The IMG Friendly Hospitals

[Doc]

(courtesy of PKMD)

THE IMG FRIENDLY HOSPITALS: (By IMG, they mean mostly American student who went outside of U.S.A for study. So, better watch out! )

California:
Alameda County Hospital, Highland
St Mary's Hospital
USC
Kern Medical Center

Connecticut:
Danbury Hospital
Hospital of St Raphael
U of Conn/ Farmington

Illinois:
Cook County Hospital
Rush Presbyterian Hosp
Illinois Masonic Med Ctr. Chicago
Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago
Univ of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Mercy Hospital
Rush Westlake
Jackson Park Hospital

New Jersey:
St Josep's Medical Center, Patterson
UMDNJ, Pistacaway
UMDNJ , Newark
UMDNJ, Camden
UMDNJ, New Brunswick
St ******* Med Ctr, Trenton
Overlook Hospital, Summit
Jersey Shore Med Ctr. Neptune
Jersey City/Mt Sinai Jersey City
Muhlenberg Regional Med Ctr Plainfield
Raritan Bay Med Ctr, Perth Amboy
Monmouth Med Ctr, Long Branch
Atlantic City Med C
Mountainside
St Barnabas, Livingstone
Mount Sinai, Englewood
Montclair

Maryland:
Harbor Hospital, Baltimore
Prince George's


Massachusetts
St.Vincent's

Michigan:
Hurley Med Ctr / MSU Flint
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Saginaw
St Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Pontiac
William Beaumont, Royal Oak
McLaren Hosp, Flint
St John's , Detroit
Missouri:
St Lukes Hospital
St Mary's Hospital

Nevada:
UNLV, Las Vegas
U of Nevada, Reno

New York City:
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx
Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx
New York Hospital and Med Ctr of Queens/Cornell U., Flushing
Flushing Hospital, Flushing
Woodhull Med Ctr
St Joseph's Hospital
Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn
St Lukes Hospital
St John's Episcopal South Shore Hospital
SUNY Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
Nassau County Med Ctr
Catholic Med Ctr. Jamaica
NYMC Metropolitan Hospital
SUNY at Syracuse, Syracuse
Brookdale University Hospital
New York Methodist Hospital/ Wyckoff Heights, Brooklyn
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo
NYMC Sound Shore Hospital, New Rochelle
Albert Einstein/ Jacobi Med Ctr., Bronx
Winthrop University Hospital
NYU VA Med Ctr.
Maimonides Hospital
St Barnabas Hospit
Our Lady of Mercy
Kingsbrook Jewish HospitaL
St Vincent's
St Lakes, Roosevelt

Ohio:
Fairview Hospital, Cleveland
Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati
Meridia Huron Hospital, East Cleveland
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati
Mount Sinai of Cleveland

Pennsylvania:
Guthrie Healthcare, Sayre
Pinnaclehealth/ Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg
UPMC Health System/ Shadyside Hospital
Easton Hospital, Easton
Allegheny Hahnhemann
Lehigh Valley
Rhode Island:
Miriam Hospital of Brown
Roger Williams Hospital

Texas:
Texas Tech University, Amarillo
TTU Odessa
TTU El Paso

Virginia:
U of Virginia, Roanoke Salem


OBSERVERSHIPS:
Mount Sinai of U of Miami FL
Cleveland Clinic Florida FL
St Barnabas Med Ctr
Fairview General Hospital OH
Einstein/ Jacobi OH
Emory Univ School of Public Health
U of Miami FL
Meridia Huron Hospital OH
Oswego Hospital, NY

[mac9]

I'm a little confused about this list. I believe this is a list of hospitals that take IMGs into their residency programs. I don't think it is a list of programs that accept international medical students into their clinical rotations.

[Doc]

I'm a little confused about this list. I believe this is a list of hospitals that take IMGs into their residency programs. I don't think it is a list of programs that accept international medical students into their clinical rotations.

mac9:

I didn't compose the list so I'm not certain about this. I was under a different impression, but I could be wrong. If anyone else is familiar with this list, please give us your opinion.

I can tell you that now that I'm looking at the list in more detail, I have personally noticed some deficiencies in either case. Well, I guess that the list can use some input from all of us, and we can make it apply to whichever will benefit us more...or we can use two separate lists for clinicals and for residencies? Either way, we are also working on a residency review area for this website and that will hopefully further shed some light on the subject. Good luck.

