IM fellowships that accept their own FMG and DO residents?

[daelroy]

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Every IMG and DO can get an IM residency but when it comes to fellowships, it's a different story. Case in point, Mayo has accepted DO's into their IM program but have not been as tolerant with accepting them as fellows upon graduation.

Which IM programs are pretty fair about accepting DO's and IMG's into their fellowships?

 

[allendo]

Guess it depends on which fellows you are looking at! Lecom has internal programs that have the fellows at the same place. I've seen many D.O. Hem/Onc, GI, and so on. I spoke to a Lecom student that went to Olympia Feilds or IM residency and they stated that they have a good reputation for placement whether M.D. or D.O.

 

[buz]

Guess it depends on which fellows you are looking at! Lecom has internal programs that have the fellows at the same place. I've seen many D.O. Hem/Onc, GI, and so on. I spoke to a Lecom student that went to Olympia Feilds or IM residency and they stated that they have a good reputation for placement whether M.D. or D.O.

As a current DO applicant to IM residency, I have consistently observed the exact opposite of what your post implies. In NYC as well as other places that I have been, the middle to upper tier IM programs have few to (usually) no DO Cat. residents, yet will occasionally have DO fellows. I can't explain why this is, but I know that the DO fellows attended very solid IM residencies themselves. My assumption is that any "DO bias" can be overshadowed by a strong performance as a resident, research, personality at interview etc, and of course being viewed as a graduate of X residency program instead of X Osteopathic medical school.

I also can't imagine that a graduate of a top tier IM program (as I believe Mayo Clinic is) would have much difficulty finding a decent fellowship, D.O or not, unless they performed poorly as a resident.

I realize that I haven't answered your question, but I believe that if you attend a solid program and do well, that doors will open both internally and externally.

 

[novacek88]

It depends on the type of fellowship you are pursuing. Allergy, cardiology and GI will be difficult for DO's and FMG's because they are extremely competitive. All the others are very approachable.

The best place to look would be IM programs your classmates are matching at. Places tend to take their own residents so if a DO or an FMG is to acquire a competitive fellowship, it will likely be at their own program.

If you want to give yourself the best chance of acquiring a fellowship, do your internship at an allopathic academic/university based program. Not all university programs are competitive either. It really depends on your location. As an example, UCLA will be tough but the University of Oklahoma wouldn't be. Programs on the coasts particularly the west coast will be difficult but check out programs in the midwest and the southeastern U.S.

 

[allendo]

Take for instance here in Texas there are many osteopaths that did onc fellows at M.D. Anderson!! I think it all depends on you and what you want the most.

 

[joaquin13]

good samaritan & maricopa county in phoenix occas. take FMGs and DOs for fellowships. I have seen several FMGs in the pulmonology fellowship & one in GI as well.

 

[Monkey]

If you look at the ACGME's statistics regarding FMGs/DO, etc. in IM residencies and fellowships, the %age of D.O.'s in MD residency training and the %age in MD fellowship training is pretty damned similar.

If you're a kick-ass resident, D.O. or M.D., community or university trained, doors will open.