IMG-friendly Emergency Medicine residency programs in California
As of October 21, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 9 Emergency Medicine residency programs in California whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (J-1 sponsors: 3). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 9Programs
- 3Sponsor J-1
- 68Nationwide
- 9Institutions
Emergency Medicine residency programs in California for international graduates
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- Emergency Medicine Residency
Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center · Stockton, California
J-1Graduated ≤ 2 yrs - 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
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every Emergency Medicine residency program in California
Visas and international graduates in Emergency Medicine residency in California
Which Emergency Medicine residency programs in California sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 21, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 3 Emergency Medicine residency programs in California whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Emergency Medicine Residency, Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center; Emergency Medicine Residency, University of California (San Francisco); Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of California, Irvine.
Do Emergency Medicine residency programs in California accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 9 Emergency Medicine residency programs in California 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.