Research and writer:- Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan (DMC 2008)

Assisted by:- Dr.Faraz Khan Luni (DMC 2008),  Dr. Isra’a Khan (DMC 2008) & Dr. Kinza Maxood (DMC 2011)

28^th August, 2011

This article’s purpose is to serve as a guide for those of you who wish to apply in an Internal Medicine program. Please keep in mind that our list may not be very accurate, but we have done whatever we could to the best of our abilities. We hope you will find this useful.

The first thing you should bear in mind is that as an IMG from DMC, you should aim to apply to around 100 programs. The programs you end up choosing, will depend on your USMLE scores and your CV (electives, research, etc). An applicant with a high score and strong CV should apply to more University programs as compared to an applicant with a lower score, and weaker CV.

Another thing you shouldn’t forget, is that if you are a green card holder, your chances of getting calls is higher, than the average DMC applicant. You are also more likely to get calls from programs that are not listed below. What this means is that if you are green card holder, do not restrict yourself to the list below.

The list below is divided into the headings of:

1. UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

2. COMMUNITY AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

3. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Each category is farther divided according to state.

If you notice any mistakes in the list below, please contact us directly, or leave a comment below. We will update the list according to your feedback.

 

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS (#1-36)

ALABAMA

1. University of Alabama, Birmingham.

• H1.
• Gives calls but no one from Dow has gotten in.
• AKU friendly.
• Hands on US Clinical experience is not a requirement for our program, however it is highly preferred.  This does not include observerships or research.
• http://im.dom.uab.edu/2009/10/applying-to-our-program/
• My recommendation: Apply if you have done electives here. It is a very good program.

 

ARKANSAS

2. University of Arkansas, Little Rock

• H1.
• Dow people have gotten in previously.
• To be considered for an interview for an Internal Medicine categorical position, an applicant should have passed both parts I & II of the USMLE with a score of 213 (or greater) or have clinical experience (at least two months ) at an accredited institution in the United States.
• My recommendation: Research is a must if you want call from this place plus good two months US electives. It is a very good program.

CONNECTICUT

3. University of Connecticut, Farmington

• Dow friendly.
• United States, Canada or United Kingdom clinical experience is desirable but not required for consideration
• http://www.uchc.edu/md/intermed/app/app.html
• University of Connecticut (New Britain Program).
• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in

FLORIDA

4. University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville

• Chief resident is from SMC

ILLINOIS

5. University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago

• Dow friendly

6. Rush University

• AKU friendly
• H1
• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in
• Loyola University Program
• AKU friendly
• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in

KANSAS

7. University of Kansas, School of Medicine

• A minimum of two months of USCE is preferred

KENTUCKY

8. University of Louisville

• Not  friendly anymore.
• http://louisville.edu/medschool/internalmedicine/residency/application-requirements.html
• Minimum of 1 year of U.S. clinical experience at an LCME-accredited medical school.
• Minimum of two letters of recommendation from Medical School faculty at each U. S. school where clinical experience was obtained

9. University of Kentucky, School of Medicine

• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in

LOUISIANA

10.  Lousiana State University, Shreveport

• Dowites should apply

MASSACHUSETTS

11.  University of Massachusetts

• Aku friendly.
• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in
• However, double 99s do get calls.
• Our suggestion: Dowites should apply especially if you have USCE.

MICHIGAN

12.  Wayne State University, Detroit

• H1
• Aku friendly
• Previously Dowites used to get in but don’t know of any recent ones who have.

MINNESOTA

13.  University of Minnesota

• Dow friendly

MINSSISSIPPI

14.  University of Mississippi

 

MISSOURI

15.  St. Louis University, School of Medicine

• Dow friendly

16.  University of Missouri, Kansas

• Dow friendly

 

NEBRASKA

17.  Creighton Unviersity

• A senior got a call last year
• http://medschool.creighton.edu/gme/programs/internalmedicine/interviews/index.php
• Our suggestion: Dowites should apply

NEVADA

18.  University of Nevada

• Dowites do get calls

NEW JERSEY

19.  Drexel University, School of Medicine, St. Peter’s University Hospital

• H1

NEW MEXICO

20.  University of New Mexico

• One dowite got in

NEW YORK

21.  SUNY Downstate

• J1
• Dowites can apply if you have a big budget

22.  SUNY Health Science at Brooklyn

• http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/application.html

23.  SUNY at Stony Brook

• http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/gme/requirements

24.  SUNY at Buffalo

• Dow friendly
• H1

25.  SUNY at Syracuse Upstate

• If you know someone where, you will definitely get a call

OHIO

26.  Case Western Reserve University, Metro Health Program

• Dowites apply, don’t know much.
• Experience: More than two months of US, UK, or Canadian Clinical Experience within the last year including a recommendation letter from that experience
• http://www.metrohealth.org/body.cfm?id=610&oTopID=609

