What residencies are more open minded in your opinion to International Medical Grad.?
I am just asking for your opinion, to those of you who are reading this post and might follow the recommendation ( remember, it is recommendation)
Depends on what you mean by "International Medical Grad". There are the true IMGs who are foreign-born, foreign-trained physicians trying to come to the U.S. Then, there are the U.S. citizens who go abroad (the majority to the Caribbean) to get their medical degree.
The former have all manner of regulatory battles trying to get a spot. They have to sit for the USMLE, which is offered in only select foreign countries at select locations. They have to get a visa. And, they have to understand the fundamentally different culture and hierarchy here in the U.S.
The latter are already U.S. citizens and the difference is that some programs will automatically look down their noses at them. However, there are many programs that have a good track record of accepting these Carib grads into their program.
Here are the top ten for Ross, SGU, and AUC in 2014 (i.e. this latest Match cycle) as posted on their respective websites.
Ross (N=783)
UAMS-Regional Programs (AR)
SUNY Upstate Med University (NY)
Drexel Univ COM/Hahnemann Univ Hosp (PA)
St John Hospital (MI)
U Massachusetts Med School (MA)
Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion SOM (VA)
St Joseph Mercy-Oakland (MI)
Stony Brook Teach Hosps (NY)
SUNY HSC Brooklyn (NY)
U Connecticut School of Medicine (CT)
SGU (N=769)
Maimonides Medical Center (NY)
New York Medical College (NY)
New York Methodist Hospital (NY)
Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University (PA)
University Hospital-SUNY at Stony Brook (NY)
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center (NY)
University at Buffalo School of Medicine (NY)
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NJ)
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn (NY)
SUNY Upstate Medical University (NY)
AUC (N=197)
Providence Hospital (MI)
Baton Rouge General Medical Center (LA)
Nassau University Medical Center (NY)
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (AL)
University of Toledo (OH)
Bridgeport Hospital (CT)
Eastern Virginia Medical School (VA)
Florida Atlantic University (FL)
Kern Medical Center (CA)
Pinnacle Health Systems (PA)
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Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any errors of reporting. Check the schools website yourself to verify information presented.]
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