UPMC Medical Education Program

Transitional Year Analyst Verified · Oct 3, 2026

UPMC Medical Education Program

UPMC Medical Education Program is a residency program specializing in Transitional Year, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, directed by Julie B. McCausland, MD, MS and coordinated by Pauline Zorosak. The program accepts applications through December 22, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at domres@mail.pitt.edu or (412) 692-4945. 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

This is a large academic transitional year embedded within UPMC's tertiary/quaternary Oakland medical campus, sponsored jointly by the UPMC Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine programs and structured explicitly as a clinical base year rather than a standalone destination program. Training rotates residents through Presbyterian-Shadyside, Montefiore, and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, giving full integration with categorical IM/EM housestaff and exposure across inpatient medicine, MICU, adult emergency medicine, and outpatient VA ambulatory care. The program's structural identity is defined by its NRMP-linked tracks with UPMC's own Diagnostic Radiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Ophthalmology programs, and its applicant pool is explicitly limited to those interviewing at a UPMC advanced program or graduating from University of Pittsburgh SOM. The program values continuity within the UPMC system and resilience/professionalism during a single foundational clinical year, rather than research output or independent scholarly identity at the TY level itself.

Who it fits

An applicant who has already secured or is pursuing an advanced-specialty position at UPMC (radiology, PM&R, ophthalmology, dermatology, radiation oncology, or anesthesiology) and is seeking a well-integrated, low-friction base year within the same institution rather than a distinct transitional-year experience.

Research intensity

Low - research is not emphasized at the TY level; it is confined to advanced categorical programs elsewhere in the institution.

Career orientation

Other - the TY functions purely as a preparatory base year feeding into separately matched advanced specialty training rather than representing an independent career track.

Important

The program states that its applicant pool is limited primarily to those tracking into UPMC-affiliated advanced residency programs or University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine graduates, and that it does not hold separate interviews for candidates without a UPMC advanced-program interview.

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Transitional Year

Deadline 12/22/2026

80 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

SCORE

USMLE STEP 1

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SCORE NOTES

VISA POLICY

VISA

GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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