27. University Hospitals Case Medical Center Program

 

28.  University of Toledo

• H1b
• Dow friendly

OKLAHOMA

29.  University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center Program

• Dow friendly
• http://imrp.ouhsc.edu/applicants/application-process/

PENNSYLVANIA

30.  Drexel University, School of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital Program

• H1b
• One dowite got in

TEXAS

31.  Baylor, School of Medicine

• Aku, friendly
• Few dowites apply, especially if electives done at Baylor

32.  University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

33.  University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston

• H1b

WEST VIRGINIA

34.  West Virginia University Program

• Aku, friendly

35.  Marshall University, School of Medicine

• IMG friendly
• Dowites should apply

WISCONSIN

36.  University of Wisonsin

• Aku friendly

 

COMMUNITY AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS (#37-106)

 

ALABAMA

37.  University of Alabama, Montgomery Program

• H1
• Dow friendly
• Minimum score of 80 on USMLE
• U.S. clinical experience (not research) strengthens the application, but is not a mandatory item for acceptance.
• http://main.uab.edu/uasom/2/show.asp?durki=117780

CONNECTICUT

38.  Hospital of St. Raphael Program

• H1
• http://www.srhs.org/body.cfm?id=272

39.  St. Vincent’s Medical Center

• H1
• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in

40.  Danbury Hospital Program

• H1
• Dow friendly

41.  Griffin Hospital Program, Derby

• H1
• IMG friendly

42.  Norwalk Hospital Program

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

43.  St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury

• H1
• Dowites do get calls
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

FLORIDA

44.  Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson Health System Program

• Big program (50 first year residency spots)
• H1
• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in

ILLINOIS

45.  University of Illinois, School of Medicine, Peoria Program

• H1
• Dow friendly

46.  University of Illinois, School of Medicine, Urbana Program

• H1
• Dow friendly

47.  John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County

• H1
• Dow friendly

48.  St. Joseph Hospital

• H1
• Dow friendly
• Only IM is affiliated with University of Illinois, the rest is community

 

49.  Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital

• Dow friendly

50.  Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, North Side Health Network

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

51.  St. Francis Hospital, Evanston

• H1
• Doubly 99 usually get calls, but no one from Dow has gotten in
• The matched categorical incoming intern class for the 2008-2009 academic year, had USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores that averaged 248 and 255 respectively

52.  The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

• H1

INDIANA

53.  Ball Memorial Hospital Program

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

KANSAS

54.  University of Kansas, School of Medicine, Wichita Program

• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

MARYLAND

55.  Maryland General Hospital Program

• Don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in
• http://www.marylandgeneral.org/residency/medicine.htm

56.  Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland

• H1
• Dowites do get calls but don’t know anyone from dow who has gotten in

57.  Johns Hopkins University, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

• Don’t know anyone from dow who has gotten in

58.  Union Memorial Hospital Program

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

MASSACHUSETTS

59.  Caritas Carney Hospital Program

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

60.  Salem Hospital Program

• H1
• Dowites get calls, but don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

61.  Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine

• SMC grads have gotten in recently

MICHIGAN

62.  William Beaumon Hospital Program

• H1
• Aku friendly

63.  Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies/Michigan State University

• H1

64.  Detroit Medical Center, Grace Hospital Program

• Dow friendly

65.  Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University

• H1

66.  St. Josephs Mercy-Oakland Program

• H1
• Dow friendly

MINNESOTA

67.  Hennepin County Hospital

• AKU friendly
• Dowites have gotten in previously

MISSOURI

68.  St. Luke’s Hospital

• H1
• Dowites do get calls

 

NEW JERSEY

69.  Monmouth Medical Center

• Dowites do get calls

70.  Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

• H1
• Dow friendly

71.  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Jersey City

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

NEW YORK

72.  Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Jacobi

• H1b
• Dowites do get calls, few have gotten in

73.  Bassett Healthcare Program

74.  Rochester General Hospital

• Dow friendly
• H1b

75.  Brooklyn Hospital Center

• Dow friendly

 

76.  University of Buffalo, Catholic Health System –Sisters of Charity

• Last year Dow seniors got calls
• H1b

77.  Long Island College Hospital

• Dow grads apply, don’t know about calls

78.  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Queens Hospital Center

• One dowite got a call

 

79.  New York Downtown Hospital Program

• H1b

 

80.  St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center

• H1b
• IMG friendly, but couldn’t find one Pakistani

 

