For anyone drawn to plastic surgery

Everything plastic surgery,
in one place.

The literature, all 93 integrated programs, research-year positions, journals, and the match, all gathered in one place, every figure cited to its source.

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Vitals

The specialty, by the numbers.

NRMP 2026 Main Residency Match
& ACGME · Where our numbers come from

Integrated programs

ACGME-accredited, mapped by state

Positions offered · 2026

Up from 187 in 2021

Filled · 2026 match

228 of 230 positions filled in the 2026 Match

The applicants

What it took to match.

NRMP Charting Outcomes: U.S. MD Seniors, 2026 Main Residency Match
nrmp.org/match-data

Matched · U.S. MD seniors

of the 318 U.S. MD seniors who ranked it first

Research · matched

abstracts

presentations

publications

medians per matched applicant · means 12.3 / 24.9 / 13.6

Step 2 CK · matched

median among matched applicants · mean 258

Research and Step 2 CK figures rest on the 159 matched applicants who consented to NRMP research use, the only group NRMP reports these on. NRMP publishes the three research measures separately and does not publish a combined total.

Independent and student-built · every figure above comes from public NRMP, AAMC and ACGME reports · nothing here is sponsored

Everything, in one place

One path from M1 to Match Day.

The Roadmap

What to focus on at every stage, from M1 anatomy through interview season, as a checklist you can print and keep.

Open the roadmap

Programs

All 93 integrated programs on an interactive map. Search by state, build your away and signal shortlist.

Browse programs

Research

Starter kit, research-year fellowships, and cold-email templates you can send today.

Start research

The Match

Aways, signals, and interview data, decoded from the NRMP and program surveys.

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Conferences

Never miss a submission window. Next abstract deadline: CSPS, in 19 days.

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Network

Find a mentor a step ahead of you, or become one for the students coming up behind.

Find a mentor

Take the deadlines with you

Print-ready sheets built from the same data this site runs on, so they are never a stale copy. Make a free account and they are yours, and we will email you when a deadline moves.

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Research-Year Fellowship Deadline Sheet53 positions · deadline-sorted
Conference & Abstract Deadline Calendar31 meetings · deadline-sorted
M1 → Match Day ChecklistEvery stage · printable
ERAS Signal Planner Worksheet20 signal slots · printable

From the literature

New research, filtered to your niche.

Pulled live from PubMed on every visit, across the major journals, narrowed to what you actually work on, with every paper linked back to its source.

From the feed

Newly published plastic surgery research

Pulled live from PubMed across the major plastic surgery journals. Open the Journals tab for the full feed, filtered by journal and searchable.

Open Journals

Find your footing
in plastics.

The resource two students without a home program wished they’d had, built in the open and cited to the source.

About the project

Everything plastic surgery, in one place.