Lahey Clinic Program

Emergency Medicine Analyst Verified · Aug 31, 2026

Lahey Clinic Program

Lahey Clinic Program is a residency program specializing in Emergency Medicine, located in Burlington, Massachusetts, directed by Katerina Papa, DO.. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Lahey Clinic Emergency Medicine Residency is a newly launched, four-year categorical program anchored at a 334-bed Level I Trauma Center that is the only one north of Boston, and is a founding academic partner of the newly established UMass Chan Lahey Regional Medical Campus. The clinical identity is high-acuity tertiary/quaternary referral medicine (72,000+ annual visits, four trauma bays, full subspecialty backup) layered with a deliberately built network spanning community EM (Winchester, Beverly), rural/community exposure (Lahey Peabody), and elite pediatric tertiary training (Boston Children's, UMass Memorial, MGH PICU). Research is structurally embedded via dedicated PGY-3/PGY-4 research blocks and the UMass Chan research infrastructure, and the curriculum offers subspecialty tracks (critical care, ultrasound, medical education, global health, research) alongside a leadership curriculum (LEAD@Lahey), signaling an academic, scholarship-oriented rather than purely community-service orientation. As an inaugural program, it explicitly frames itself around "founding class" residents who want outsized procedural ownership, early leadership roles, and a hand in building program culture rather than stepping into an established hierarchy.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative emphasizes adaptability, initiative, and comfort building or shaping new systems (e.g., prior experience launching programs, serving in early leadership roles, or thriving in unstructured/ambiguous environments) alongside a genuine interest in high-acuity tertiary trauma care and broad community/pediatric exposure.

Research intensity

Moderate - dedicated research blocks in PGY-3/PGY-4 and access to research infrastructure are built into the curriculum, but research is not described as mandatory for all residents beyond these blocks nor central to the program's stated mission.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship, Academic Medicine

Important

Applicants are encouraged to signal genuine interest in the program's geographic region and mission through the preference signaling process, and at least one Emergency Medicine Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) from an ACGME-accredited EM rotation is required.

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Accreditation Status N/A NEW

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