What the image needs to do
The strongest medical application headshots usually feel calm, direct, and easy to read. Clean lighting, a centered face, and a neutral background help the image stay useful in small thumbnails and formal systems.
Medical Headshots
ERAS, VSLO, and VSAS Medical Residency Headshots
Polished in-studio headshots for residency, fellowship, academic, and visiting student applications.
Application-Focused Sessions
Clean, current, and built for medical applications
When the image needs to feel professional without looking stiff, the session can stay simple. PhotoTale Studio plans medical residency headshots around expression, posture, clean backgrounds, and the practical crop needs that come with ERAS and VSLO or VSAS use.
These sessions work well for medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, and physicians who need one reliable image for applications now and broader professional use later. If you need both a strict application crop and a more flexible LinkedIn or faculty-profile image, that can be planned into the same session.
The goal is a headshot that reads as prepared, approachable, and current at thumbnail size while still holding up for websites, badges, hospital profiles, and academic pages.
What to wear
Simple professional clothing tends to work best. Bring wardrobe that feels polished and conservative, photographs cleanly, and keeps attention on your face rather than on patterns, logos, or props.
Delivery and crop planning
Current MyERAS photo guidance lists JPG, JPEG, or PNG files, a 150 KB maximum file size, a 2.5 by 3.5 inch image at 150 dpi, and a centered face. Requirements can change, so verify the current portal guidance before upload.
Medical Headshot Examples
Recent ERAS, VSLO or VSAS, and academic-style portraits
A few examples from the broader headshot portfolio that fit medical, residency, academic, and physician-profile use.
