Question 1

What is in the program directory?

Accepted Answer

Every US residency and fellowship program ResidencySpot has read from its institution's own website: its specialty and location, and what its page states about the program's length, how many residents or fellows it takes a year, visa sponsorship, international medical graduates, DO applicants, USMLE minimums and graduation-year limits. Filter by program type, specialty and state, free and without an account. Each program's coordinator contact and official page are part of Premium.

Question 2

Which programs are IMG-friendly or DO-friendly?

Accepted Answer

Tick IMG-friendly in the quick filters for the programs whose own website says they sponsor a J-1 or H-1B visa or consider international medical graduates; J-1 and H-1B narrow it to one visa's sponsors. Tick DO-friendly for the programs whose page accepts COMLEX or welcomes DO applicants. Each program's page quotes the sentence it rests on; the IMG-friendly lists by specialty and state, with a download, are at /img-friendly-programs.

Question 3

How do I compare programs?

Accepted Answer

Turn on Compare above the list and tick up to four programs, or press Compare on a program's own page. The programs you choose stay in a bar at the foot of the window as you browse; open the comparison to see their length, size, visas, eligibility and your fit side by side, with the sentence each page states.

Question 4

Why are some fields empty?

Accepted Answer

Every value in the table is what that program's own website states, quoted on its page, and a dash means the page does not say. Pages are read again when they change, so a program that adds its visa policy or class size shows it after the next reading. Nothing is estimated or filled in from elsewhere.

Question 5

Can I see which programs fit me?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Build a profile in five questions (US MD, DO or international graduate, specialty, the visa you need, graduation year, Step 2 CK and preferred states) and the table gains a Your fit column for the specialty you are looking at, with a ranked list a press away. The ten best fits and every reason are free; Premium shows the whole list with contacts. The fit is scored only from what each program's page states, and it is not a prediction of matching.

Question 6

What is the difference between a program and a vacancy?

Accepted Answer

A program is listed so you can plan applications in the regular cycle, usually through ERAS and the Match. A vacancy is a position a program is filling now, outside the Match, which you apply to directly; those are on the vacancies page.

#	Program	Training	Eligibility
1	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship California Pacific Medical Center · San Francisco, CA fellowship No visas IMGs considered	Not stated	No visas IMGs considered
2	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA fellowship 1 year	1 year	Not stated
3	Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Centinela Hospital Medical Center · Inglewood, CA fellowship J-1 DO-friendly No score minimum	Not stated	J-1 DO-friendly No score minimum
4	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Kaiser Permanente Northern California · Oakland, CA fellowship 3 years 2 positions a year IMGs considered	3 years2 positions a year	IMGs considered
5	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Los Angeles Medical Center Fellowship Kaiser Permanente Southern California · Los Angeles, CA fellowship 3 years 2 positions a year	3 years2 positions a year	Not stated
6	Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Loma Linda University Health · Loma Linda, CA fellowship	Not stated	Not stated
7	Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Naval Medical Center San Diego · San Diego, CA fellowship	Not stated	Not stated
8	Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine Fellowship Riverside Community Hospital · Riverside, CA fellowship 3 years 2 positions a year	3 years2 positions a year	Not stated
9	Heart-Lung & Lung Transplantation Fellowship (Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine) Stanford University · Stanford, CA fellowship 1 year J-1	1 year	J-1
10	Stanford Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Stanford University · Stanford, CA fellowship	Not stated	Not stated
11	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Sutter Roseville Medical Center · Roseville, CA fellowship 3 years No visas IMGs considered DO-friendly	3 years	No visas IMGs considered DO-friendly
12	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program University of California (San Francisco) · San Francisco, CA fellowship 3 years	3 years	Not stated
13	Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship University of California (San Francisco) · Fresno, CA fellowship J-1	Not stated	J-1
14	Lung Transplant Fellowship Program University of California San Diego · San Diego, CA fellowship 1 year	1 year	Not stated
15	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program University of California San Diego · San Diego, CA fellowship	Not stated	Not stated
16	Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship University of California, Davis · Sacramento, CA fellowship 3 years No H-1B	3 years	No H-1B
17	Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of California, Los Angeles · Torrance, CA fellowship 3 positions a year	3 positions a year	Not stated
18	Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program University of California, Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA fellowship	Not stated	Not stated
19	USC/LA General Pulmonary, Critical Care Fellowship University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA fellowship 7 positions a year J-1 USMLE required	7 positions a year	J-1 USMLE required

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