by Usman Sattar

 1-University of rochecter.(good toefl scores-24 min. on speaking mandatory,max.of 3 rotations,F-1 required but expensive 375$/week and competitive plus NYSED requirements but of the few univeristy programmes that don't require step1 as yet.   http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/md/prospective-students/cached/information-application.cfm )

2-NIH (needs to get exceptional scores on TOEFL even 26-speaking would not
guarantee any spot+apply very early and have brilliant academic
career-said by Vicki Malick in 2010 P.S=if your scores are in %,write it as it is in gpa/pass & write in grading system pass/fail, This institute have become one of the most toughest to get into purely due to number of good applicants it attracts, but you never know.    https://www2.cc.nih.gov/apps/publicForms/cep/forms/cepApp.aspx )

3-Yale (Very good coordinators to say the least but requires lots of
money+ IMG friendly offer H1-B as well , overall really expensive 2500$ tuition fee per month+1000$-for furnished accomodations per month in campus, step1 & toefl still not mandatory if you are competent enough in "american language".....kidding...."English"     http://medicine.yale.edu/globalhealth/international/index.aspx  )

4-Harvard (needs to be lucky,brainy and rich to go there,100$/elective processing fees & 3700$ fees per elective effective from sept. 2011 as fees increase every sept. so be quick lest they should hit 4000 bucks next year but provides its own malpractice ins. and doesn't always except but as you know,top institution,Toefl is not as such mandatory but is plus if you provide but still would have to undergo telephonic interview like weill cornell irrespective. They have some additional docs like letter from dean/registrar stating that you have completed all requisites reaching that particular elective and criminal record form which u will have fun filling !!!! http://www.hms.harvard.edu/registrar/app.html   )

5-Emory (step1 become mandatory as of 2010,requirements for each elective rotation is different so check out their catalog before applying and they have mostly 1 spot for each month,so hurry up and good luck.also offers H1-B for match   https://emorymed.emory.edu/Public/CurriculumPublicPages/CourseInformation.aspx   )

6-University of Wisconsin ("cheese state"-have very wierd requirements
like "u must have 1 month of prior US experience+evaluation before
applying & faculty sponsor from ur own home school& from uni of
wisc-for surgery only, also every dept has different requirements.plus its been long time since i ve heard that they take intl med students,probably not taking anymore.so
good luck if u find them   http://www.med.wisc.edu/education/visiting-students/eligibility-requirements-international/379  )

7-Weill Cornell (need to apply atleast 10 months ago bcz spots are 1
or 2 every month and competition is extremely fierce thesedays,I know
bcz i lost my 100$ once for applying 7 months before plus they alot
electives as applications roll in but thesedays processing fees have gone upto 200$ & 2000$ tuition fees and same NYSED requirements for state of NY + good letter of intent and academic
record is vital http://med.cornell.edu/international/for_int_stu/index.html?name1=International+Health+Interest+Group&type1=2Active  )

8-Northwestern ( brilliant personal statement, LOR from faculty and
Toefl scores of 84 with 24 on speaking & max of 8 weeks are offered,processing fees of 125$ for one application and 225$ for two applications i.e;two electives -see all requirements from site,its pretty staight
farward   http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/AWOME/visiting-students/  )

9-NYU (key is your application should reach on very first day of application reception,i did the same & my  courier reached at 9am on 12th april 2010 but they replied via letter that they are unable to accommodate in my choices i;e cardio,gastro and onco......probably they were very competitive and already filled by american students who were scheduled first. From 2011 onwards,they will offer only one elective spot for IMG's ....good luck   http://www.med.nyu.edu/registrar/electives/requirements_non_lcme.html  )

10-Uni of Massacheusttes (first find out if your school has affiliation
with them or not bcz they offer rotations to affiliated schools,KEMU has affiliation for sure,rest of you should find out http://www.umassmed.edu/studentaffairs/electives/international.aspx?linkidentifier=id&itemid=107122  )

