IMG-friendly Pain Medicine fellowship programs
As of October 31, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 22 Pain Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 5; J-1 sponsors: 9). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 22Programs
- 5Sponsor H-1B
- 9Sponsor J-1
- 14States
Pain Medicine fellowship programs for international graduates
Your fit
Which of these fit you?
Five questions, two minutes: every Pain Medicine fellowship program ranked by what its own website states about applicants like you, and your fit shown beside each one. The first ten are free.
22 programs
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- Mass General Brigham Integrated Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Mass General Brigham · Boston, Massachusetts
H-1BJ-1 - Comprehensive Pain and Spine Medicine Fellowship (Pain Medicine)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine · Winston-Salem, North Carolina
J-1 - Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · Little Rock, Arkansas
IMGs considered - Pain Medicine Fellowship
University of California, Los Angeles · Los Angeles, California
IMGs considered - Pain Medicine Fellowship
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University · Augusta, Georgia
IMGs considered
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every Pain Medicine fellowship program
Visas and international graduates in Pain Medicine fellowship
Which Pain Medicine fellowship programs sponsor H-1B visas?
As of October 31, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 5 Pain Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: BWH Pain Medicine Fellowship, Mass General Brigham; Mass General Brigham Integrated Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, Mass General Brigham; Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health; Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Washington; Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Washington. Each program's page quotes its statement.
Which Pain Medicine fellowship programs sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 31, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 9 Pain Medicine fellowship programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: BWH Pain Medicine Fellowship, Mass General Brigham; Mass General Brigham Integrated Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, Mass General Brigham; Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health; Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship, Rutgers Health.
Do Pain Medicine fellowship programs accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 22 Pain Medicine 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.