IMGs from Pakistan for USMLE and Residency


Pakistani doctors study for the USMLE and get the ECFMG certificate to apply later on for residency in the US. They apply through ERAS every year to the same programs that interview and match their peers. These programs include the following: IMG Friendly.

Physicians from Pakistan will come to the US ahead of time to do 2-3 months of clinical experience to make their profile more competitive. They will do these rotations in the following hospitals before applying to residency: Observerships.


Pakistani medical graduates usually come from these medical schools:

Abbottabad International Medical College
Aga Khan University Medical College
Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College
Al-Nafees Medical College
Al-Tibri Medical College
Allama Iqbal Medical College
Ameer-ud-Din Medical College
Aminuddin Medical College
Amna Inayat Medical College
Army Medical College
Avicenna Medical College
Ayub Medical College
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Medical College
Aziz Fatimah Medical & Dental College
Azra Naheed Medical College
Bacha Khan Medical College
Bahria University Medical & Dental College
Bannu Medical College
Baqai Medical College
Bolan Medical College
C.M.H. Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry
C.M.H. Multan Institute of Medical Sciences
C.M.S. Medical College
Central Park Medical College
Chandka Medical College
Continental Medical College
Dow International Medical College (DIMC)
Dow Medical College
F.M.H. College of Medicine and Dentistry
Fatima Jinnah Medical University
Fazaia Medical College
Federal Medical and Dental College
Foundation University Medical College (FUMC)
Frontier Medical & Dental College, Abbottabad
Ghazi Khan Medical College
Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College
Gomal Medical College
Gujranwala Medical College
H.B.S. Medical & Dental College
Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry
Hashmat Medical & Dental College
Independent Medical College
Indus Medical College
Islam Medical College
Islamabad Medical & Dental College
Islamic International Medical College
Isra University Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences
Jinnah Medical and Dental College
Jinnah Medical College
Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Kabir Medical College
Karachi Medical and Dental College
Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College
Khyber Girls Medical College
Khyber Medical College
King Edward Medical University
KMU Institute of Medical Sciences
Lahore Medical and Dental College
Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry
Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College
Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro
Mohiuddin Islamic Medical College
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College
Muhammad Medical College
Multan Medical and Dental College
Nawaz Sharif Medical College
Nishtar Medical University
Pak International Medical College
Pak Red Crescent Medical & Dental College
People's University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women
Peshawar Medical College
Poonch Medical College
Punjab Medical College
Quaid-e-Azam Medical College
Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences
Rai Medical College
Rashid Latif Medical College
Rawal Institute of Health Sciences
Rawalpindi Medical College
Rehman Medical College
Sahiwal Medical College
Saidu Medical College
Sargodha Medical College
Services Institute of Medical Sciences
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College
Shalamar Medical and Dental College
Sharif Medical and Dental College
Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital
Shifa College of Medicine
Sialkot Medical College
Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls
United Medical & Dental College
University College of Medicine & Dentistry Lahore
University Medical & Dental College Faisalabad
Wah Medical College
Women Medical College Abbottabad
Yusra Medical & Dental College
Ziauddin Medical College