List of hospitals hiring IMGs in the USA (United States Of America).
All the hospitals mentioned in this article are currently listed as friendly for IMGs that is, they have already at some time accepted applications of IMGs for training with them.
The authors do not guarantee complete accuracy as this is a moving target. The list serves the purpose of giving you an idea of the programs that have historically been IMG- friendly.
As outlined in the book “The International Medical Graduate’s Best Hope”, the authors do not advocate complete reliance on lists but rather encourage a one-on-one search of residency programs according to individual characteristics.
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
ALABAMA | Carraway Methodist Medical Center | NO | NO | YES |
University of Alabama Medical Center | ? | ? | YES | |
Population: Time Zone: Weather: Cost of living: |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
ARKANSAS | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | YES | YES | YES |
Population: Time Zone: Weather: Cost of living: |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
ARIZONA | Maricopa Medical Center | NO | NO | YES |
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Arizona & Affiliated Hospitals | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
CALIFORNIA |
Alameda County Medical Ctr/Highland Hospital |
NO | NO | YES |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
Kaiser Permanente Med. Ctr., San Francisco | NO | NO | YES | |
Kaiser Permanente Med. Ctr., Santa Clara | NO | NO | YES |
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland | NO | YES | YES | |
Stanford University | NO | YES | YES | |
University of California at Los Angeles Med. Ctr. |
NO | YES | YES | |
University of California at Los Angeles Med. Ctr. |
NO | YES | YES | |
University of California at San Diego | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Southern California | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
COLORADO | Exempla St. Joseph Hospital | YES | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
CONNECTICUT | Danbury Hospital | YES | YES | YES |
Griffin Hospital Residency Program | YES | YES | YES | |
Hospital of Saint Raphael | YES | YES | YES | |
St. Vincent’s Medical Center | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Connecticut Health Center | NO | YES | YES | |
Yale University (Bridgeport) | YES | YES | YES | |
Norwalk Hospital Program | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
DT OF COLUMBIA | Washington Hospital Center | NO | YES | YES |
Howard University | YES | YES | YES | |
Providence Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Georgetown University Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
FLORIDA | Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida | NO | YES | YES |
Orlando Regional Hospitals | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Florida College of Medicine | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Florida HSC, Jacksonville | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
GEORGIA | Emory University Hospital | YES | YES | YES |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
IOWA | University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics | YES | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
ILLINOIS |
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital/U. of Chicago |
YES | YES | YES |
Mercy Hospital Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
Northwestern University | NO | YES | YES | |
Resurrection Med. Center, Westlake Hospital | NO | YES | YES | |
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
St. Francis Hospital of Evanston | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Illinois – Chicago | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign | YES | YES | YES | |
Cook County Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Illinois | NO | YES | YES | |
Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
INDIANA | Ball Memorial Hospital | YES | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
KANSAS | University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas | NO | YES | YES |
University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
KENTUCKY | University of Louisville | NO | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
MASSACHUSETTS | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | NO | YES | YES |
Salem Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Carney Hospital | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Massachusetts Medical School | NO | NO | YES | |
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Worcester | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
MARYLAND | Harbor Hospital Center | YES | YES | YES |
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical Center |
NO | YES | YES | |
Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore | YES | YES | YES | |
Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore | YES | YES | YES | |
Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore | YES | YES | YES | |
St Agnes Health Care, Baltimore | NO | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather
Cost of living
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
MICHIGAN | Michigan State University | YES | YES | YES |
Michigan State University (Hurley Medical Ctr) | YES | YES | YES | |
Michigan State University (Kalamazoo) | YES | YES | YES | |
McLaren Regional Medical Center | YES | YES | YES | |
Oakwood Hospital | NO | NO | YES | |
Sinai-Grace Hospital/Wayne State University | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Michigan Health Systems | YES | YES | YES | |
William Beaumont Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Henry Ford Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Wayne State University | YES | YES | YES | |
Hurley Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
St John Hospital | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
MINNESOTA | Abbott Northwestern Hospital | NO | YES | YES |
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
MISSOURI | St. John Hospital And Medical Center | NO | YES | YES |
St. Luke’s Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Missouri – Columbia | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Missouri-Kansas City SOM | YES | YES | YES | |
