Official ERAS 2027 listing
- ERAS 2027 status
- Participating
- Program signals
- Takes part in program signaling for ERAS 2027 (20 signals per applicant in this specialty)
- Track
- Not stated in the program name
- AAMC badges
- None
- ACGME ID
- 3625100153
- Program website
- surgery.vcu.edu/education/residencies/plastic-reconstructive-surgery (as listed by AAMC)
Source: AAMC ERAS 2027 Participating Specialties & Programs, Plastic Surgery-Integrated, copied Nov 14, 2026.
Requirements
Visa, graduation-year and score requirements for this program are not verified yet, so they are not shown. Check the program's own website or its FREIDA (AMA) listing before you apply.
What the program's website says
Sentences copied word for word from the program's own website on Nov 14, 2026. They are not checked by us: a page may be old or cover several programs, so open the source link before you rely on it.
- Visa
Only J-1 Visas are accepted by the VCU Health System; our institution does not sponsor H-1B Visas. source
- Graduation year
Applicants must be within four years of graduation from medical school and have three months of clearly documented direct patient care activity in the U.S. or Canada. source
All applicants must be within four years of graduation from medical school. source
- USMLE / COMLEX
In order to be ranked in the NRMP, all applicants must have passed USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 (CK) prior to February 1, 2026. source
In order to be ranked in the NRMP, all applicants must have passed USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 (CK) prior to February 1, 2027. source
USMLE Report with a passing score for Step 1 and Step 2 CK source
- US clinical experience
U.S. and Canadian medical school clinical rotations and externships with direct patient care meet this requirement. source
Observerships and research fellowships do not qualify. source
Three (3) Letters of Recommendation; International Medical Graduates must have letters of recommendation which clearly document 3 months of U.S. clinical experience source
- ECFMG
ECFMG Certification is required before acceptance into the program; however, an interview can be granted without a certificate. source
- Letters of recommendation
Three letters of recommendation from U.S. or Canadian physicians, including the chair of surgery or designee dean’s letter (or equivalent) source
Where current residents went to medical school
Counted from the program's own residents page (page 1 · page 2 · page 3) on Nov 15, 2026. We count lines that name a country or medical school, not people, and we do not store names, so treat the numbers as approximate and check the page.
Countries named with a medical school
Australia 1
Medical schools named
- VCU School of Medicine 9
- Eastern Virginia Medical School 3
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 3
- Eastern Virginia School of Medicine 2
- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine 2
- Georgetown University School of Medicine 2
- Penn State College of Medicine 2
- Albany Medical College 1
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1
- Chapel Hill School of Medicine 1
- Duke University School of Medicine 1
- FSU College of Medicine 1
- Geisel School of Medicine 1
- Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 1
Free tools for this program
Other Plastic Surgery-Integrated programs in Virginia
- University of Virginia Medical Center Program (Charlottesville)
- Old Dominion University Program (Norfolk)
- Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program (Roanoke)