Four weeks (28 days) of non-clinical time. This can be PTO, vacation or sick days, or conference attendance.
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and Inova Children's Hospital have a long history in preparing residents and medical students from nearby medical schools. In addition to surgery, we have primary residencies in family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, transitional medicine, podiatry, psychiatry, pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. Many of the attending staff in our program have teaching appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University – Inova Campus and other surrounding universities.
Most residents live within a 15-mile radius of the hospital. Inova Fairfax and Inova Children's Hospital are in Northern Virginia, located near the Capital Beltway in the Washington, DC, metro area. The hospitals are fairly accessible from all directions, with commutes typically ranging around 30 minutes or less. Northern Virginia has enjoyed explosive growth over the past 20 years.
Yes.
An applicant has to be a graduate of medical school within the last 5 years.
ECFMG sponsors J1 visas and the institution sponsors H1. We do accept both visas.
No, an applicant needs to be certified by ECFMG by the time he/she matches with us.
Yes, our program requires a mandatory three months of US clinical experience.
No.
No.
No.
Yes.
November 30.
Our program has seven categorical positions available each year. No preliminary positions are currently offered.
No.
We require three letters of recommendation from US or Canadian physicians, including, if possible, the chair of surgery or designee and a dean's letter (or equivalent). International medical graduates must have letters of recommendation which clearly document US or Canadian clinical experience.