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Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (AGH) Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · Pittsburgh, PA

Sponsored by Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium · Director Walter McGregor

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Class size
2
Visas
J-1
PGY-6 salary
$82k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Applicants apply through ERAS and take part in the NRMP Match, and must be enrolled in or recently graduated from an ACGME accredited general surgery residency.

Who started, by class

Started 20261 on record of 2 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Sefali Patel4 papers · 1 first author · 1 review
Started 20251 on record of 2 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Conor Maxwell8 papers · 5 first author · 1 review
Started 20242 on record of 2 seats · 1 US MD, 1 international · 1 published before starting
  • Aryan MeknatDow International Med Coll (Dimc)4 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report · 1 review
  • James PellechiTulane University School of Medicine

Training

3 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to thoracic surgery.

Months at each site

  • Allegheny General Hospital22 mo
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Thoracic Surgery Fellowship5
  • General Surgery Residency4
  • Surgery Residency3
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship2
  • Fellowship2
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pittsburgh Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Allegheny Health Network2
  • AdventHealth Central Florida Division1
  • Ballad Health1
  • Banner Health - Western Region1
  • Concord Hospital1
  • Drexel University1

Research

100% of current residents have a paper since 2023

1 of 1, 4 papers between them

  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

People

Leadership

  • Walter McGregorProgram Director
  • Benny WekslerAssociate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program; Director, Division of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
  • Hiran FernandoDirector, Thoracic Surgery, AGH

Find someone

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

Place

Summers reach 83°, winters fall to 22°. About 42 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

591k people live within 20 minutes of Allegheny General Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month within 10 miles of Allegheny General Hospital.

Hazards

  • River flooding
  • Cold waves
  • Ice storms
  • Strong wind