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IMG residency in New York State

With more than 1500 matched IMGs yearly, New York is the top IMG-friendly state by the number of international medical graduates. The percent of IMGs varies by specialty. Around 50% for pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, and near 70% for pathology. NY state is one of the top friendliest by the percentage of matched IMGs. Around 35% of residents in New York are foreign medical graduates.

New York residency requirements for applicant's medical education.

According to PART 405.4 (f) Medical staff, HOSPITALS—MINIMUM STANDARDS of New York Codes, Rules and Regulations. All post graduate trainees must:
a) have less than 12 weeks of clinical clerkships outside of country of graduation that included in the medical school program,
or
b) have more than 12 weeks of clerkships mentioned in a), but clerkship was in a medical school approved by the State Education Department for the purposes of clinical clerkships.

New York state specific initial medical license requirements.

  • Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS) required for IMGs.
  • Minimum 3 years of postgraduate training required for IMGs.
  • No limit on USMLE number of attempts.
  • No limit on time for completing USMLE examination sequence.

Top 10 IMG friendly residencies in New York

Specialty ID Program

Internal medicine 1403511264 Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Internal medicine residency program

— 1403521470 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

— 1403521305 SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn

— 1403521316 SUNY Upstate Medical University

— 1403511283 Maimonides Medical Center

— 1403521301 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

— 1403511284 New York Methodist Hospital

— 1403531521 Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

— 1403511263 Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center

— 1403521485 St Barnabas Hospital

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

Top IMG friendly in New York by number

  1. Internal medicine (778 IMGs)
  2. Pediatrics (197 IMGs)
  3. Family medicine (150 IMGs)
  4. Surgery (100 IMGs)
  5. Psychiatry (98 IMGs)
  6. Emergency medicine (86 IMGs)
  7. Pathology-anatomic and clinical (42 IMGs)
  8. Neurology (26 IMGs)
  9. Obstetrics and gynecology (26 IMGs)
  10. Transitional year (14 IMGs)
Most IMG friendly specialties in New York by percent matched PGY-1

Top IMG friendly in New York by percent

  1. Family medicine (55% IMGs)
  2. Pathology-anatomic and clinical (51% IMGs)
  3. Pediatrics (50% IMGs)
  4. Internal medicine (48% IMGs)
  5. Surgery (33% IMGs)
  6. Psychiatry (32% IMGs)
  7. Neurology (26% IMGs)
  8. Emergency medicine (23% IMGs)
  9. Child neurology (17% IMGs)
  10. Obstetrics and gynecology (13% IMGs)
Most IMG friendly specialties in New York by percent matched PGY-1

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