DIVERSITY SUB-INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Swedish General Surgery Residency in Seattle, Washington welcomes applications to our Diversity Sub-Internship Program.  Swedish strives to foster a diverse academic community by supporting and training today’s medical students from a variety of backgrounds to be tomorrow’s leaders locally and globally.

Program Description

The Program is intended to support underrepresented minority student experiences in surgical residency training. Accepted students will participate in a four-week visiting sub-internship rotation in general surgery at Swedish during the 2025-2026 academic year. Program support includes a $2,500 stipend to help offset the cost of travel, housing, fees, and incidental expenses.

The sub-intern will function in the role of a supervised surgical intern and will be required to attend all conferences including core curriculum, morbidity and mortality conference and simulation lab experiences with the house staff. The sub-intern will be expected to give a presentation at morbidity and mortality conference that pertains to a patient cared for on the service. Research opportunities may be considered as well.

Who Should Apply

The Program is open to minority applicants who belong to groups that have been traditionally disadvantaged, underrepresented, or inadequately supported in medical training. The criteria under which the application is submitted need not be explicitly stated nor do these represent mutually exclusive categories.

We seek applicants from:

• Racial minorities historically underrepresented in surgery including but not limited to: African American, Native American, Alaskan Native, Latinx/Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander
• Sexual and gender minorities, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/gender nonconforming, queer/questioning, or intersex
• Students whose pathway to medical training includes substantial personal or financial adversity

Applicants must meet all requirements set forth by Swedish Medical Center for all visiting students. These include being in good academic standing in the final year of education at an LCME-accredited medical school and having completed all required core clerkships.

How To Apply

Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year opened on 2/1/25 and have now closed as of 8/6/25. Please keep us in mind in the future and contact us for any questions!

The application form is now closed. It will reopen early in 2026 for the 2026-2027 academic year.

**We review applications in March and April for the upcoming academic year**

Step 1: Use this link to complete the AY25-26 Swedish Sub-Internship application form

Step 2: Email these materials to SurgeryResidencyAp@swedish.org

• A brief statement of interest (500-word limit) describing your interest in training at Swedish and interest in a particular surgical specialty
• One letter of recommendation
• Current curriculum vitae
• USMLE transcript (unofficial is acceptable)
• Recent medical school transcript (unofficial is acceptable)

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be considered in the order received. The Surgery Residency Administration Team meets monthly, at which time applications are reviewed for acceptance or rejection. Sub-I rotation dates and scholarships are limited.

Contact for questions: SurgeryResidencyAp@swedish.org or Program Director Dr. Marc Horton, and Associate Program Director Dr. Ryan Martinez 206.215.4253