Mercy Catholic Medical Center Program

Transitional Year Analyst Verified · Sep 11, 2026

Mercy Catholic Medical Center Program

Mercy Catholic Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Transitional Year, located in Darby, Pennsylvania, directed by Gabriel Lerman, DO and coordinated by Margie Carroll. The program accepts applications through November 30, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (610) 237-7337. 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

Mercy Catholic Medical Center's Transitional Year program is a community-based Catholic teaching hospital experience at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, PA, with additional rotations through the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's Cedar Avenue campus and an ambulatory primary care clinic at PCOM. The program is explicitly designed as a launchpad year, serving both undecided residents exploring specialty options and those needing to fulfill prerequisite requirements for advanced-standing matches into fields such as radiology, anesthesiology, PM&R, neurology, dermatology, radiation oncology, and preventive/occupational medicine. It carries ACGME Osteopathic Recognition, offering an integrated OMT curriculum with bimonthly OMT rounds for both DO and non-DO residents, and embeds all TYs in scholarly activity through faculty-led research teams culminating in an annual science competition with regional/national presentation opportunities. The program values residents who can function as active, fully participating PGY-1 team members across a flexible 26-block rotation structure while serving a socioeconomically and culturally diverse suburban/urban Philadelphia population.

Who it fits

An osteopathic or allopathic senior with an advanced-standing match already secured in a field like radiology, anesthesiology, PM&R, dermatology, or neurology, who wants a structured, prerequisite-fulfilling transitional year with optional light research exposure and, if DO, continued osteopathic practice integration.

Research intensity

Moderate - all residents participate in scholarly activity teams with an annual competition and opportunities to present at national meetings, but research is not the program's central identity.

Career orientation

Fellowship

Important

The program participates only in the NRMP match and states it cannot accept applicants who are not US citizens or Green Card holders.

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