Axios - Interest in geriatric medicine has stalled among new physicians despite an aging population and a shortage of providers to care for them. The American Geriatrics Society estimates there will be more than 71 million Americans age 65 and older by 2030 and that the medical system will have to train roughly 1,600 geriatricians per year to meet the projected demand.
New data
from the National Resident Matching Program shows there were 204
applicants to geriatric medicine fellowships and 382 positions offered
in residency programs for the 2025 match year. In the end, more than 100
openings went unfilled.
- U.S. medical school graduates are instead choosing higher-paying specialties, including cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, and gastroenterology.
- There were more than 1,900 applicants for the cardiovascular disease residency, 1,131 for pulmonary medicine and critical care, and 1,121 for gastroenterology. More
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