Top states & programs for IMGs: Internal Medicine

According to the 2022 NRMP Match Data and Analysis​

MATCH RATE	58.1%
​Active Non-Us IMG Applicants	7,864

Total Positions for IM (PGY1)	​9,380
Matched PGY-1	4,571

According to the latest NRMP Match Data, Internal Medicine is the most IMG-friendly specialty accounting for 38% of available positions filled by International Medical Graduates.
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Key highlights:

• New York stands as the top IMG-friendly state, concerning acceptance to the volume of applicants.
• New York accepted 793 IMGs of 1,620 filled positions.
• Connecticut stands one in accepting more percent of NON-US IMGs, accounting for 43% of total applicants.​

Criterion:

• Here are the top IMG-friendly programs, accepting at least 10% IMGs on FREIDA 
• Programs in Purple are high IMG-friendly (Above 50%) and also sponsor H1B Visa​
• The number of spots is given beside each program

Top 10 states for Non-Us IMGs

10. CONNECTICUT

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
​269	116	​29

1	University of Connecticut Program	40
2	Quinnipiac University Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine/St Vincent's Medical Center Program	10
3	Bridgeport Hospital/Yale University Program	18
4	​Connecticut Institute for Communities/Greater Danbury Community Health Center (Primary Care) Program	-
5	Danbury Hospital Program	16
6	Griffin Hospital Program	6
7	University of Connecticut (New Britain) Program	15
8	Norwalk Hospital/Yale University Program	15
9	​Stamford Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Program	8
10	Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Waterbury) Program	36
11	St Mary's Hospital (Waterbury) Program	​16
12	Greenwich Hospital/Yale University Program	6

9. OHIO ​

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
512	119	​48

1	Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program	42
2	Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Fairview Hospital Program	12
3	Bridgeport Hospital/Yale University Program	12
4	Canton Medical Education Foundation/NEOMED Program	13
5	TriHealth (Good Samaritan Hospital) Program	10
6	Mercy St Vincent Medical Center/Mercy Health Partners Program	12
7	University of Toledo Program	14
8	Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMED Program	12
9	St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital/NEOMED Program	11
10	Summa Health System/NEOMED Program	20
11	Christ Hospital Program	9
12	Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati Program	13
13	​​The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program	22
14	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program Kettering Health Network/Kettering Medical Center Program	23

8. MARYLAND

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
307	123	​48

1	Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Program	16
2	MedStar Health (Baltimore) Program	44
3	Greater Baltimore Medical Center Program	13
4	University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus Program	9
5	St Agnes HealthCare Program	12
6	University of Maryland Prince George's Hospital Center Program	12

7. TEXAS

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
709	131	​62

1	Texas Tech University (Amarillo) Program	13
2	The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program	12
3	Greater Baltimore Medical Center Program	30
4	Texas Health Resources (Dallas) Program	20
5	St Agnes HealthCare Program	16
6	Texas Tech University HSC El Paso Program	15
7	HCA Healthcare Las Palmas Del Sol Program	15
8	HCA Medical City Fort Worth Program	10
9	University of Texas RGV (VBMC) Program	5
10	Methodist Hospital (Houston) Program	17
11	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program	40
12	Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research (TIGER) Laredo Program	14
13	Christus Health Program	12
14	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program	14
15	Texas Tech University (Permian Basin) Program	20
16	Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Round Rock Program	48

6. FLORIDA

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
752	131	​119

1	HCA Healthcare JFK Medical Center/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine GME Consortium Program	19
2	HCA Healthcare East Florida Division GME/Aventura Hospital and Medical Center Program	15
3	Florida Atlantic University Charles E Schmidt College of Medicine Program	24
4	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Blake Medical Center Program	22
5	Manatee Memorial Hospital Program	22
6	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Brandon Regional Hospital Program	15
7	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Oak Hill Hospital Program	20
8	HCA Medical City Fort Worth Program	14
9	The University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Holy Cross Hospital Program	16
10	University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Gainesville) Program	33
11	University of Florida Program[14]	14
12	Palmetto General Hospital Program	19
13	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point Program	20
14	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Citrus Memorial Hospital Program	15
15	University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Program	20
16	Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Round Rock Program	14
17	HCA Healthcare East Florida Division GME/Kendall Regional Medical Center Program	14
18	University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program	24
19	​Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Program	17
20	NCH Healthcare System Program	16
21	University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Ocala) Program	15
22	​HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine/Orange Park Medical Center Program	-
23	Orlando Health Program	13
24	AdventHealth Florida (Orlando) Program	12
25	University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Greater Orlando) Program	25
26	Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood Florida) Program	15
27	University of Florida College of Medicine (Pensacola) Program	4
28	Florida State University College of Medicine (Sarasota) Program	8
29	Larkin Community Hospital Program	6
30	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Northside Hospital Program	10
31	Florida State University College of Medicine (Tallahassee) Program	8
32	Cleveland Clinic (Florida) Program	9

5. ILLINOIS

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
533	155	​34

1	Cook County Health and Hospitals System Program[41]	41
2	Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Program	14
3	Swedish Hospital Program	10
4	Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Program	16
5	Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital Program	transitional-8
6	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Brandon Regional Hospital Program	20
7	Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago Program	15
8	AMITA Health/Saint Francis Hospital Program	16
9	University of Chicago (NorthShore) Program	16
10	Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Program	34
11	Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Program	10
12	Advocate Health Care/Advocate Christ Medical Center Program	21
13	HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME/Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point Program	10
14	Advocate Health Care/Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Program	18
15	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program	12
16	Southern Illinois University Program	16
17	Carle Foundation Hospital Program	11

