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List of Friendly Hospitals for Residency

The following is a list of hospitals that have a history of offering residencies to FMGs. Indicated in Pink within paranthesis are the visa requirements of these hospitals. These are based on information provided by users and may not be accurate. Please check with the hospitals for accurate information. If you know of any other FMG friendly hospital and would like to add it to this list please click here . Also, if you know that a particular hospital in this list no longer offers residencies for FMGs please let us know (by clicking on Feedback) and help your fellow FMGs.

Alabama:

  1. Anniston, Alabama(GC)

Arizona:

  1. Maricopa Medical Center, AZ
    Added to list on 10/8/05

California:

  1. Alameda County Hospital, Highland, CA
  2. Kern Medical Center, CA
  3. University of California, San Francisco, CA
  4. USC, Los Angeles, CA

Conneticut::

  1. Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT (H1,J1,GC)
  2. Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT (H1,J1,GC)
  3. Greenwich Hospital, CT (J1,GC)
  4. Griffin Hospital, CT (H1,J1,GC)
  5. Hospital of St Raphael, CT (H1,J1,GC)
  6. Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT (H1,J1,GC)
  7. Stamford Hospital, CT (GC)
  8. St Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT (H1,J1,GC)
  9. U of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (J1,GC)
  10. U of Connecticut, New Britain, CT (J1,GC)
  11. Yale University, New Haven, CT (J1,GC)
  12. Yale University, Waterbury, CT (J1,GC)

District of Columbia (Washington, DC):

  1. Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC (H1,J1,GC)
  2. Providence Hospital, Washington, DC (H1,J1,GC)

Florida:

  1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation of Florida
    Added to list on 10/16/05

Georgia

  1. Atlanta Medical Center, GA (J1,GC)
  2. Emory University, GA (H1,J1,GC)
  3. Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA (J1,GC)
  4. Memorial Health University, Savannah, GA (J1,GC)
  5. Morehouse School of Medicine, GA (J1,GC)

Illinois:

  1. Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL (H1,J1,GC)
  2. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL (H1,J1,GC)
    Comments by Referrer(10/17/05): exempt from H1B Cap.
  3. Illinois Masonic Med Ctr, Chicago, IL
  4. Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago, IL(GC)
  5. Loyola University, Chicago, IL(H1,J1,GC)
  6. Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL (J1,GC)
  7. Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL (J1,GC)
  8. Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, IL (J1,GC)
  9. Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, IL (J1,GC)
  10. Rush Westlake, Melrose Park, IL (J1,GC)
  11. St Francis hospital, Evanston, IL (H1,J1,GC)
  12. Univ of Chicago, IL (H1,J1,GC)
  13. Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (J1,GC)
  14. Univ of Illinois/Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL (J1,GC)
  15. Univ of Illinois at Peoria, IL(H1,J1,GC)
  16. Univ of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL (H1,J1,GC)

Iowa

  1. Broadlawns Hospital, Des Moines
    Comments by Referrer(8/25/06): accepted FMGs in the past.
  2. Iowa Lutheran/Methodist Hospital, Des Moines
    Comments by Referrer(8/25/06): accepted FMGs in the past.
  3. Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines
    Comments by Referrer(8/25/06): accepted a large number of FMGs into their Family Medicine Residency. This is in conjunction with Mercy Mayo Family Clinic, also based in Des Moines.

Massachusetts

  1. Baystate Medical Center, MA (J1,GC)
  2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA (J1,GC)
  3. Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, MA (J1,GC)
  4. Tufts University, MA (J1,GC)

Maryland:

  1. Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD(J1,GC)
  2. Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD(J1,GC)
  3. Harbor Hospital,Baltimore, MD (H1,J1,GC)
  4. Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD (H1,J1,GC)
  5. Prince George's Hospital, Cheverly, MD (GC)
  6. St Agnes Health Care, Baltimore, MD (H1,J1,GC)

Michigan:

  1. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI (H1,J1,GC)
  2. Hurley Med Ctr/MSU , Flint, MI (H1,J1,GC)
  3. McLaren Regional Medical center, Flint, MI(J1,GC)
  4. Midmichigan Medical center, Midland, MI
  5. Providence Hospital, MI (J1,GC)
  6. Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Saginaw, MI
  7. St Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, MI (H1,J1,GC)
  8. St John Hospital, Detroit, MI (J1,GC)
  9. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (H1,J1,GC)
    Comments by Referrer(10/22/05): offers IM, Peds, Ob-Gy, Psych,Anaesthesia, Surgery.
  10. William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI (J1)

