IMG friendly neurology programs

Neurology (Non-U.S. IMG)

The study included data from 2,071 non-U.S. IMG applicants who applied to the Neurology training programs in ERAS^® between 2013 and 2017 and who have scores for the USMLE Step 1 exam.

Specialty Entrance Rates

Step 1 Exam score result	Neurology applicants (total number = 2,071)	Entered training in Neurology	% Entered training in Neurology	Entered training in another specialty*	% Entered training in another specialty*	No record of entering training	% No record of entering training
Score ≤ 218	727	131	18%	126	17%	470	65%
Score 219-234	657	160	24%	191	29%	306	47%
Score ≥ 235	687	296	43%	201	29%	191	28%
Failed Step 1 on first attempt**	110	14	13%	13	12%	83	75%

Neurology (U.S. IMG)

The study included data from 1,992 U.S.-IMG applicants who applied to the Neurology training programs in ERAS^® between 2013 and 2017 and who have scores for the USMLE Step 1 exam.

Specialty Entrance Rates

Step 1 Exam score result	Neurology applicants	Entered training in Neurology	% Entered training in Neurology	Entered training in another specialty*	% Entered training in another specialty*	No record of entering training	% No record of entering training
Score ≤ 202	684	63	9%	117	17%	504	74%
Score 203-221	649	124	19%	217	33%	308	47%
Score ≥ 222	659	232	35%	226	34%	201	31%
Failed Step 1 on first attempt**	443	35	8%	65	15%	343	77%

Neurology (U.S. MD)

The study included data from 2,701 U.S.-MD applicants who applied to the Neurology training programs in ERAS^® between 2013 and 2017 and who have scores for the USMLE Step 1 exam.

Specialty Entrance Rates

Step 1 Exam score result	Neurology applicants	Entered training in Neurology	% Entered training in Neurology	Entered training in another specialty*	% Entered training in another specialty*	No record of entering training	% No record of entering training
Score ≤ 218	930	589	63%	183	20%	158	17%
Score 219-236	877	726	83%	105	12%	46	5%
Score ≥ 237	894	746	83%	120	13%	28	3%
Failed Step 1 on first attempt**	137	41	30%	39	28%	57	42%

*Outside of Neurology training programs, the most common specialties where Neurology applicants entered training were Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry. The most common specialties are only reported where 10 or more applicants entered training.

**Applicants who received a passing score on a subsequent attempt are reflected — with that subsequent score — in the terciles above.

Note: If the number of applicants was less than 10, the number and percentage are replaced with a double dash (–). N = number of applicants; % = percentage of tercile total, where the tercile represents a range of Step 1 scores within that specialty [or percentage of those who failed Step 1 on their first attempt]. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Understanding the table

The table shows the total number of applicants who applied and entered training in Neurology and the percentage of applicants who entered in Neurology by Step 1 score ranges. The table also shows the number and percentage of applicants who entered training in another specialty, as well as the number and percentage of applicants with no record of entering training. Entrance rate data come from the GME Track Residency Survey, which typically receives a response rate of about 94% (e.g., 94.4% in 2018). Please note that the specialty entrance rate refers to the number of applicants who ultimately entered training in this specialty, not the match or acceptance rate.

In general, the proportion of applicants who entered Neurology training increased as Step 1 scores increased, and the entrance rates for applicants who failed Step 1 on their first attempt were lower than entrance rates for applicants who passed Step 1 on their first attempt.

