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IMG friendly Residency Programs in California

IMG residency in California

With more than 400 matched IMGs, California is the seventh friendly state by the number of positions filled by IMGs. At the same time, IMG friendly specialties like internal medicine of family practice have only around 20% of IMGs. Only pathology has more than 25% of positions filled by IMGs, while other specialties have < 10%.

California Postgraduate Training License

California Postgraduate Training License(PTL) is required for the first 36 months of training for all residents including IMGs. Trainees have 180 days after starting the residency to obtain the PTL. Applicant's medical school must be recognized by California Medical Board. ECFMG eligible schools listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools satisfy this requirement.
Residents can apply for the transition to California medical license after 32 months of training. Here are the some Medical Board of California specific requirements for license:

  • Minimum 3 years of postgraduate training. (must include 24 continuous months in the same program)
  • Maximum 4 attempts at USMLE Step 3. (Business and Professions Code Section 2177)
  • Passing scores are valid for a period of 10 years from the month of the examination.

Top 10 IMG friendly residencies in California

Specialty ID Program

Internal medicine 1400500895 Eisenhower Medical Center Internal medicine residency program

— 1400531033 University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno

— 1400500923 St Agnes Medical Center (Fresno)

— 1400500927 UHS Southern California Medical Education Consortium

— 1400531051 Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital

— 1400512069 San Joaquin General Hospital

— 1400531031 Kern Medical Center

— 1400500917 Riverside Community Hospital/University of California Riverside School of Medicine

— 1400500919 OPTI West/Hemet Valley Medical Center

Family medicine 1200511057 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Family medicine residency program

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Top IMG friendly specialties in California based on PGY-1 main residency Match statistics

Top IMG friendly in California by number

  1. Internal medicine (207 IMGs)
  2. Family medicine (159 IMGs)
  3. Pediatrics (32 IMGs)
  4. Emergency medicine (29 IMGs)
  5. Surgery (19 IMGs)
  6. Psychiatry (14 IMGs)
  7. Transitional year (12 IMGs)
  8. Pathology-anatomic and clinical (7 IMGs)
  9. Anesthesiology (3 IMGs)
  10. Neurology (3 IMGs)
Most IMG friendly specialties in California by percent matched PGY-1

Top IMG friendly in California by percent

  1. Family medicine (28% IMGs)
  2. Internal medicine (19% IMGs)
  3. Pathology-anatomic and clinical (11% IMGs)
  4. Pediatrics (10% IMGs)
  5. Surgery (10% IMGs)
  6. Emergency medicine (10% IMGs)
  7. Transitional year (7% IMGs)
  8. Psychiatry (6% IMGs)
  9. Child neurology (5% IMGs)
  10. Neurological surgery (4% IMGs)
Most IMG friendly specialties in California by percent matched PGY-1

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