Observerships at Large University Hospitals

• Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
• Cleveland Clinic International Physician Observer Program fee $500
• Cleveland Clinic Global Clinical Observer Program designed for 12 “highly qualified participants” for “a four-week shadowing experience” fee $1000
• Johns Hopkins “We recommend that you directly contact the department you’d like to observe”
• University of Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine
• Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Program
• Beth Israel Medical Center, University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• University of Chicago Center for Global Health Clinical Observer.  Requires faculty sponsorship.
• University of Texas Health Science Center Houston offers observerships once a faculty sponsor is identified.  Application is here and requires a fee to apply.
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Integrative Medicine, Anesthesia/Critical Care)
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Pulmonary Medicine)
• Thomas Jefferson (applicant must have letter from Thomas Jefferson Faculty member to be accepted)
• George Washington University Hospital
• University of Miami Observership Program (Foreign nationals may be eligible for a 3-month Observership Program) Contact Olivia Cata ([email protected])
• University of Washington
• UCLA Family Medicine three month Observership program.  Geared towards candidates who speak Spanish.

Observerships at hospitals with Internal Medicine Programs that have taken a large % of IMGs

• Griffin Hospital Program
• Cleveland Clinic (Florida) Program
• Mercy Health Partners/Mercy Hospital St. Louis
• MedStar Montgomery Medical Center only to matched candidates.
• Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center Program
• St John’s Mercy Medical Center Program
• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Lower Rio Grande Valley RAHC Program 
• Drexel University College of Medicine
• Hurley Medical Center 
• Mount Sinai Medical Center Miami Beach Florida 
• Good Shepherd Medical Center 
• Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Other Observership opportunities

• Children’s Hospital Boston
• Florida Hospital Medical Center Program
• contact Nicole Yates, Residency Coordinator [email protected]
• Baptist Health South Florida
• Washington Hospital Center
• Harbor Hospital
• University of South Florida
• Methodist Hospital, 
• Allegheny General Hospital–Western Pennsylvania Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program call International Services (412) 359-5269 or e-mail: [email protected]
• Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System ProgramMoffitt Cancer Center – Tampa, FL and hereChildren’s Hospital BostonBrigham and Women’s Hospital Radiology

General Surgery Observerships

• Association for Academic Surgery 
• Columbia
• Cleveland Clinic Florida
• Cleveland Clinic
• Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
• Mount Sinai, New York

Other Surgery Observerships

• NYU Orthopedic Surgery
• MD Anderson Cancer Center Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
• Children’s Boston 
• Orthopedic Surgery Hospital for Special Surgery New York requires faculty host
• University of Pittsburgh Surgical Critical Care
• Plastic Surgery