Missouri:

  1. St Mary's Hospital, St. Louis, MO
  2. St Lukes Hospital, St. Louis, MO
  3. Saint Louis University Hospital(J1)
    Comments by Referrer(9/8/06): Very IMG friendly.
  4. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    Added to list on 10/22/05

New Jersey:

  1. Atlantic City Med Center, Atlantic City, NJ (J1,GC)
  2. Jersey Shore Med Ctr, Neptune, NJ (GC)
  3. Monmouth Med Ctr., Long Branch, NJ (J1,GC)
  4. Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ
  5. Mount Sinai, Englewood, NJ
  6. Mount Sinai, Jersey city, NJ
  7. Muhlenberg Regional Med Ctr. , Plainfield, NJ (J1,GC)
  8. Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ (GC)
  9. Raritan Bay Med Ctr., Perth Amboy, NJ
  10. St Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ (GC)
  11. St Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ (GC)
  12. St Francis Med Ctr, Trenton, NJ
  13. UMDNJ, Pistacaway, NJ
  14. UMDNJ, Newark, NJ (GC)
  15. UMDNJ, Camden, NJ (J1,GC)
  16. UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ (J1,GC)

New York:

  1. Albert Einstein/ Jacobi Med Ctr., Bronx, NY (H1,J1,GC)
  2. Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, NY
  3. Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (GC)
  4. Brookdale University Hospital,Brooklyn, NY
  5. Catholic Med Ctr., Jamaica, NY (GC)
  6. Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY
  7. Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (H1,J1,GC)
  8. New York Hospital and Med Ctr of Queens/Cornell U., Flushing, NY
  9. New York Methodist Hospital/ Wyckoff Heights, Brooklyn, NY (H1,J1,GC)
  10. NYMedical college (Metropolitan) Hospital, NY (J1,GC)
  11. NYMedical College (Sound Shore) Hospital, New Rochelle, NY
  12. NYU VA Med Ctr., NY
  13. New York Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY
  14. St Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY
  15. St Lukes Hospital, New York, NY (J1,GC)
  16. St Joseph's Hospital, NY
  17. St John's Episcopal South Shore Hospital, Fair Rockaway, NY (H1,J1,GC)
  18. SUNY at Brooklyn, NY (H1,J1,GC)
  19. SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (H1,J1,GC)
  20. SUNY at Syracuse, NY (J1,GC)
  21. Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY (J1,GC)
  22. Woodhull Med Ctr., Brooklyn, NY (J1,GC)

Nevada:

  1. U of Nevada, Reno, NV
  2. Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

Ohio:

  1. Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH (J1,GC)
  2. Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
  3. Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  4. Meridia Huron Hospital, East Cleveland, OH (H1,J1,GC)
  5. Mount Sinai of Cleveland, OH

Pennsylvania:

  1. Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA (H1,J1,GC)
  2. Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (J1,GC)
  3. Easton Hospital, Easton, PA
  4. Frankford Hospital,Philadelphia PA (H1,J1,GC)
  5. Guthrie Healthcare, Sayre, PA
  6. Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA
  7. MCP Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  8. Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
  9. Pinnacle Health/ Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, PA
  10. Scranton Temple Memorial, Philadelphia
    Comments by Referrer(6/8/06): fmg friendly for internal medicine residency
  11. UPMC Health System/ Shadyside Hospital, PA

Rhode Island:

  1. Miriam Hospital of Brown University, Providence, RI (J1,GC)
  2. Roger Williams Hospital, Providence, RI

Texas:

  1. Texas Tech University, Amarillo,TX
  2. Texas Tech University, Odessa, TX
  3. Texas Tech University, El Paso, TX (J1,GC)

Virginia:

  1. U of Virginia, Roanoke Salem, VA (J1,GC)

West Virginia:

  1. West Virginia University Hospital, WV (J1,GC)

Wisconsin:

  1. Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
    Comments by Referrer(8/20/06): You currently list "Sinai Samaritan Medical Center" as FMG friendly. Sinai has changed their name to Aurora Sinai Medical Center, so I am notifying you of this change. Please discontinue SSMC on your list and change it to ASMC...and we are still FMG-friendly!!!
 

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