Residency and Fellowship Opportunities
Choosing where to complete your residency or fellowship training is an important decision. Here, you can learn all you need to know about LVHN’s residency and fellowship programs.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) takes pride in our residency and fellowship programs as a crucial piece of our mission to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community. We are excited to meet you and show you why LVHN’s training programs are right for you.
For nearly 100 years, Lehigh Valley Health Network has had independent residency programs. We are a regional clinical campus of the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine and an accredited member of the nation’s Council of Academic Health System Executives.
Choose from our list of programs for more information about each residency and fellowship. Click below to explore general information about our more than 20 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency and fellowship programs, as well as our Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)-accredited dental residency program. Information provided applies to trainees in LVHN’s ACGME- and CODA-accredited programs. For information specific to other programs, please check the program website or refer to information provided by program contacts.
Lehigh Valley Health Network Residency and Fellowship Overview Video
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General Information
Resident Contracts, Policies and Procedures
2023-2024 GME Annual Institutional Review
Salary and Benefits
There may be additional benefits for some programs. Visit the program’s pages for additional benefit information.
Academic year 2025-2026 graduate trainee salaries
PGY-1 $71,580
PGY-2 $75,221
PGY-3 $78.741
PGY-4 $82,985
PGY-5 $86,988
PGY-6 $90,872
PGY-7 $94,506
Benefits offered to all LVHN employees
- Malpractice insurance
- Health insurance
- Dental and vision insurance available via payroll deduction
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance equal to twice the annual salary
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition reimbursement
- My Total Health wellness program for colleagues
- Free membership to any LVHN Fitness Center for employees
- Free parking
Benefits offered to LVHN residents and fellows
- On-call meal allowance
- Continuing education funds
- Sick time: 12 days per year
- Pennsylvania medical training license
- Certifications as required, such as BLS, ACLS
Travel
Directions
When using digital mapping programs (Google Maps, Apple Maps), use this address as your destination:
- 1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown 18103
Using GPS
- Enter these coordinates in your GPS: 40.566715, -75.523667
From the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-476)
- Take the Northeast Extension/I-476 to the Lehigh Valley exit (Exit 56).
- Take Route 22 East to Route 309 South (merges with I-78 East).
- Follow 309 South/I-78 East to the Cedar Crest Boulevard exit (Exit 55).
- Turn right at the end of the exit ramp.
- Turn right at the traffic light onto the hospital’s main entrance road.
- Follow signs to the main entrance and visitor parking.
- Enter through the Kasych Family Pavilion entrance, to the right of the main entrance.
From I-78 East or West (Route 309 South or North)
- Take the Cedar Crest Boulevard exit (Exit 55).
- If you’re traveling I-78 West/Route 309 North, turn left at the end of the exit ramp.
- If you’re traveling I-78 East/Route 309 South, turn right at the end of the exit ramp.
- Turn right at the traffic light onto the hospital’s main entrance road.
- Follow signs to the main entrance and visitor parking.
- Enter through the Kasych Family Pavilion entrance, to the right of the main entrance.
Flying into the Lehigh Valley
If you are planning to fly to Allentown for your interview, you can fly directly into Lehigh Valley International Airport (airport code ABE). Rideshare options are easily available to take you to a local hotel. There are several hotels close to the hospital. When booking a hotel, please ask for possible LVHN discounts when making your reservation.
LVHN is one of the largest graduate medical education environments in Pennsylvania, sponsoring 16 ACGME-accredited residencies and 29 ACGME-accredited and non-accredited fellowships.
In June 2024, there were 378 trainees at LVHN.
On Aug. 1, 2024, LVHN and Jefferson Health merged to create a leading integrated academic health care delivery system and one of the most robust graduate medical education environments in the nation. Although we look forward to the opportunity for collaboration, LVHN will continue to function as an independent training environment. This will include continued training of our residents in LVHN hospitals and clinics by our committed faculty. There is no plan to condense, close or combine training programs within the LVHN-Jefferson enterprise.
Jefferson Health sponsors H1B and J1 visas at its sole discretion for residents or fellows entering graduate medical, dental, and podiatric training programs in the Jefferson Abington, Jefferson Einstein, Jefferson New Jersey, Jefferson Northeast, Lehigh Valley, and Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University Hospital programs.
Candidates who desire H1B visa sponsorship must express that desire at the time of the program application. Only graduate medical training program candidates with USMLE or COMLEX Step 3 passing results posted to the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), or other application portal, by February 1 prior to the start of the PGY 1 year will be eligible for consideration of H1B visa sponsorship.
Candidates with F-1 student visa are expected to extend the F-1 visa through the PGY 1 year using the Optional Practical Training (OPT) year and must express the desire to be considered for H1B visa sponsorship at the time of program application. Candidates holding F-1 visas must successfully pass USMLE or COMLEX Step 3 before December 1st of the PGY 1 training year to be eligible for consideration of an H1B visa sponsorship.
Candidates applying to Jefferson Health dental or podiatry programs will be considered individually.
Jefferson Health will indicate to candidates in writing, prior to the Match, its desire to sponsor an H1B visa or J-1 visa. Candidates must not construe verbal communication as evidence of Jefferson Health's desire to sponsor any visa.
LVHN is a scholarly community that values clinical and research experience in our candidates for residencies and fellowships. Having participated in such activities may strengthen your application, but it is not a prerequisite when applying.
LVHN is making efforts to allow candidates who may have interest in our educational programs the opportunity to spend time in our clinical environment. Several programs will support shadowing, observerships and possible externships spanning from 1-4 weeks. Please check or reach out to specific programs for details.
LVHN recognizes the value of and supports international rotations and experiences for trainees. The approval of international rotations is predicated on the educational value and trainee safety during the experience. Please check or reach out to specific programs for details and policies on international rotations.
Contacts
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Robert Sweeny, MHA |
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Tanya Ensminger Fernandez Graduate Medical Education Specialist Tanya.EnsmingerFernandez@jefferson.edu 610-402-2537 |
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Despina Tsarouhis, C-TAGME Accreditation Specialist Despina.Tsarouhis@jefferson.edu |
