MD/PhD Statistics and Career Outcomes

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Graduation Statistics

Tufts MD-PhD Program has a long-standing tradition of providing excellent and highly integrated training. 

The information below is based on the 121 students who were enrolled on January 1, 2000 or thereafter and have completed their time at GSBS.

ParameterValue
Percentage of Students Completing both the MD & PhD Degrees                                                                                          94.2%
Percentage of Students Completing the MD Degree98.3%
Time to Degree (combined MD & PhD)8.2 years

Career Outcomes

Our alumni hold leadership positions in academia and medicine across the United States, and some have pursued careers in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Below we have summarized information on career choices of MD/PhD graduates from 2000 to the present. 

ParameterValue
Percentage of Graduates Entering Residency Training97.4%
Percentage of Graduates Pursuing Academic Careers58.8%
Percentage of Graduates Pursuing Careers in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry11.8%

Alumni

The MSTP celebrates the achievements of its alumni. 132 students have completed the MSTP since it was founded. Learn more about our alumni and the careers they are pursuing.

  • TraineeYearCurrent or Last Known Position
    Mayer Chalom2025Resident, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins
    Stella Chen2025Resident, Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Julia Hisey2025Resident, Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center
    Brendan Kenyon2025Resident, Psychiatry, Maine Medical Center
    Jacob Klickstein2025Resident, Neurology, University of California – Los Angeles School of Medicine
    Yoelkys Morales2025Resident, Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Jose Martin Ramirez2025Resident, Radiology, St. Vincent's
    Volter Anastas2024Resident, Surgery Preliminary, Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell Program at NS/Long Island Jewish Hospital
    Daniel Heller-Trulli2024Resident, Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Jonathan Louie2024Resident, Pathology, University of California - San Francisco
    Zemplen Pataki2024Resident, Pathology, University of Michigan
    Sharon Wu2024Resident, General Surgery, Cedars - Sinai Medical Center
    Jake Bourgeois2023Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Program
    M Lauren Donnelly2023Resident, Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Joshua Man2023Fellow, Cardiology, STAR Program, U California – Los Angeles
    Maia Norman2023Resident, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Linus Williams2023Resident, Internal Medicine, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Matt Zunitch2023Resident, Pathology, University of California - San Francisco 
    Uriel Bulow2022Fellow, Immuno-oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    Rob Cerulli2022Fellow, Hematology / Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Ramesh Govindan2022Fellow, Infectious Disease, Beth lsrael Deaconess Medical Center
    Seth Vogel2022Resident, Anesthesiology, Oregon Health Sciences University
    David Dickson2021Resident, Internal Medicine, University of California - Los Angeles
    Craig Hanna2021Resident, Otolaryngology, Tufts Medical Center
    Jenny Koenig2021Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of California - San Diego
    M Elizabeth Moss2021Resident, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston
    Frank Scangarello2021Fellow, Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Alexander Neil2020Instructor, Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital
    Lidia Park2020Hospitalist, Pediatrics, University of California - Davis
    Joseph Sarhan2020Dermatologist, Shoreline Center for Laser & Cosmetic Surgery, Guilford, CT
    Davis Vigneault2020Clinical Scholar, Diagnostic Radiology; Fellow, Cardiovascular Imaging, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • TraineeYearCurrent or Last Known Position
    Patrick Davis2019Neurologist, Children's Hospital - Boston
    Tom Dixon2019Private Practice, Psychiatry, San Diego, CA
    Sanna Herwald2019Assistant Professor, Interventional Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
    Danish Saleh2019Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Wisconsin -— Madison
    Wenhui Zhou2019Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
    Averi Leahy Gibson2018Diagnostic Radiologist, Atrius Health
    Daniel Herrick2018Neurosurgeon, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
    Jacob Ludington2018Postdoctoral Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
    Tony Sheets2018Research Fellow, Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston
    Eniola Yeates2018Clinical Trial Physician, Bristol Myers Squibb
    Katelee Barrett Mueller2017Physician, Pediatrics, Cambridge Health Alliance
    Laura Gainey2017Hospitalist, Obstetrical Hospitalists & Women's Services, Oklahoma City, OK
    Derek Leaderer2017Vascular Surgeon, Advent Health
    Vallent Lee2017Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Loma Linda University
    Benjamin Moss2017Pulmonologist, Oregon Health Sciences University, Hillsboro Medical Center
    Bharat Burman2016Senior Medical Director, Oncology Early Global Development, AstraZeneca
    Stephen Schworer2016Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Adam Skibinski2016Private Practice Clinician, Spokane, WA
    Laura Wong2016Clinical Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery, University of Utah 
    Daniel Aridgides2015Assistant Professor, Medicine & Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth School of Medicine
    Karyn Austin2015Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of California – San Francisco
    Emy Chen2015Family Physician, Northeastern University
    Cedar Fowler2015Clinical Assistant Professor, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stephanie Pritchard Gilley2015Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, U Colorado School of Medicine
    Samuel Stampfer2015Assistant Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
    Christina Binder2014Radiation Oncologist,  Durango Cancer Center, Durango, CO
    Evan Bradley2014Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine (Toxicology), University of Massachusetts Medical School
    Caitlin Foley2014Gastroenterologist, St. Luke's Gastroenterology, Bethlehem, PA
    Nikolai Schnittke2014Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University; Team Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University