Name of the program	% of IMGs	Location	State	Region
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Program	81%	Little Rock	AR	Southern
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program	81%	Lubbock	TX	Southern
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program	78%	Galveston	TX	Southern
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program	74%	Shreveport	LA	Southern
George Washington University Program	73%	Washington	DC	Northeast
SUNY Upstate Medical University Program	69%	Syracuse	NY	Northeast
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program	67%	Oklahoma City	OK	Southern
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program	62%	Omaha	NE	Central
JFK Medical Center Program	62%	Edison	NJ	Northeast
University of Connecticut Program	61%	Hartford	CT	Northeast
University of Louisville School of Medicine Program	57%	Louisville	KY	Southern
University of Missouri-Columbia Program	56%	Columbia	MO	Central
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program	55%	Brooklyn	NY	Northeast
Tufts Medical Center Program	55%	Boston	MA	Northeast
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University Program	55%	Detroit	MI	Central
St Louis University School of Medicine Program	54%	St Louis	MO	Central
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Program	54%	Philadelphia	PA	Northeast
University of Massachusetts Program	53%	Worcester	MA	Northeast
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program	52%	Albuquerque	NM	Western
Mercy Health Grand Rapids Program	47%	Grand Rapids	MI	Central
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program	46%	Iowa City	IA	Central
University of Toledo Program	45%	Toledo	OH	Central
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (AGH) Program	44%	Pittsburgh	PA	Northeast
Southern Illinois University Program	44%	Springfield	IL	Central
Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University Program	43%	Detroit	MI	Central
University of Tennessee Program	42%	Memphis	TN	Southern
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program	41%	San Antonio	TX	Southern
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel/West) Program	39%	New York	NY	Northeast
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program	39%	Lexington	KY	Southern
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program	38%	Milwaukee	WI	Central
University of Chicago Program	33%	Chicago	IL	Central
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program	33%	Houston	TX	Southern
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Program	32%	Newark	NJ	Northeast
Ochsner Clinic Foundation Program	31%	New Orleans	LA	Southern
Tulane University Program	30%	New Orleans	LA	Southern
West Virginia University Program	30%	Morgantown	WV	Southern
Baylor College of Medicine Program	29%	Houston	TX	Southern
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program	28%	Cleveland	OH	Central
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Arizona) Program	27%	Scottsdale	AZ	Western
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program	25%	Peoria	IL	Central
University of South Florida Morsani Program	25%	Tampa	FL	Southern
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program	23%	Chicago	IL	Central
University of Alabama Medical Center Program	23%	Birmingham	AL	Southern
University of Kansas School of Medicine Program	21%	Kansas City	KS	Central
Medical University of South Carolina Program	20%	Charleston	SC	Southern
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program	20%	Madison	WI	Central
Methodist Hospital (Houston) Program	19%	Houston	TX	Southern
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program	18%	Hershey	PA	Northeast
Boston University Medical Center Program	18%	Boston	MA	Northeast
Loyola University Medical Center Program	17%	Maywood	IL	Central
Temple University Hospital Program	16%	Philadelphia	PA	Northeast
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program	16%	Dallas	TX	Southern
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program	16%	Cleveland	OH	Central
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program	15%	Jacksonville	FL	Southern
University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program	14%	Miami	FL	Southern
Emory University School of Medicine Program	14%	Atlanta	GA	Southern
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program	14%	New York	NY	Northeast
University of Minnesota Program	13%	Minneapolis	MN	Central
Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Program	12%	East Lansing	MI	Central
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh) Program	11%	Pittsburgh	PA	Northeast
University of Vermont Medical Center Program	11%	Burlington	VT	Northeast
Ohio State University Hospital Program	10%	Columbus	OH	Central
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program	10%	Boston	MA	Northeast
Johns Hopkins University Program	8%	Baltimore	MD	Northeast
Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program	8%	New Haven	CT	Northeast
University of California (Irvine) Program	8%	Orange	CA	Western
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program	7%	San Diego	CA	Western
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program	7%	Rochester	MN	Central
Albany Medical Center Program	7%	Albany	NY	Northeast
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program	7%	St Louis	MO	Central
University of Washington Program	7%	Seattle	WA	Western
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program	6%	Richmond	VA	Southern
University of Rochester Program	6%	Rochester	NY	Northeast
University of North Carolina Hospitals Program	6%	Chapel Hill	NC	Southern
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program	6%	New York	NY	Northeast
MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program	6%	Washington	DC	Northeast
University of Florida Program	5%	Gainesville	FL	Southern
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program	5%	Los Angeles	CA	Western
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program	5%	Chicago	IL	Central
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program	5%	Cincinnati	OH	Central
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program	5%	Manhasset	NY	Northeast
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program	5%	Bronx	NY	Northeast
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program	5%	New Brunswick	NJ	Northeast