11-Uni of Cincinnati ( requires departmental approval before you apply
and dept will forward application to registrar,reasonable fees of 250 bucks and step1 is waived for german,jordan and singapore students   http://www.med.uc.edu/medical/MedEd/Visiting/index.cfm  )

12-Brown Alpert,Rhode Island (as already said offers only to few med schools from
india and pakistan and dean needs to contact their dean for electives !! plus super expensive like Harvard   http://med.brown.edu/students/international/  )

13-Uni of Louisville,Kentucky (only to Agha khan and Dow in pak and various
other colleges from india,egypt etc see their site but requires j-1
which is very tricky...   http://medicalstudentaffairs.louisville.edu/visiting-student-clerkships  )

14-Sunny Downstate (used to be my first preference as some of seniors
did electives in gastro,endo&hemo there in early 2009 without toefl and
step1 and when i saw it in 2009 fall,it said no IM rotations are
offered there, but still u can get EM,Pediatrics,Derma,OB/GYN and
Ortho rotations there plus "they require step1 & toefl as of 2010"-no exceptions   http://sls.downstate.edu/registrar/visiting/international/index.html  )

15-Mount Sinai (processing fees has shot upto 1000 bucks(300$ previously) effective Jan1 2012 and fees per month
is 2000$(500$ previously),separate dean's letter for step1 exemption
plus require 22-30 on each toefl category ...+ Ms.Persaud is extremely busy often
replies late,so be patient.I ve heard that some students from pak got there on b1/b2 but you need to have I-20 and all F-1 docs plus discuss with kyoko tirado but i think now there are no exceptions to F-1 visa   http://www.mssm.edu/education/student-resources/registrar/electives/foreign-visiting-students  )

16-Baylor college of medicine (key is e-mail/fax them with your
particulars(listed on website) very early to get your registration
no. as there is specific quota to every country,their fee was
500$/month in 2009 but has doubled it effective 2010 but advantage is
that it gives its own malpractice ins. 25$,i think & disadvantage is
hafty health ins 228$/month and F-1 just for one month   http://www.bcm.edu/registrar/?pmid=7504  )

17-Duke, North Carolina ( great place but expensive,step1 mandatory   http://medschool.duke.edu/modules/som_registrar/index.php?id=4  )

18-Case western resrve Uni (step1 mandatory, great place and not very
expensive as well plus offers H1-B to IMG's esp st.vincent charity and
metrohealth programs   http://casemed.case.edu/registrar/applications/index.cfm  )

19-Cleveland clinic Foundation (step1 mandatory- all branches are good places,florida branch has
tough requirement that your Dean should contact directly medical board
of florida prior to applying . Offers both electives and observerships to med students so be sure what are you applying for.  http://my.clevelandclinic.org/florida/education/medical_students_elective_rotation_program.aspx  )

20-Mayo (step1 mandatory with good marks ,another great place + all 3
place are great but florida branch has same requisite as mentioned for
clevelend,   http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/clerkships.html  )

21-Uni of Alabama (its website can distract you(look like some cheerleaders' training camp..kidding) but you should contact
program coordinator of school of medicine,when i contacted her in 2010,she
said that u need to have a strong faculty sponsor for that specific
elective,need step1 plus "tricky J-1 Visa  http://medicine.uab.edu/education/48419/  )

22-Albert Einstein college of medicine (step1 mandatory,100 bucks per elective-max. of 3 rotations, F-1 visa is mandatory and offers only to 5 affiliate institutions, no Pak or Ind school is eligible   http://www.einstein.yu.edu/registrar/page.aspx?ID=3890&ekmensel=412_submenu_2042_btnlink  )

23-Wayne state uni (step1 mandatory,max of 3 electives  http://www.med.wayne.edu/student_affairs/records_registration/electives/2010_pdfs/Instructions%20for%20International%20Students.pdf  )

24-Albany (good for some affiliated schools in India but no Pakistani
school is affiliated and i think currenty they are taking no visiting med students   http://www.amc.edu/academic/undergraduate/VisitingStudents.html  )

