MSTP

MSTP | Graduate Outcomes

Time to Degree

Typically, MSTP trainees complete both degrees in eight years.

Residency

Upon graduating from the program, almost all of our students choose to continue their training through medical residency, and our graduates go on to some of the most outstanding fellowships and residencies in the country. The figures below show the specialties and institutions recent UChicago MSTP alumni have chosen for their residencies.

 

2023 Residency Match List*

Program

State

Specialty

Brigham & Women's Hospital

MA

Pathology; PGY - 2: Neurology

Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Med Ed 

 MN

Internal Medicine/CI Research

Stanford Health Care

CA

Internal Medicine
U Texas Southwestern Med School TX

Psychiatry/Research
UC San Francisco CA

Pathology
University of Chicago Medical Center IL

Internal Medicine/MD Scientist; PGY - 1: Medicine-Preliminary
UPMC Medical Education PA

Pathology
*10 graduates in 2023

 

  • 338

    graduates

  • 79

    current students

  • 4

    alumni elected to the National Academy of Sciences

  • 5

    former and current Directors of other MSTPs

Career Data

The University of Chicago MSTP has a long and distinguished history of training outstanding and highly impactful physician scientists. During its 50 years of continuously funded existence, 337 students have graduated with PhD’s in diverse specialties, including those commonly seen in MD/PhD programs (e.g. Immunology, Pathology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Cancer Biology) as well as those that speak to the flexibility of the UChicago MSTP and the expertise of faculty (e.g. Molecular Engineering, Ecology and Evolution, Public Policy, Economics, Public Health Sciences).

Of graduates who have completed residency and are still active in their careers (n=221), 77% are in research-intensive or research-related positions, including 144 current academic appointments. Among these are 4 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 5 current or former MSTP directors, 34 leaders in academic medicine, 6 CFO/CEO or CMOs and one former university president (University of Redlands).

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Patrick O. Brown, AB’76, PhD’80, MD’82
Arthur Weiss, PhD’78, MD’79
Thomas Wellems, PhD’80, MD’81
Christopher Walsh, PhD'83, MD'85

CURRENT OR FORMER MSTP DIRECTORS
Mark Anderson, PhD’92, MD’94, University of California, San Francisco
Mark Krasnow, PhD’83, MD’85, Stanford University
Raghavendra Mirmira, AB’86, PhD’91, MD’93, University of Indiana
Christopher Walsh, PhD’83, MD’85, Harvard-MIT
Arthur Weiss, PhD’78, MD’79, University of California, San Francisco

Notable Alumni

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