Application Process
Applications are accepted via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) — administered by the Association of American Medical College (AAMC).
To our applicants:
Thank you for your interest in our department and training program. We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at apmresinfo@uw.edu.
We are following the recommendations from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) to promote equity and access; therefore, our program will have all virtual interviews again this season.
We will begin issuing interview invitations via ERAS in mid-October.
Materials required from all applicants:
- A completed ERAS application
- Letters of recommendation: Three or more letters of reference, including one from an anesthesiologist with whom you have worked (not including MSPE [Dean’s letter]). This letter should address your performance and commitment to the study of anesthesiology.
- Personal statement: A narrative statement which should be no longer than one typewritten page. It should include your reasons for choosing anesthesia as a specialty. This statement affords you the opportunity to provide us with a personal profile and to point out any unusual features of your application.
- Transcript: Your official transcript from your medical school.
- USMLE or COMLEX scores: A passed USMLE 1 and 2 (or COMLEX 1 and 2 for DO applicants) is required
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (Dean’s letter)
- A gold or silver signal
International Applicants:
Foreign nationals participating in clinical training programs who require visa sponsorship must obtain a J-1 visa sponsored through the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Trainees may be considered for, but are not assured of, H-1B visa sponsorship and only with prior approval from GME and UW International Scholars Operations (ISO)/Academic Human Resources (Academic HR). More information can be found on UW GME website for Prospective Residents & Fellows page under the Visa Policy.
Please see our Eligibility and Selection Criteria Policy here.
Important Dates:
The deadline to submit your application is October 13, 2025. However, submitting any application materials after September 24, 2025 (when applications open for programs to review in ERAS) reduces the likelihood of all materials being reviewed. Interviews will start on October 27, 2025, and run through December 11, 2025.
We will email candidates who are declined an interview starting mid-October and will continue doing so on a weekly basis until November 17, 2025. We understand that applicants may have delays in getting their LORs uploaded and/or technical issues from their school to the ERAS system. If you have received a declination email from us for these reasons only, you may send a letter of appeal to apmresinfo@uw.edu with the subject line “Appeal for Residency Interview” followed by your AAMC ID number. Within a week, you will receive a reply only if you are granted an interview position on appeal.
Training Programs
In the coming interview season, we are accepting applications for the following training positions:
Clinical Base Year (CBY)
22 positions available
NRMP Categorical: 1918040C0
This is the full 4-year anesthesiology residency training consisting of the UW-linked internship year and 3 years of clinical anesthesia (CA) training. These positions begin next June and are filled via NRMP.
Clinical (Reserved) Anesthesia (CA1)
1 position available
NRMP Reserved: 1918040R0
The reserved position begins at the CA1 level in this match cycle.
Clinical (Advanced) Anesthesia (CA1)
1 position available
NRMP Advanced: 1918040A0
The advanced position begins at the CA1 level in the next match cycle.
Both CA1 positions are filled via NRMP. Applicants will need to complete a clinical base/internship year (CBY) prior to starting the CA1 year. Applicants typically apply for the clinical base year (such as a transitional or preliminary program for this match cycle) at the same time as applying for the advanced position.
The requirements of the clinical base year are as follows—At least 6 months of rotations caring for inpatients in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, or any of the surgical specialties, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, family medicine, or any combination of these. There must be one month and no more than two months of critical care and emergency medicine and up to one month may be taken in anesthesiology.
Five Year Combined Program in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
2 positions available
NRMP Critical Care: 1918040C1
This program begins with the CBY year and followed by 4 years of training in clinical anesthesiology and advanced training in critical care medicine. This innovative program offers a 5-year continuum of education beginning with the Clinical Base (“internship”) year and culminating in eligibility for certification in both Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine through the American Board of Anesthesiology. The first three years of training parallel those of trainees in the conventional residency track and include a total of 5 months of intensive care unit rotations. The last two years of training integrate 12 months of Advanced Critical Care Medicine at the fellow level with conventional Anesthesia rotations and electives. This blending of training over the final two years allows trainees to enhance their operative skills while mastering the field of Critical Care Medicine. Critical Care fellowship rotations are jointly administered between the UW Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. These positions are filled via NRMP.
Bonica Scholars Program
2 positions available
NRMP Bonica: 1918040C2
This is a program designed for applicants who wish to pursue a research career following anesthesiology residency. A full description of this program is available at the Bonica Scholars Web Page. Please indicate your interest in this track on the ERAS application. Bonica applicants will have two virtual interview days. The first virtual interview day will be with other categorical track applicants and with clinical faculty. Invitations for a second interview with research faculty will go out to select applicants after categorical interviews are done. At that time, a separate 2-page application will be requested. On this second interview day, Bonica applicants will have the chance to meet potential research mentors and current Bonica Scholars and discuss their research interests with the program leadership.