4. MICHIGAN

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
491	170	90

1	St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Program	16
2	Ascension Providence/MSUCHM Program	17
3	Central Michigan University College of Medicine Program	8
4	Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) Program	24
5	Wayne State University School of Medicine Program[12]	12
6	St Joseph Mercy-Oakland Program[18]	18
7	McLaren Health Care/Macomb/MSU Program	8
8	AMITA Health/Saint Francis Hospital Program	5
9	St Mary Mercy Hospital Program	15
10	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine Program	11
11	Henry Ford Allegiance Health Program	36
12	Ascension St John Hospital Program	21
13	Mercy Health Grand Rapids Program	7
14	Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Program	15
15	Ascension Genesys Hospital Program	13
16	Garden City Hospital Program[8]	8
17	Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University Program[15]	15
18	McLaren Health Care/Flint/MSU Program	12
19	Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Program	15
20	​​Detroit Wayne County Health Authority (Authority Health) GME Consortium Program	3
21	Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Sinai-Grace) Program	20
22	Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University Program
23	Beaumont Health (Dearborn) Program[	10
24	Detroit Medical Center Corporation (Huron Valley-Sinai)) Program	8
25	Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Program	13

3. NEW JERSEY

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
445	170	​96

1	AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Program	14
2	Rutgers Health/Trinitas Regional Medical Center Program	10
3	Swedish Hospital Program	30
4	Rutgers Health/Jersey City Medical Center Program	18
5	Rutgers Health/St Barnabas Medical Center Program	10
6	Rutgers Health/Monmouth Medical Center Program	13
7	Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center Program	12
8	Jersey Shore University Medical Center Program	18
9	Saint Peter's University Hospital/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program	17
10	Rutgers Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Program	12
11	New York Medical College at St Michael's Medical Center Program	19
12	Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program	33
13	Hackensack University Medical Center (Palisades) Program	10
14	St Joseph's University Medical Center Program	19
15	JFK Medical Center/Raritan Bay Medical Center Program	8
16	Atlantic Health System/Overlook Medical Center Program	13
17	Jersey Shore University Medical Center/St Francis Medical Center Program	10
18	Capital Health Regional Medical Center Program	20

2. PENNSYLVANIA

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
718	249	​52

1	Abington Memorial Hospital Program	20
2	Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of Medicine Program	18
3	Swedish Hospital Program	11
4	Suburban Community Hospital (Lower Bucks Hospital) Program	5
5	Geisinger Health System (Danville) Program	17
6	Mercy Catholic Medical Center Program	21
7	Suburban Community Hospital Program	6
8	St Luke's University Hospital/Easton Hospital Program	13
9	UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg) Program[16]	16
10	Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Program	7
11	St Mary Medical Center Program	11
12	UPMC Medical Education (McKeesport Hospital) Program	14
13	Temple University Hospital Program	41
14	Nazareth Hospital Program	11
15	Jefferson Health Northeast Program	20
16	Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Program	30
17	Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Program	14
18	​​UPMC Medical Education Program	33
19	​​Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (AGH) Program	31
20	UPMC Medical Education (Mercy) Program	21
21	Robert Packer Hospital/Guthrie Program	12
22	Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Program A	fm-12
23	Crozer-Chester Medical Center Program	​8
24	Tower Health Program	10
25	Primary Line Health System/Lankenau Medical Center Program	16
26	​Wellspan Health/York Hospital Program	12

1. NEWYORK

TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS	​NON-US IMGS	​US IMGS
1659	561	​232

1	Albany Medical Center Program	18
2	Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program	34
3	Swedish Hospital Program	6
4	BronxCare Health System Program	11
5	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Bronx) Program	43
6	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst) Program	20
7	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals/Queens) Program	20
8	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside/West) Program	43
9	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel) Program	31
10	Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program	29
11	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Wakefield Campus) Program	23
12	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New Rochelle) Program	13
13	Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Program	21
14	Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Program	20
15	One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Program	7
16	Coney Island Hospital Program	25
17	Maimonides Medical Center Program	29
18	New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Program	34
19	Brooklyn Hospital Center Program	29
20	One Brooklyn Health System/Interfaith Medical Center Program	5
21	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program	35
22	SUNY Upstate Medical University Program	47
23	Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Program	-
24	University at Buffalo Program	33
25	University at Buffalo (Catholic Health System-Sisters of Charity) Program	5
26	Bassett Medical Center Program	11
27	Nassau University Medical Center Program	26
28	Arnot Ogden Medical Center Program	10
29	St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore Program	-
30	New York-Presbyterian/Queens Program	36
31	New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program	44
32	Flushing Hospital Medical Center Program	15
33	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Forest Hills Hospital Program	12
34	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill Hospital Program	23
35	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital Program	18
36	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University Hospital Program	33
​37	Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Program	10
38	United Health Services Hospitals Program	12
39	NYU Long Island School of Medicine Program	34
40	New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program	20
41	Harlem Hospital Center Program	25
42	Long Island Community Hospital Program	-
43	Rochester General Hospital Program	24
44	Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital (Rochester) Program[16]	16
45	Stony Brook Medicine/Southampton Hospital Program	7
46	Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program	32
47	Richmond University Medical Center Program	12
48	Westchester Medical Center Program	12
49	​​​St John's Riverside Hospital Program	9

Resources

1. FREIDA  https://freida.ama-assn.org/
2. NRMP https://www.nrmp.org/
3. ​Sarthi Program list

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​This blog is written by Dr. Nikhil Rayarakula. To get more program specific details and to see how we can help you match please explore our match plans and Sarthi list

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