
Check with individual programs
Average Number of Applications Submitted
30.16
Comments from Specialty Advisor
Signals generally should be used more for ‘reach’ programs or programs where you may be overlooked
Letters of Recommendation
Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE)?
No
Departmental/Chair Letter?
No
Who should other letters come from?
At least 1 from a family medicine physician
1 from any specialty that could be pertinent to family medicine (ie wouldn’t be as helpful to get one from a surgeon, but psych might be even though not primary care, peds, IM, Ob-Gyn, etc)
1-2 from anyone who knows you well and has worked with you longitudinally-so a mentor or someone you did research with
Interviewing and Post Interview Communication
Applications are downloaded by programs...
On the first date they are available- students should submit everything prior to that date
This specialty’s MSH program interviews all ISMMS students who apply.
Yes
Interviews are sent out...
any time after applications are available, invitations are rolling
Thank You Emails
Yes, definitely a good idea
May be worth doing for any reach programs that you really want to go to or if you’re genuinely very set on a program for specific reasons (unique experience the program offers or if your partner/family is there). It doesn’t hurt to mention any personal ties, but definitely don’t make that seem like the only reason you want to match there. Letters of intent are not going to make or break your chances, but can usually move you up in ranking.
Letters of Intent
Yes, letters of intent are helpful to programs and applicants but make sure you're only sending to one program if you are telling them they are #1 on your rank list. Consult with an advisor before sending.
ISMMS Match Data 2020-2025
Possible 'At Risk' Identifiers
Step Exam Failure, Clerkship Failure, Getting less than 8-10 interviews when you applied to double or triple that.
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