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Johns Hopkins University Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · Baltimore, MD

Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Director Ahmet Kilic

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Class size
2
Visas
J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-6 salary
$95k2026 to 2027

Green flags

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

Who started, by class

Started 20251 on record of 2 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Patrick Bou-Samra27 papers · 14 first author · 1 case report · 5 reviews
Started 20242 on record of 2 seats · 2 US MD · 2 published before starting
  • Nolan WinickiUniversity of California Riverside School of Medicine13 papers · 9 first author · 2 case reports
  • Menaka ReddyWake Forest School of Medicine1 paper

Training

2 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to fellowship.

Months at each site

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital36 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Fellowship8
  • Thoracic Surgery Fellowship5
  • General Surgery Residency4
  • Surgery Residency4
  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship1
  • Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Alpert Medical School2
  • Baylor Scott and White Health2
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine2
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital2
  • Anne Arundel Medical Center1
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital1

Research

86% of current residents have a paper since 2023

6 of 7, 83 papers between them

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches

People

Leadership

  • Ahmet KilicProgram Director, Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
  • Hamza AzizAssociate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Fellowship
  • Richard BattafaranoDirector, Division of General Thoracic Surgery

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

Place

Summers reach 89°, winters fall to 26°. About 19 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

823k people live within 20 minutes of Johns Hopkins Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,450 a month within 10 miles of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Hazards

  • Winter storms
  • Heat waves
  • Cold waves
  • Strong wind

Publishes with residents

  • Frank SellkeThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), 2 residents