Washington University School of Medicine | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC | |
NORTH | Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital | NO | YES | YES | |
CAROLINA | |||||
Duke University YES YES YES Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
NEBRASKA | University of Nebraska Medical Center | NO | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
NEW JERSEY | Cooper Hospital – University Medical Center | YES | YES | YES |
Jersey Shore Medical Center | NO | NO | YES | |
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
Long Island Jewish Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
Mount Sinai School Of Medicine | YES | YES | YES | |
Atlantic City Med Center, Atlantic City | NO | YES | YES | |
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch | NO | YES | YES | |
Mountainside Hospital, Montclair | ? | ? | YES | |
Muhlenberg Regional Med Ctr, Plainfield | NO | YES | YES | |
Overlook Hospital, Summit | NO | NO | YES | |
Raritan Bay Med Center, Perth Amboy | ? | ? | YES | |
St Barnabas Medical Center, Livinsgton | NO | NO | YES | |
St Joseph Medical Center, Paterson | NO | NO | YES | |
St Francis Medical Center, Trenton | ? | ? | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
NEW YORK | Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn | YES | YES | YES |
Nassau University Medical Center | NO | YES | YES | |
NY Medical College (Brooklyn, Queens) | NO | NO | YES | |
Queens Hospital Center / Mount Sinai SOM | YES | YES | YES | |
St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center | YES | YES | YES | |
Albert Einstein/Jacobi Med. Ctr, Bronx | YES | YES | YES |
Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx | YES | YES | YES | |
Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn | ? | ? | YES | |
Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn | YES | YES | YES | |
Catholic Center, Jamaica | NO | NO | YES | |
Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx | YES | YES | YES | |
Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn | YES | YES | YES | |
Mercy Hospital New York | YES | YES | YES | |
Mercy Hospital Buffalo | YES | YES | YES | |
Milliard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo | YES | YES | YES | |
NY Hospital and Med Ctr of Queens | ? | ? | YES | |
NY Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn | YES | YES | YES | |
NY Medical College Hospital(Metropolitan) | NO | YES | YES | |
NY Medical College Hospital(Sound Shore) | ? | ? | YES | |
NY Beth Israel | YES | YES | YES | |
Sisters of Charity, Buffalo | YES | YES | YES | |
NY University Veterans Administration | ? | ? | YES | |
NY Flushing Hospital | ? | ? | YES | |
St Barnabas Hospital, Bronx | YES | YES | YES | |
St Luke’s Hospital | NO | YES | YES | |
St Joseph Hospital | ? | ? | YES | |
St John’s Episcopal South Shore Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
SUNY at Brooklyn | YES | YES | YES | |
SUNY at Buffalo | YES | YES | YES | |
SUNY at Syracuse | NO | YES | YES | |
Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola | NO | YES | YES | |
Woodhull Medical center, Brooklyn | NO | YES | YES | |
Albany Medical College | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
OHIO | Ohio State University | NO | YES | YES |
Cleveland Clinic Foundation | YES | YES | YES | |
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | NO | YES | YES | |
Wright State University | NO | YES | YES | |
Mount Carmel | NO | NO | YES | |
Fairview Hospital, Cleveland | NO | YES | YES | |
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati | ? | ? | YES | |
Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati | ? | ? | YES | |
Meridia Huron Hospital, East Cleveland | YES | YES | YES | |
Mount Sinai of Cleveland | ? | ? | YES | |
Population Time Zone |
Weather
Cost of living
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
PENNSYLVANIA | Temple University | YES | YES | YES |
Pennsylvania Hospital of UPEN Health System |
YES | YES | YES | |
Temple University/ Conemaugh Valley Memorial |
YES | YES | YES | |
Abington Memorial Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg | NO | YES | YES | |
Easton Hospital, Easton | YES | YES | YES | |
Frankfort Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Geissenger Memorial | YES | YES | YES | |
Guthrie Healthcare, Sayre | YES | YES | YES | |
Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown | YES | YES | YES | |
Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg | ||||
MCP Hahnemann University Hospital | ||||
Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg | ||||
UPMC Health System/Shadyside Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Western Pennsylvania Hospital | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
RHODES ISLAND | Miriam hospital of Brown University, Providence | NO | YES | YES |
Roger Williams Hospital, Providence | YES | |||
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
Palmetto Health/University of SCSM | NO | YES | YES |
Medical University of South Carolina | YES | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
TENNESSEE | East Tennessee State University | NO | YES | YES |
University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
NO | YES | YES | |
University of Tennessee Med. Ctr. At Knoxville |
NO | YES | YES |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
TEXAS | Baylor College of Medicine | YES | YES | YES |
Texas Tech University, Amarillo | NO | YES | YES | |
Texas Tech University, Odessa | NO | YES | YES | |
Texas Tech University, El Paso | NO | YES | YES | |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
NO | YES | YES | |
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas | NO | YES | YES | |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
VIRGINIA | University of Virginia, Roanoke Salem | YES | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
WEST VIRGINIA | West Virginia University Hospital | NO | YES | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
STATE | PROGRAM | H-1B | J1 | GC |
WISCONSIN | Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee | ? | ? | YES |
Population Time Zone Weather Cost of living |
Students who wish to work here as professionals can take their USMLE exams and apply later on here too.
that’s all about the List of hospitals hiring IMGs in the USA. hope this article helped you find your destination.