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IMG friendly Residency Programs in Texas

IMG residency in Texas

With around 400 matched IMGs, Texas is the sixth friendly state by the number of positions filled by IMGs. Top IMG friendly specialties are pathology, internal medicine, and neurology. Family medicine has only 19% of IMGs but still the second specialty by number of matched IMGs.

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners requirements:

  • 2 years of residency training.
  • Up to 3 attempts at each USMLE exam.
  • 7 years to complete USMLE. Up to 10 years if MD/PhD waiver.

Top 10 IMG friendly residencies in Texas

Specialty ID Program

Internal medicine 1404800891 University of Texas RGV (DHR) Internal medicine residency program

— 1404821519 Texas Tech University (Permian Basin)

— 1404821425 University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio

— 1404811424 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine

— 1404821477 Texas Tech University (Amarillo)

— 1404831423 University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

— 1404821524 University of Texas RGV (VBMC)

Family medicine 1204821457 Texas Tech University (Permian Basin) Family medicine residency program

Pediatrics 3204811229 Driscoll Children's Hospital

— 3204811234 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine

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

Top IMG friendly in Texas by number

  1. Internal medicine (182 IMGs)
  2. Family medicine (58 IMGs)
  3. Pediatrics (42 IMGs)
  4. Surgery (31 IMGs)
  5. Pathology-anatomic and clinical (25 IMGs)
  6. Neurology (24 IMGs)
  7. Psychiatry (23 IMGs)
  8. Emergency medicine (8 IMGs)
  9. Obstetrics and gynecology (4 IMGs)
  10. Child neurology (3 IMGs)
Most IMG friendly specialties in Texas by percent matched PGY-1

Top IMG friendly in Texas by percent

  1. Pathology-anatomic and clinical (54% IMGs)
  2. Vascular surgery - integrated (50% IMGs)
  3. Neurology (40% IMGs)
  4. Internal medicine (28% IMGs)
  5. Child neurology (21% IMGs)
  6. Pediatrics (20% IMGs)
  7. Family medicine (19% IMGs)
  8. Surgery (19% IMGs)
  9. Psychiatry (16% IMGs)
  10. Plastic Surgery - Integrated (7% IMGs)
Most IMG friendly specialties in Texas by percent matched PGY-1

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