[jim]

just because a hospital never took an IMG before, doesnt mean they wont. I went to Ross, am a US citizen and was told i was the very first IMG they had ever interviewed at the place I matched. and it showed. lots of confusion on their part about ECFMG and CSA stuff. I was told off the record, they were branching out into US born IMGs because of a fear of getting troublemakers in the scramble after 9-11. makes sense i guess, though it is definetly generalising. the place i did rotations at right after 9-11 had 2 people tossed because of statements made. probably more for their safety then for anyone elses. they were close to getting lynched.

[mtt]

hi Doc! do you know how this list was compiled by PKMD?
thx, it's really helpful!

Hey Uhura. I'm not sure how PKMD compiled this list (I can try to find out if you'd like), but I believe I have come across it before, so it might not necessarily be his/her personal work. Having said that, I'm sure this is just a guideline to be used as a starting point as many programs, even within the same hospital, may have different policies.

Thanks PKMD for providing this list which seems as though it can be very helpful to our users.

It appears the list came from csa-notes.com.

8 Steps 2 Match:

http://csa-notes.com/resstep.htm


Here are several lists of IMG/ H-1B friendly hospitals:

http://csa-notes.com/img1.htm

http://csa-notes.com/h1blist.htm

http://csa-notes.com/img2.htm

http://csa-notes.com/img3.htm


Some images of the list:

http://csa-notes.com/images/TMP20.GIF

http://csa-notes.com/images/TMP30.GIF

http://csa-notes.com/images/TMP40.GIF

http://csa-notes.com/images/TMP50.GIF

http://csa-notes.com/images/TMP60.GIF

http://csa-notes.com/images/TMP70.GIF


List of Friendly Hospitals for Residency

http://csa-notes.com/hospitals.htm


List by Pradeep (H-1B)

http://csa-notes.com/h1bpradeep.htm

[Anonymous]

Got this list from another site.

CONNECTICUT
Univ of CT Program 80; Clin exp (US/Others); grad w/in 5yrs; J1

Hospital of St. Raphael 200; US clin exp req’d but not
mandatory; H1B, J1

Norwalk Hospital Program 85; J1, HIB on occasion

St. Vincent’s Medical Center 200; No US clin exp H1B, JI

ILLINOIS

Univ of IL Coll of Med at Chicago Program/ Michael Reese Hospital
Program 85; US clin exp not necessary but preferred; grad w/in
last 4 yrs; J1

Univ of IL Coll of Medicine at Chicago Recent grads; US clin exp
preferred but not req’d; J1

Cook County Hospital Program 84; US clin exp not necessary;
H1B, J1

Univ of IL Coll of Med Chicago Program 75; No US clin exp req’d;
J1

Loyola Univ Program Passing scores; NO US clin exp req’d; H1B, J1

Ressurection Medical Center/ Westlake Program
80; grad w/in last 5 yrs; US clin exp not mandatory; JI

Rush-Presbyterian - St. Luke’s Medical Center Program 85; recent
clin exp (US or out of the country); J1

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston Univ Medical Center Program No min scores; J1

Mount Auburn Hospital Program
No score req’t; US clin exp not necessary but helpful; J1

Newton- Wellesley Hospital Program 80; 3 yrs from grad; No US
clin exp; J1

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of Boston Program 80; J1

St. Vincent’s Hospital Program
No Min scores; US clin exp preferred; JI, H1B (?)

MARYLAND

Franklin Square Hospital Center Program
does not sponsor visa

Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland Program
No score req’t; No US clin exp; J1

Harbor Hospital Center Program
85; No US clin exp; H1B, J1

Johns Hopkins Univ Bayview Medical Center
No min scores; No US clin exp; J1

Baystate Medical Center Program
No specific min criteria; J1

MICHIGAN

Henry Ford Hospital Program
140-25-11-189
No min scores; No US clin exp; 3-4 yrs from grad; J1

Wayne State Univ / Detroit Medical Center
320-25-21-110
11/30
No set criteria; with FMGs; J1

Spectrum Health - Downtown Campus / MI State Univ Program
320-25-21-116
01/15/01
85 ; grad w/in 5 yrs

St. John Hospital and Medical Center Program
320-25-11-113
01/31/01
165 Steps 1 + 2; J1, H1B (rare)

Univ of Michigan Program
140-25-21-187
12/01
No min scores; US LoRs;

Wayne State Univ / Detroit Medical Center
140-25-21-194
12/10
review by pts: scores, ECFMG cert, US exp / LoRs, research
activities, likelihood of staying in Detroit, Med school rank,
Med school quality; J1

William Beaumont Hospital Program
140-25-12-201
12/15
85; No US clin exp; J1

NEW YORK

Albert Einstein Coll of Med at Beth Israel Med Ctr Program
140-35-11-261
12/01
80; US clin exp not req’d but helpful; J1, H1B

