U-M boasts 15 top 10 residency programs in latest Doximity Residency Navigator rankings

The 2026-2027 Doximity Residency Navigator rankings are in, and it’s official: the University of Michigan Medical School has 15 top 10 residency programs, with seven programs ranked in the top five. Notably, U-M’s surgery residency ranked No. 1 for the sixth year in a row. 

Otolaryngology and urology both ranked No. 2 in their respective areas, while nuclear medicine, pathology and plastic surgery all ranked No. 4. Med-peds came in at No. 5. 

Anesthesiology (7), child neurology (10), internal medicine (8), neurology (9), obstetrics and gynecology (6), ophthalmology (6), radiation oncology (8) and radiology (10) also ranked in the top 10.  

Ranking in the top 25 in their areas were dermatology (12), emergency medicine (17), family medicine (20), interventional radiology (18), neurological surgery (15), orthopaedic surgery (23), pediatrics (18), PM&R (17) and psychiatry (21). 

“I’m always impressed by our robust residency programs, which bring in the best and the brightest trainees year after year,” said J. Sybil Biermann, M.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the U-M Medical School. 

“These rankings reflect the exceptional leadership, dedication and expertise of our training program directors and their program administrative staff. I would be remiss not to thank and congratulate them for their exceptional contributions and extraordinary value they have brought which has strengthened our success and made us shine.” 

Doximity’s Residency Navigator is the most comprehensive residency program directory available, designed to help medical students make informed residency decisions, while increasing transparency in the residency match process. According to Doximity, approximately 90% of graduating fourth-year medical students use the Residency Navigator.

Built from Doximity’s network of more than 80% of all U.S. physicians, Doximity members personally contribute nominations, ratings and hand-written reviews to help medical students find the right training program for themselves. ‘Satisfaction’ data is derived from survey responses from each residency’s current trainees and recent graduates, while ‘reputation’ data is derived from nomination survey responses. 

‘Objective’ data is compiled from a variety of public sources, including the Doximity database.

For more information about the residency programs at U-M Medical School, visit medschool.umich.edu/programs-admissions/residency-fellowship.

To learn more about Doximity’s Residency Navigator results, visit doximity.com/residency.