    Shauna Andersson2013Vice President, Clinical Development, Dyne Therapeutics
    Chukwudi Ezeonkonkwo2013Associate Medical Director, Oncology and New Therapeutics, ICON
    Sean Tracy2013Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Minnesota
    Richard Wong2013Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology, University of California - San Diego
    Wayne Chan2012Assistant Professor, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care
    Robert Goldstein2012Commissioner, Department of Public Health, Massachusetts
    Richard Krolewski2012Instructor, Neurology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
    Daniel O'Connell2012Partner, Novo Holdings
    S Parker Read2012Private Practice, Ophthalmology, Aiea, HI
    Jane Rosen2012Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA
    Craig Weinkauf2012Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery, University of Arizona
    Rachel Wozniak2012Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester
    James Conner2011Assistant Professor, Pathobiology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Toronto
    Brian Enloe2011Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Pittsburgh
    Joshua Russo2011Instructor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Staff Scientist, Medicine - Hematology / Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Eric Yang2011Clinical Professor, Pathology, Stanford University
    Hector Martinez-Wilson2010Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine
    Eric Nelson2010Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Environmental & Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Florida
    Ari Rosenbach2010Pediatrician, Riverside Pediatrics, Stamford, CT
  • TraineeYearCurrent or Last Known Position
    Eva Christensen2009Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
    Jennifer Jones2009Primary Care Physician, Permanente Medical Group
    Aaron Nelson2009Partner, Novo Holdings
    Isabel Arillaga-Romany2008Assistant Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Michael Fogel2008Medical Director, Clinical Development, Takeda
    Francis Hsiao2008Surgical Dermatologist, California Skin Institute
    Caleb Lee2008Executive Director, Daiichi Sankyo
    Lloyd Williams2008Clinical Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine
    Patrick Desgranges2007Physician, Scripps Mercy Hospital
    Liza Konnikova2007Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
    Tim Mitin2007Professor, Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
    Ray Mankoski2006Senior Consultant, The NemetzGroup
    Dean Yimlamai2006Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
    Tarik Alkasab2005Assistant Professor, Radiology, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Rachel Blitzblau2005Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center
    Elizabeth Egan2005Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine
    Helena Crowley2005Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Holly Mason2005Private Practice, Dermatology, Salem, MA
    Zohar Sachs2005Assistant Professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
    Partha Sinha2005Instructor, Medicine/Endocrinology, Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Kathryn Huber2004Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Tufts University School of Medicine
    Jill Warrington2004Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont School of Medicine
    Theresa Willett2004Not in the Labor Force
    Jenia Jenab-Wolcott2003Associate Director, William G. Rohrer Cancer Genetics Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper University Health Care
    Henry Lee2003Associate Professor, Dermatology, Weill Cornell School of Medicine
    Jeyhuk (Je H) Lee2003Founder, Terrain Life Science
    Jonathan Tward2003Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Utah School of Medicine
    Stacy Foran Melanson2002Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
    Murali Chiravuri2001Private Practice, Cardiology, Fairfield, CT
    Kevin Croce2001Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Charles Plant2001Staff Anesthesiologist, University of South Alabama
    Britt Stockton Lee2001Instructor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
    Elissa Ash2000Director, Outpatient Hospitalization Unit, Neurology, Tel Aviv Medical Center
    Dawn Gross2000Physician, Palliative Care, University California - San Francisco
    Arash Radfar2000Vice President, Medical Director of AP Lab & Dermatopathology, Inform Diagnostics
  • TraineeYearCurrent or Last Known Position
    Tracy Schmitz1999Pediatrician, PeaceHealth Medical Group, Eugene, OR
    John Strasswimmer1999Private Practice, Dermatology, Delray Beach, FL
    Joanne Barnes Wiedhaus1999Professor & Director, Head of Translational Research, Therapeutic Radiology, University of California - Los Angeles
    Kim Mendelsohn Wallenstein1998Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Upstate Medical U, State University of New York
    Glen Raffel1998Biotech Consultant, Self-employed
    Justin Cates1997Professor, Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Steven (Jamie) Freedman1997Chief Medical Officer, InstilBio
    Neera Kanhouwa-Dahl1996Senior Associate Consultant, Nephrology & Hypertension, Mayo Clinic Rochester; Adjunct Professor, Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine
    Sue Atherton-Fessler1995Pulmonologist, Logan Health Medical Center, Kalispell, MT
    Christopher Barry1995Associate Professor, Surgery, Division of Solid Organ Transplant, University of Rochester Medical Center
    Jennifer Ratcliffe1995Private Practice, Reproductive Endocrinology, Advanced Fertility Associates, Santa Rosa, CA
    Christophe Coppin1993Chief Business Development Officer, Associate Dean, Technology Development & Commercialization, Washington State University
    Karen Puopolo1993Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Gary Hammer1992Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer, Rogel Cancer Center & Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
    Eric Rubin1990Professor, Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Professor, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health; Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
    Maria Jorgensen1989Private Practice, Hematology, Yakima, WA
    Karen Mann1988Professor, Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine
    Marc Montminy1984Distinguished Professor Emertius, Salk Institute