81.  Unity Health System, Rochester

• H1b

 

82.  Staten Island University Hospital Program

• H1b
• http://www.siuh.edu/resident/internal%20medicine/application.htm

 

83.  Winthrop University Hospital

• H1b
• http://www.winthrop.org/departments/education/gme/ap.cfm

NORTH CAROLINA

84.  Pitt County Easy Carolina University

• Dowites do get calls

OHIO

85.  Christ Hospital Program

• H1b

86.  Case Western Reserve University, St. Vincent Charity Hospital/St. Luke’s Medical Center

• Dow friendly (current residents)
• http://www.stvincentresidency.org/application_overview.html
• U.S. experience is preferred, but not required.
• There is no specific limit to the years since medical school graduation

87.  Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati

• H1b

88.  Mercy Health Partners/St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center

• H1b
• Dow grads have been accepted

89.  St. Elizabeth Health Center, NEOUCOM program

90.  Western Reserve Care System, NEUOCOM program

• H1b

PENNSYLVANIA

91.  Abington Memorial Hospital Program

• H1b
• Apply especially if you have step 3
• Prematches offered
• Sponsors green card

92.  Allegheny General Hospital, Western Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Education Consortium (AGH) Program

• Dowites apply
• http://wpahs.org/residency/intmed/approc.html

93.  Geisinger Health System

• H1b

94.  Crozer-Chester Medical Center

• H1b
• IMG friendly but mostly Indians
• Sponsors green card
• http://www.crozer.org/CKHS/Left+Nav/Residency+and+Education/Residency+Programs/Internal+Medicine/How+to+Apply.htm

95.  Gurthrie/Robert Packer Hospital

• H1b
• Dow seniors have matched; infact pre matched
• http://www.guthrie.org/Residency/internalmedicine/im_apply.asp

 

96.  Mercy Catholic Medical Center Program

• H1b

97.  York Hospital Program

• H1b
• Dowites do get calls

98.  Scranton Temple Residency Program

• H1b

99.  St. Luke’s Hospital Program

TEXAS

100. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Austin

• Especially for green card holders
• Dow grads have been accepted

 

101. Methodist Hospital

102. Texas Tech University, Amarillo

WASHINGTON

103. Washington Hospital Center

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

WEST VIRGINIA

104. Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia University, Charleston Division

• Requires one years of USCE, but two dowites got in without it

WISCONSIN

105. Marshfield Clinic

• Dowites do get calls
• One dowite matches

106. Gundersan Lutheran

• Dowites do get calls

 

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (#107-131)

 

ALABAMA

107. Birmingham Baptist Medical Center

• Many applicants get calls, but don’t know how many have gotten in
• Does not sponsor H1b

FLORIDA

108. Florida Hospital Medical Center

• H1
• Dow friendly

GEORGIA

109. Atlanta Medical Center Program

• H-1
• Dowites get calls but don’t know any one from Dow who has gotten in
• http://www.atlantamedcenter.com/en-us/ourservices/medicalservices/graduatemedicaleducation/internalmedicineresidencyprogram/pages/default.aspx

 

ILLINOIS

110. Resurrection Medical Center, Westlake

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

MARYLAND

111. Harbor Hospital Center

• H1
• Dowites get calls but don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

112. Greater Baltimore Medical Center

• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

113. St. Agnes Healthcare Program

• H1
• Dow friendly

114. Union Memorial Hospital Program

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

MASSACHUSETTS

115. Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Program

116. Metrowest Medical Center Program

• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

 

MICHIGAN

117. Henry Ford Hospital Program

• Aku friendly
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

118. Providence Hospital and Medical Centers

• H1
• Dow friendly

119. St. Mary Mercy Hospital Program

• H1
• Became a teaching and its first class of resident physicians joined in July 2010

 

NEW JERSEY

120. AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Program

• H1
• Dowites do get calsl

 

121. Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences Program

• H1
• Dow friendly

122. Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences Program. St Francis

• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

 

123. St. Barnabas Medical Center Program

• H1
• Friendly for anyone who has step 3 result

124. Atlantic Health (Overlook) Program

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in

NEW YORK

125. Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center

• H1
• Dow friendly

126. Harlem Hospital Center Program

• Dow friendly

127. Interfaith

• Dow friendly
• H1

OHIO

128. Fairview Hospital

• H1b

129. Huron Hospital

• H1b

130. TriHealth, Good Samaritian Hospital

• H1b
• http://www.trihealth.com/phy/gsh/imr/imr_onCall.aspx

 

WASHINGTON

131. Providence Hospital

• H1
• Don’t know anyone from Dow who has gotten in