Most popular medical residency programs in Puerto Rico

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2025 FREIDA™ data

This past year, FREIDA™ users tallied 3.7 million views of medical residency programs, sorting the options with numerous filters. The most-used filter narrows residency programs by state.

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Drawn from more than 15,000 pageviews of the 48 Puerto Rico residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about Puerto Rico residencies.

For another unique view of which programs are capturing the attention of your peers, check out our list of the 20 most-viewed residency specialties.

Rankings are based on user activity on FREIDA™ from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025. To qualify for this analysis, users must have searched by specialty and applied a state or region filter. FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

15 most-viewed medical residency programs in Puerto Rico

  1. San Juan City Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

  2. Universidad Central del Caribe Program (Internal Medicine)

  3. VA Caribbean Healthcare System Program (Internal Medicine)

  4. Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine Program (Internal Medicine)

  5. Universidad Central Del Caribe School of Medicine (Cayetano Coll & Toste Hospital) Program (Internal Medicine)

  6. Damas Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

  7. University of Puerto Rico Program (Internal Medicine)

  8. Hospital de la Concepcion Program (Internal Medicine)

  9. Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine Program (Pediatrics)

  10. Ramon Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center/Ponce School of Medicine Consortium Program (Internal Medicine)

  11. Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine Program (Surgery-General)

  12. University of Puerto Rico Program (Family Medicine)

  13. Hospital Dr Alejandro Otero Lopez Program (Family Medicine)

  14. San Juan City Hospital Program (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

  15. San Juan City Hospital Program (Pediatrics)

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