WVU School of Medicine offers increased opportunities for residents and fellows through expansions to GME programs
As medical students around the country participate in interviews to determine where they will complete their specialized medical training, the West Virginia University School of Medicine recently announced increased opportunities through expansions to several graduate medical education programs.
In 2025 alone, WVU launched 10 new programs, while also expanding the annual cohort size of nine residencies and fellowships. The expansions not only support learners, but also patients who can benefit from additional clinical capacity and specialized care.
“It has been an exciting time for growth at the School of Medicine, as we proudly launched two new residencies and eight new fellowships in July,” said Sarah Sofka, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education. “We look forward to watching these young physicians grow as they excel through the curriculum and make history by becoming the first graduating class in their respective programs.”
Newly-launched programs in 2025 include the Berkeley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, the Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, the Diabetes Fellowship, the Emergency Medical Services Fellowship, the Global Health Fellowship, the Movement Disorders Fellowship, the Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship and the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship.
“Additionally, we further strengthened several of our flagship graduate medical education programs by expanding the annual class size of six residencies and three fellowships,” Dr. Sofka said.
Programs that expanded their annual cohort in 2025 included the Anesthesiology Residency, the Neurosurgery Residency, the Ophthalmology Residency, the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, the Pathology Residency, the Pediatric Residency, the Endocrinology Fellowship, the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship and the Rheumatology Fellowship.
“These expansions to our programs represent a significant investment in our trainees, our teaching faculty and our state as a whole,” Sofka said. “We hope that these advancements will continue to attract young and talented physicians to our campuses to receive the unparalleled medical training that the West Virginia University School of Medicine is known for.”
To learn more about all of the residency and fellowship programs offered at the School of Medicine, visit medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/departments-and-programs