IMG-friendly General Surgery fellowship programs
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 46 General Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 12; J-1 sponsors: 22). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 46Programs
- 12Sponsor H-1B
- 22Sponsor J-1
- 22States
General Surgery fellowship programs for international graduates
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- Palo Alto VA Advanced GI/Minimally-Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Stanford University · Stanford, California
H-1BJ-1 - Breast Oncology Fellowship at UMass Chan-Baystate
Baystate Medical Center · Springfield, Massachusetts
H-1BJ-1 - Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Fellowship in Advanced Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery at Staten Island University Hospital
Northwell Health · Staten Island, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Independent Clinical Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital
Northwell Health · New York, New York
H-1BJ-1 - Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Surgery Fellowship (Florida)
Mayo Clinic · Jacksonville, Florida
H-1B - Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery (GURS) Fellowship
University of Washington · Seattle, Washington
H-1B - Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Fellowship
MedStar Health · Washington, District of Columbia
J-1 - Advanced GI MIS Clinical Fellowship
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson · Tucson, Arizona
J-1 - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson · Tucson, Arizona
J-1 - Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · Columbus, Ohio
J-1 - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship (Non-ACGME)
Albany Medical Center · Albany, New York
IMGs considered - Endocrine Surgery (AAES) Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, Alabama
IMGs considered - Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgery Fellowship
Stanford University · Stanford, California
IMGs considered - Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
University of California (San Francisco) · San Francisco, California
IMGs considered - Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery Fellowship
Baptist Health South Florida · Miami, Florida
IMGs considered - Surgical Fellowship in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Cleveland Clinic Florida · Weston, Florida
IMGs considered - Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship (Florida)
Mayo Clinic · Jacksonville, Florida
IMGs considered - Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship
University of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, Illinois
IMGs considered - Transplant Surgery Fellowship
University of Maryland Medical Center · Baltimore, Maryland
IMGs considered - Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Duke University · Durham, North Carolina
IMGs considered - Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, North Carolina
IMGs considered - Advanced GI MIS/Bariatric Abdominal Wall Fellowship
University of Nebraska Medical Center · Omaha, Nebraska
IMGs considered - Advanced GI – MIS / Bariatric and Foregut Surgery Fellowship
Summa Health · Akron, Ohio
IMGs considered - Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee
IMGs considered - Medical College of Wisconsin Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
IMGs considered - Medical College of Wisconsin Trauma/Acute Care Surgery Research Fellowship
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
IMGs considered
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every General Surgery fellowship program
Visas and international graduates in General Surgery fellowship
Which General Surgery fellowship programs sponsor H-1B visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 12 General Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Stanford University; MIS Fellowship, Stanford University; Palo Alto VA Advanced GI/Minimally-Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Stanford University; Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, University of California (San Francisco); Breast Oncology Fellowship at UMass Chan-Baystate, Baystate Medical Center. Each program's page quotes its statement.
Which General Surgery fellowship programs sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 22 General Surgery fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Stanford University; MIS Fellowship, Stanford University; Palo Alto VA Advanced GI/Minimally-Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Stanford University; Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, University of California (San Francisco); Breast Oncology Fellowship at UMass Chan-Baystate, Baystate Medical Center.
Do General Surgery fellowship programs accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 46 General Surgery fellowship 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.