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai Hospital) Program	4%	New York	NY	Northeast
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program	4%	Los Angeles	CA	Western
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program	2%	Los Angeles	CA	Western
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program	2%	Stanford	CA	Western
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program	2%	New York	NY	Northeast
University of Pennsylvania Health System Program	2%	Philadelphia	PA	Northeast
Brown University Program	0%	Providence	RI	Northeast
Oregon Health & Science University Program	0%	Portland	OR	Western
University of Utah Health Program	0%	Salt Lake City	UT	Western
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program	0%	Nashville	TN	Southern
Duke University Hospital Program	0%	Durham	NC	Southern
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program	0%	Winston-Salem	NC	Southern
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Program	0%	Dayton	OH	Central
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program	0%	Stony Brook	NY	Northeast
University of Michigan Health System Program	0%	Ann Arbor	MI	Central
University of California (San Francisco) Program	0%	San Francisco	CA	Western
Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Program	0%	Phoenix	AZ	Western
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program	0%	Torrance	CA	Western
University of California Davis Health Program	0%	Sacramento	CA	Western
University of Colorado Program	0%	Aurora	CO	Western
Rush University Medical Center Program	0%	Chicago	IL	Central
Indiana University School of Medicine Program	0%	Indianapolis	IN	Central
University of Maryland Program	0%	Baltimore	MD	Northeast
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program	0%	Boston	MA	Northeast
University of Virginia Medical Center Program	0%	Charlottesville	VA	Southern
Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program	–	Roanoke	VA	Southern
Madigan Army Medical Center Programno profile comparison data available	–	Tacoma	WA	Western
Marshall University School of Medicine Programno profile comparison data available	–	Huntington	WV	Southern
Maine Medical Center Programno profile comparison data available	–	Portland	ME	Northeast
University of Mississippi Medical Center Program	–	Jackson	MS	Southern
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Program	–	Kansas City	MO	Central
Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital Programno profile comparison data available	–	Madison Heights	MI	Central
Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Program	–	Grand Rapids	MI	Central
Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills and Royal Oak) Programno profile comparison data available	–	Farmington Hills	MI	Central
Garden City Hospital Programno profile comparison data available	–	Garden City	MI	Central
Louisiana State University Program	–	New Orleans	LA	Southern
Medical College of Georgia Program	–	Augusta	GA	Southern
Carle Foundation Hospital Programno profile comparison data available	–	Normal	IL	Central
Cleveland Clinic (Florida) Program	–	Weston	FL	Southern
University of South Alabama Programno profile comparison data available	–	Mobile	AL	Southern
Howard University Program	–	Washington	DC	Northeast
National Capital Consortium Program	–	Bethesda	MD	Northeast
University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME (Greater Orlando) Programno profile comparison data available	–	Kissimmee	FL	Southern
Larkin Community Hospital Programno profile comparison data available	–	South Miami	FL	Southern
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Programno profile comparison data available	–	Boca Raton	FL	Southern
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida Programno profile comparison data available	–	Pembroke Pines	FL	Southern
Palmetto General Hospital Programno profile comparison data available	–	Hialeah	FL	Southern
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Program	–	Jacksonville	FL	Southern
Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles) Program	–	Los Angeles	CA	Western
Desert Regional Medical Center Programno profile comparison data available	–	Palm Springs	CA	Western
Riverside Community Hospital/University of California Riverside School of Medicine Programno profile comparison data available	–	Riverside	CA	Western
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program	–	Tucson	AZ	Western
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Program	–	Phoenix	AZ	Western
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program	–	Loma Linda	CA	Western
HCA HealthONE Program	–	Lone Tree	CO	Western
University at Buffalo Program	–	Buffalo	NY	Northeast
Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha) Programno profile comparison data available	–	Omaha	NE	Central
OPTI West/Valley Hospital Medical Center Programno profile comparison data available	–	Las Vegas	NV	Western
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program	–	Lebanon	NH	Northeast
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program	–	Camden	NJ	Northeast
Westchester Medical Center Program	–	Valhalla	NY	Northeast
Kettering Health Network Programno profile comparison data available	–	Dayton	OH	Central
Mercy St Vincent Medical Center Program	–	Toledo	OH	Central
Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Programno profile comparison data available	–	Temple	TX	Southern
Texas Tech University HSC El Paso Program	–	El Paso	TX	Southern
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program	–	Austin	TX	Southern
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Programno profile comparison data available	–	JBSA-Fort Sam Houston	TX	Southern
Geisinger Health System Program	–	Danville	PA	Northeast
Lehigh Valley Health Network Program	–	Allentown	PA	Northeast
UPMC Medical Education (Erie) Programno profile comparison data available	–	Erie	PA	Northeast
St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Programno profile comparison data available	–	Easton	PA	Northeast
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greer) Programno profile comparison data available	–	Greer	SC	Southern
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Columbia (Columbia) Program	–	Columbia	SC	Southern
University of Puerto Rico Program	–	San Juan	PR	Southern
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program	–	Philadelphia	PA	Northeast