IMG-friendly Thoracic Surgery residency programs
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 15 Thoracic Surgery residency programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 1; J-1 sponsors: 4). Each program's page quotes its statement.
- 15Programs
- 1Sponsor H-1B
- 4Sponsor J-1
- 12States
Thoracic Surgery residency programs for international graduates
Your fit
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Five questions, two minutes: every Thoracic Surgery residency program ranked by what its own website states about applicants like you, and your fit shown beside each one. The first ten are free.
15 programs
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- Residency in Integrated Thoracic Surgery at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Northwell Health · New Hyde Park, New York
H-1BJ-1Graduated ≤ 3 yrs - Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson · Tucson, Arizona
J-1 - UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
University of California (San Francisco) · San Francisco, California
IMGs considered - Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, New York
IMGs considered - Cardiothoracic Surgery Integrated Residency
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · Columbus, Ohio
IMGs considered - Thoracic Surgery Residency
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee
IMGs considered - Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, Utah
IMGs considered - Integrated (I-6) Thoracic Surgery Residency
UVA Health University Medical Center · Charlottesville, Virginia
IMGs considered - The Traditional (Independent) Thoracic Surgery Residency
UVA Health University Medical Center · Charlottesville, Virginia
IMGs considered - Cardiothoracic Surgery Integrated Residency
University of Washington · Seattle, Washington
IMGs considered
Listed because the program's own page says so; each program's page quotes the sentence. Every Thoracic Surgery residency program
Visas and international graduates in Thoracic Surgery residency
Which Thoracic Surgery residency programs sponsor H-1B visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 1 Thoracic Surgery residency program whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: Residency in Integrated Thoracic Surgery at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Northwell Health. Each program's page quotes its statement.
Which Thoracic Surgery residency programs sponsor J-1 visas?
As of October 30, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 4 Thoracic Surgery residency programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Residency in Integrated Thoracic Surgery at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Northwell Health; Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson; Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Indiana University; Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, University of Kentucky.
Do Thoracic Surgery residency programs accept international medical graduates?
ResidencySpot lists 15 Thoracic Surgery 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.