Mt Sinai School of Medicine (Cabrini) Program
140-35-31-266
12/15
No score req’t; J1

Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens Program
140-35-22-267
01/10/01
80; US clin exp not req’d; GC holders only

Coney Island Hospital Program
140-35-11-269
02/01/01
84 (step 2); J1, H1B

Maimonides Medical Center Program
320-35-21-157
12/29
80; No US clin exp; H1B, J1

SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse Program
140-35-21-316
12/01
82; US clin exp preferred but not req’d; J1

Mt Sinai School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program
140-35-11-268
01/01/01
does not sponsor visas

Flushing Hospital Medical Center Program
140-35-11-272
12/15
80; does not sponsor visas

Harlem Hospital Center Program
140-35-11-273
12/31

Brookdale Univ Hospital Med Ctr Program
320-35-11-147
11/30
No score req’ts; No US clin exp; H1B, J1

Brooklyn Hospital Ctr Program
140-35-12-265
12/31
80; GC holders only

Jamaica Hospital Program
140-35-12-275
03/31
80 (1st take); GC holders only

SUNY at Buffalo GM-Dental Educ Consortium Program
800-35-44-049
Mid Dec
85; 3yrs from grad; No US clin exp; H1B, J1

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
140-35-11-297
01/10/01
80; No US clin exp; H1B, J1

SUNY at Stony Brook Program
140-35-21-315
01/14/01
No min scores; No US clin exp; J1

SUNY at Stony Brook Program
320-35-21-365
12/01
No min scores; No US clin exp; J1

Winthrop- Univ Hospital Program
140-35-11-256
Before end of Dec
80; No US clin exp; J1

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Program
140-35-21-487
11/30
80; No US clin exp; J1

St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center Program
140-35-21-301
12/15
80; Clin exp w/in 2 yrs; J1, H1B

St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center Program
320-35-11-168
12/15
does not sponsor visas

St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of NY
800-35-44-082
02/05
No score req’t; H1B, J1

Staten Island Univ Hospital Program
140-35-11-304
12/31
No score req’t; No US clin exp; J1, H1B

New York Medical Coll at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Med Ctr of NY
Program
140-35-11-302
02/05/01
No score req’t; H1B, J1

New York Medical College (Richmond) Program
140-35-11-303
01/31
82; GC holders only

New York Medical Coll (Sound Shore) Program
140-35-11-258
12/31
80; No US Clin exp; J1, H1B

New York Medical Coll at Westchester Medical Center Program
140-35-11-317
12/10
85; w/in 5 yrs from grad; No US clin exp; J1, H1B

New York Medical College at Westchester Med Ctr Program
320-35-11--176
02/28/01
accepts excellent IMGs

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
320-35-11-167
12/01
80; No US clin exp; J1

Mt Sinai School of Medicine Program
140-35-31-288
12/01
85; does not sponsor visas

Mt Vernon Hospital Program
140-35-31-288
No deadline

does not part. in ERAS
80; No US clin exp; J1

Lutheran Medical Center Program
140-35-11-282
Mid Jan
82; No US clin exp; H1B, J1

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
140-35-21-270
12/31
No Min scores; No US clin exp; J1

New York Medical Coll (Metropolitan) Program
140-35-31-290
12/31
80; grad w/in 6 yrs; US clin exp not req’d but preferred; J1

Long Island Coll Hosp Program
140-35-11-280
12/01
82; No US clin exp; J1, H1B

Albert Einstein Coll of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical
Ctr Prog
320-35-21-155
12/01
85; No US clin exp; J1

NYU Downtown Hospital Program
140-35-31-289
01/15/01
80; grad w/in 5 yrs; H1B, J1

SUNY at Stony Brook (East Meadow) Program
140-35-21-254
12/15
80; No post match; J1

New York Hospital Medical Ctr of Queens / Cornell Univ Medical
Coll Program
140-35-11-262
12/15
80; US clin exp; H1B, J1

New York Methodist Hospital (Wyckoff Heights)
140-35-21-520
end of Fall
82; J1, H1B

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Ctr Program
140-35-11-277
01/01/01
80; No US clin exp

[stephew]

A big caveat to above post- the "minimal requirements" (i.e. a USMLE score of 80) is NOT rigid...at all! Dont' be dissuaded if you dont meet the score. its there to "keep out the riff-raff" if you will but often isn't rigid.
Great post.
steph

[Daniel]

agreed. that was a very informative post. thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anybody have interview experience at St.Joseph, Paterson, NJ? Do they ask clinical stuff?

[stephew]

while I cant tell you about St Joe's I will say usually they don't pimp you on interviews.

[Anonymous]

thank you. this is my first interview.