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Ponce School of Medicine Pediatrics

Residency · Ponce, PR

Sponsored by Hospital Episcopal San Lucas

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Ponce School of Medicine Pediatrics Residency, Ponce, PR | Carlo Med

Class size: 7
Visas: J-1
PGY-1 salary: $35k2026 to 2027

Red flags

Seats left open in the Match. In 3 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.

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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20226/6

20236/6

20244/7

20253/7

2026

Training

3 training sites.

Where it trains

Hospital Episcopal San Lucas
University Pediatric Hospital
Ponce Health Sciences University

Where graduates went next

Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship2
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship2
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship2
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship2
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship1

People

Leadership

Vylma VelázquezDirectora Residencia Pediatría

Find someone

Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

4/7

Who started, by class

Started 20251 on record of 7 seats

Emily Gonzalez

Started 20241 on record of 7 seats · 1 US MD

Marie Ilarraza-LugoPonce Health Sciences University School of Medicine

Child And Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

Children's Health Andrews Institute3
Baylor College of Medicine1
Baylor Scott and White Health1
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center1
Ccs Psc1
Child Neurology Center of Northwest Florida Pa1

Research

34 papers by its people, 359 citations

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Respiratory viral infections research

34 papers by its people, 359 citations

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 64°.

Weather by month

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Commute

178k people live within 20 minutes of Hospital Episcopal San Lucas by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $520 a month within 10 miles of Hospital Episcopal San Lucas.