IMG-friendly Emergency Medicine residency programs
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 68 Emergency Medicine residency programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 9; J-1 sponsors: 41). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 68Programs
- 9Sponsor H-1B
- 41Sponsor J-1
- 29States
Emergency Medicine residency programs for international graduates
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- Residency in Combined Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ)
Northwell Health · New Hyde Park, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Residency in Emergency Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ)
Northwell Health · New Hyde Park, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Residency in Emergency Medicine at South Shore University Hospital
Northwell Health · Bay Shore, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Residency in Emergency Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital
Northwell Health · Staten Island, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee
H-1BJ-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital · Brandon, Florida
J-1Graduated ≤ 2 yrsUSMLE 225+ - Emergency Medicine Residency Program in New Orleans
Louisiana State University · New Orleans, Louisiana
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences · Buffalo, New York
J-1 - Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Program
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · Columbus, Ohio
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital · Murfreesboro, Tennessee
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency
Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital · Cincinnati, Ohio
IMGs consideredGraduated ≤ 2 yrs - UAMS Regional Centers Emergency Medicine Residency at Washington Regional Medical Center
UAMS Northwest Regional Campus · Fayetteville, Arkansas
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency
Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center · Stockton, California
J-1Graduated ≤ 2 yrs - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University · Augusta, Georgia
J-1 - Metropolitan Harlem Emergency Medicine Residency
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan · New York, New York
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Hershey, Pennsylvania
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
UVA Health University Medical Center · Charlottesville, Virginia
J-1 - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Desert Regional Medical Center · Palm Springs, California
IMGs considered - Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Stanford University · Stanford, California
IMGs considered - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, California
IMGs considered - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
University of Kansas Medical Center · Wichita, Kansas
IMGs considered - Emergency Medicine Residency
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine · Dayton, Ohio
IMGs considered - Emergency Medicine Residency Program
HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital · North Charleston, South Carolina
IMGs considered
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every Emergency Medicine residency program
Visas and international graduates in Emergency Medicine residency
Which Emergency Medicine residency programs sponsor H-1B visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 9 Emergency Medicine residency programs whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: Emergency Medicine Residency, Northwestern University; Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Illinois Chicago; Residency in Combined Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ), Northwell Health; Residency in Emergency Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ), Northwell Health; Residency in Emergency Medicine at South Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health. Each program's page quotes its statement.
Which Emergency Medicine residency programs sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 41 Emergency Medicine residency programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Emergency Medicine Residency, Northwestern University; Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Illinois Chicago; Residency in Combined Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ), Northwell Health; Residency in Emergency Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ), Northwell Health; Residency in Emergency Medicine at South Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health.
Do Emergency Medicine residency programs accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 68 Emergency Medicine residency programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates, many requiring an ECFMG certificate. Where a program states a graduation-year limit or a USMLE score, its page quotes that too.
How is this list made, and how current is it?
From each program's own website, which ResidencySpot reads regularly. A program is listed when its page says it sponsors a J-1 or H-1B visa or considers international graduates, and the sentence that says so is quoted on its page. Policies change, so confirm with the program before you apply.