25-Tufts (expensive,tough but great offers H1-B for the residency   http://www.tufts.edu/med/about/offices/osa/visitingstudentinfo.html  )

26-Thomas Jefferson University (application material and requirements
are not given on site, u should request them from student
coordiantor/registrar,i got the application but i didn't apply there....great
place with managable expenses i.e;75$ processing 750$/month  http://www.jefferson.edu/oies/rotations_electives.cfm  )

27-Memorial sloan ketring cancer center (step1 mandatory as of
2010.....no exception as i talked to the coordinator plus apply very
early bcz of online application process,american students can occupy all spots.Its good for surgical specialities mostly.  http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/2638.cfm  )

28-Uni of pennsylvania (as stated in old list,accepts students from selected med schools   http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/intl_students.shtml  )

29-Southwestern medical center (its requirements are tough & step1 mandatory plus "just look at depts that
don't take international students"good if you can find dept other than them) P.S=uni of texas Dallas and southwestern med center is same thing  http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept20676/files/397167.html  .

30-East Carolina Uni (i m not sure but carolinas haven't been friendly
for offering rotations to IMS so this one also requires step1 and
various other super-requirements that i don't personally like for IMG
friendly institutions but good luck if u meet them plus they aren't taking IMG's for 2011-12 electives,better luck in 2012-13  http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/bsomstudentaffairs/BSOM_Visiting-Students.cfm  )

31-Uni of Texas Medical Branch-UTMB (requires F-1 visa and 100$ per elective is required, you have to ask about your eligilbilty from the coordinator.....i and my friend in QAMC asked in 2009 and we were turned down but i think some egyptian students got in...... http://www.utmb.edu/enrollmentservices/prospect/index.html   )

32-Uni of Missouri-kansas city SOM  (only some rotations are offered to international med students, check out their site and send application with immunization form to see if you qualify   http://www.med.umkc.edu/electives/visiting.shtml  ) 

33-Uni of Kansas SOM,Wichita  (max.of 8 weeks electives are offered there,F-1 visa will be sponsored,,Step 1 is required but can be exempted and only 40$ per rotation is charged   http://wichita.kumc.edu/asa/forms/Visiting_Student_App.pdf  )

34-Uni of washington,Seattle (max.of 12 weeks rotations are offered only to affiliated international med school students-see their website,F-1 Visa is required,Toefl,malpractice and health insurance are required, Electives are given only on spaces availability basis   http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Education/MD-Program/visiting-students/International-Students/Pages/default.aspx  )

35- Uni of New Mexico SOM (needs a faculty sponsor and send acceptance letter from sponsor in application package,Toefl,First 4 weeks are not charged any tuition fee but for next week or so charged 1749.50$/4 weeks payable 60 days prior to start date,some depts require step1 as mandatory and other specific requirements but the most funniest requisite is that you must be a resident of state of new mexico in order to be considered......so,good luck   http://hsc.unm.edu/som/oss/Visiting_Students.shtml  )

NOTE= Information about above mentioned institutes is again updated on 2nd July,2011 and their accurate links are also attached ,any suggestion or mistake correction would always be welcome by me , research and canadian institutions are not included here.

 Personal comments/experiences about the hosp/unis that i excluded

1-Maimonodes Medical college (i applied through online application in fall of 2009 there,my first-ever elective application,in cardio,gastro and radio but Ms.Marshall replied after a month that they don't take international med students anymore plus its explicitly states on their website that they take LCME,AOA and NYSED affiliated schools (handful of foriegn and carribean schools) But "Umar Bhai told me that they do take foriegn students if spot is available but they don't actually claim it....so,choice and luck is entirely yours!  http://www.maimonidesmed.org/Main/ElectiveRotations.aspx  )

2-Henry Ford ( I called student coodinator jan 2010 and she told that they are not taking international students anymore .But still to satisfy my curiosity, i contacted each member of various depts and only few of the replied they too said that they can't sponsor you without Head of Dept.& registrar approval ",anyway,you may try your luck if you want  http://www.henryford.com/body_program.cfm?id=37384  )

