{"id":40304,"date":"2026-04-28T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=40304"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:41:40","slug":"application-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/waterbury-general-surgery-residency-program\/application-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For first year residency positions, applications will be accepted through <a href=\"https:\/\/students-residents.aamc.org\/applying-residencies-eras\/apply-residencies-eras-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)<\/a>. Please visit the ERAS website. All positions are filled through the National Residency Match Program (NRMP). You must be registered on the NRMP Website. For more information on ERAS 2026, please visit their website <a href=\"https:\/\/students-residents.aamc.org\/applying-residencies-eras\/apply-residencies-eras-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.aamc.org\/eras<\/a> or your Dean\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<h3>Virtual Interviews via Thalamus video:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There will be a morning session and an afternoon session.\n<ul>\n<li>Morning Session \u2013 Approximate times: 8:00 am to 12:15 pm<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon Session \u2013 Approximate times: 11:30 am to 3:45 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Each session will start with a group session \u201cWelcome and Program Overview\u201d by Dr. Peter Zdankiewicz, Program Director.<\/li>\n<li>Interview schedules will be published in Thalamus several days ahead of interviews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In-Person Interviews:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet &amp; Greet Informal Dinner evening before<\/li>\n<li>Interview Day:\n<ul>\n<li>There will be a brief overview of our program by Dr. Zdankiewicz followed by M&amp;M Case Management Conference and Surgical Grand Rounds. Interviews will begin directly thereafter which will include a tour of the hospital and lunch. Our residents will be available to speak with you throughout the day. <strong>Your interview day should conclude at approximately 2:30 pm.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For first year residency positions, applications will be accepted through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service). Please visit the ERAS website. All positions are filled through the National Residency Match Program (NRMP). You must be registered on the NRMP Website. For more information on ERAS 2026, please visit their website www.aamc.org\/eras or your Dean\u2019s office. Virtual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5287,"featured_media":0,"parent":38352,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-05 10:18:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40304"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40447,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40304\/revisions\/40447"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}