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UMass Chan - Baystate Surgery

Residency · Springfield, MA

Sponsored by UMass Chan - Baystate · Director Neal Seymour

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Class size
7
Visas
J-1
PGY-1 salary
$75k2026 to 2027

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 1 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20227/7
20237/11
20247/7
20257/7
20267/7

How it chooses

  • Applicants are chosen on their application materials, research, activities, personal qualities and communication skills, and the top applicants are offered interviews.

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record of 7 seats · 2 US MD · 2 published before starting
  • Kristen NeislerUAMS College of Medicine1 paper
  • Sydney CarraFeinberg School of Medicine1 paper
Started 20257 on record of 7 seats · 5 US MD, 1 DO, 1 international · 4 published before starting
  • Rosemary CobbUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School4 papers
  • Sukhmanjit KaurKansas City Univ Of Med & Biosci, Coll Of Osteo Med4 papers · 1 first author
  • Askar MyrzakhmetovEastern Virginia Medical School1 paper
  • Taylor PiggMed Coll of Georgia1 paper
  • Melissa RamirezSUNY Downstate College of Medicine
  • Nicholas MenzelUniversity of Queensland Faculty of Medicine
  • Taylor QuinnUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Started 20246 on record of 7 seats · 4 US MD, 1 DO, 1 international · 4 published before starting
  • Colline WongUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine6 papers · 1 review
  • Maziyah OgarroNew York Med Coll2 papers · 1 first author · 1 review
  • Tommy KimUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School2 papers
  • Molly SchassbergerUniversity of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine1 paper · 1 case report
  • Emily PearlsteinSaint George's University School of Medicine
  • George BusheyAlbany Medical College

Training

4 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to surgical critical care.

Months at each site

  • UMass Chan - Baystate57 mo
  • Baystate Franklin Medical Center2 mo
  • Baystate Wing Hospital1 mo
  • Noble Hospital1 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship15
  • Residency12
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship11
  • Vascular Surgery Fellowship10
  • Fellowship6
  • Pediatric Surgery Fellowship5

Where graduates work now

  • UMass Chan - Baystate15
  • Trinity Health Of New England4
  • Hartford Healthcare3
  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine3
  • Boston University Medical Center2
  • Cooley Dickinson Medical Group2

Research

57% of current residents have a paper since 2023

20 of 35, 54 papers between them

  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Surgical Simulation and Training
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

People

Leadership

  • Neal SeymourResidency Program Director
  • David TashjianAssociate Program Director
  • Gladys FernandezAssistant Program Director
  • John RomanelliDivision of General Surgery

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

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  • Vascular Surgery - IndependentPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 16°. About 47 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

409k people live within 20 minutes of UMass Chan - Baystate by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,390 a month within 10 miles of UMass Chan - Baystate.

Hazards

  • River flooding
  • Ice storms
  • Hurricanes
  • Strong wind

Publishes with residents

  • Michael TirabassiPediatric Surgery, 2 residents
  • David TashjianPediatric Surgery, 2 residents
  • Neal SeymourSurgery, 2 residents
  • Tovy KamineAnesthesiology, 2 residents