3-North Shore/LIJ ( I contacted and sent applications all dept coordinators last year and they were themselves not sure about the policy regarding foriegn students but in 2010 they finally released clerkship list with dept policy yes/No to foriegn students and they only allow you to take electives in Peds,OB/GYN, Ophthamology and PM&R-(my first acceptance came from there but i denied it) and this year Ms.Glenda Cohen,peds coordinator told me that even though they accept intl students now they can't guarentee anything and if accepted an intl student would only be scheduled for one month elective In peds specialities ".New peds coordinator Ms.Camellieri also told me that they now require step1 scores too from July 2011.Moreover, all the applications are processed 5 months before,so, you are actually competing with american students for same spot   http://www.northshorelij.com/NSLIJ/NSLIJ+Elective+Clerkship+Application  )

4-UCSF-radio (Umar bhai said that they take students with greencards only in 2010...which was by far the most difficult requirement for an IMG,anyways, they no longer international med students regardless of their nationalities   http://medschool.ucsf.edu/visitingstudents/departments/radiology.aspx  )

5-UCSD,Davis AND UC Irvine ( few students from germany are reported to go there P.S= california and carolinas have become THE most toughest places for IMG to get electives esp poeple from subcontinent but impossible is nothing ! Plus they have some specific requirements related to depts or institutes,so see for yourself  http://meded.ucsd.edu/ugme/visiting_students/foreign_schools/basic_information/ , http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/surgery/education/medstudent.html & http://www.som.uci.edu/  respectively)

6-Uni of Chicago Pritzker School of medicine & Rosalind Franklin Uni( told me explicitly in 2009 fall that they would not be able to extend the oppurtunity to foriegn med students to meet the needs of their own med students, so, i guess no more electives in chicago as well  http://pritzker.uchicago.edu/current/students/visiting/process.shtml &  http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/DNN/home/CMS/MedicalCurriculum/tabid/865/Default.aspx  respectively )

7-Georgetown Uni (" I have seen poeple talking about Georgetown uni but my
junior's elder brother is there in Radiology and he is sponsoring him bcz
he has blood relation,if u have that kind of sponsor then fine plus u
can only work in sponsors dept with sponsor not with any other person plus sponsor would be responsible for any adversity that sponsored person might create and had to get dept approval as well.Recently,i ve seen they aren't taking International students at all  http://som.georgetown.edu/70216.html  )

8-Louisiana state uni and Tulane (no longer takes international med students so i guess no more electives in New Orleans ,http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/student_affairs/electives.aspx &  http://tulane.edu/som/StudentAffairs/visiting-students.cfm  respectively)

9- Vermont ( doesn't take international,carribbean or even osteopathic med students regardless of their affiliation   http://www.med.uvm.edu/StudentAffairs/TB1+RL.asp?SiteAreaID=555  )

10-Uni of Virginia (Doesn't take any international med student but if someone wants to sponsor a student then he/she has to ask the student affairs him/herself and only then your case would be considered.......but chances are very limited but good luck if someone can do it for you .100$ per elective  http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/electives/visiting/   )

11-Ochsner Clinic Foundation (for the past year or so many of med students have asked about that,let me tell you explicitly that they are no longer taking any international medical students including canadian/carribbean/peurto rican due to their affiliation to both Tulane university & LSU plus University of Queensland,Australia students ,also they have only one spot for each rotation and you would have complete responsibilty of your patient like interns unlike other institutes where they alow even 4-5 students in one rotation  http://academics.ochsner.org/electives.aspx?id=1514  )

12-Univeristy of Pittsburgh,PA (accepts students from certain England,German and some east asian countries, check out if you are from those places plus very expensive   http://www.medschool.pitt.edu/somsa/AboutInter.html  )

    Hope this updated list would help you further.

  Best Of Luck to all aspirants............Usman Sattar.