Ophthalmology Residency Programs

There are 130 ACGME-accredited Ophthalmology residency programs across 41 states and territories. The most programs are in New York (17), Texas (10) and California (10).

Program data updated October 3, 2026.

Programs
130
In 41 states
Median IMG residents
0%
2 programs at 25% or more
Sponsor a visa
68.5%
J-1 or H-1B

All Ophthalmology programs

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Showing 130 of 130 Ophthalmology programs

Visa
Albany Med Health System ProgramAlbanyNew York0%J-1
Baylor College of Medicine/Cullen Eye Institute ProgramHoustonTexas4%None
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple) ProgramTempleTexas0%J-1
Boston University Medical Center ProgramBostonMassachusetts0%J-1 and H-1B
BronxCare Health System ProgramBronxNew York28.6%J-1 and H-1B
Broward Health ProgramDeerfield BeachFloridaNone
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ProgramClevelandOhio0%None
Cleveland Clinic Foundation ProgramClevelandOhio0%J-1 and H-1B
Cook County Health and Hospitals System ProgramChicagoIllinois6%H-1B
Corewell Health (Taylor) ProgramTaylorMichigan0%None
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital ProgramRoyal OakMichigan0%J-1
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital ProgramLebanonNew Hampshire0%J-1
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University ProgramDetroitMichigan11%J-1
Duke University Hospital ProgramDurhamNorth Carolina4%J-1
ECU Health Medical Center ProgramGreenvilleNorth Carolina
Emory University School of Medicine ProgramAtlantaGeorgia0%J-1 and H-1B
Geisinger Health System ProgramDanvillePennsylvania0%None
Geisinger Health System ProgramWilkes-BarrePennsylvania
George Washington University ProgramWashingtonDistrict of Columbia8%None
HCA Florida Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa North/Bayonet Point Hospital ProgramHudsonFlorida0%None
Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital ProgramDetroitMichigan7%J-1 and H-1B
Henry Ford Warren Hospital ProgramWarrenMichigan0%J-1
Howard University ProgramWashingtonDistrict of Columbia8%J-1
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai ProgramNew YorkNew York3%J-1 and H-1B
Indiana University School of Medicine ProgramIndianapolisIndiana0%J-1
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center/New York Medical College ProgramJamaicaNew York0%None
Johns Hopkins University ProgramBaltimoreMaryland9%J-1
Larkin Community Hospital ProgramSouth MiamiFlorida0%None
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium ProgramLoma LindaCalifornia10%None
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) ProgramShreveportLouisiana0%None
Louisiana State University School of Medicine (New Orleans) ProgramNew OrleansLouisiana0%J-1
Loyola University Medical Center ProgramMaywoodIllinois0%J-1
Madigan Army Medical Center ProgramTacomaWashington0%None
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School ProgramBostonMassachusetts0%J-1
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) ProgramJacksonvilleFloridaJ-1 and H-1B
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) ProgramRochesterMinnesota0%J-1
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University ProgramChicagoIllinois0%J-1 and H-1B
Medical College of Georgia ProgramAugustaGeorgia14.3%J-1
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals ProgramMilwaukeeWisconsin0%J-1 and H-1B
Medical University of South Carolina ProgramCharlestonSouth Carolina0%None
MedStar Health Georgetown University ProgramWashingtonDistrict of Columbia0%J-1
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine ProgramBronxNew York0%None
Nassau University Medical Center ProgramEast MeadowNew York0%None
National Capital Consortium ProgramBethesdaMaryland0%None
Naval Medical Center (San Diego) ProgramSan DiegoCalifornia0%None
Nazareth Hospital ProgramPhiladelphiaPennsylvania16.7%J-1
New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center ProgramValhallaNew York21.4%J-1
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) ProgramNew YorkNew York13%J-1
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) ProgramNew YorkNew York6%J-1
NYU Grossman School of Medicine ProgramNew YorkNew York0%J-1
Ohio State University Hospital ProgramColumbusOhio0%J-1 and H-1B
Old Dominion University ProgramNorfolkVirginia0%J-1
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU Health) ProgramPortlandOregon0%J-1
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center ProgramHersheyPennsylvania0%J-1
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine ProgramPhiladelphiaPennsylvania0%J-1
Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Columbia (Columbia) ProgramColumbiaSouth CarolinaJ-1
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Health ProgramProvidenceRhode Island8%J-1 and H-1B
Rush University Medical Center ProgramChicagoIllinois0%J-1 and H-1B
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School ProgramNewarkNew Jersey0%J-1 and H-1B
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium ProgramLackland AFBTexas0%None
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Wills Eye Hospital ProgramPhiladelphiaPennsylvania0%J-1 and H-1B
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore ProgramBaltimoreMaryland0%J-1
SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine ProgramSt LouisMissouri0%J-1 and H-1B
St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore ProgramNew York0%None
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University ProgramPalo AltoCalifornia7%J-1 and H-1B
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital ProgramStony BrookNew York0%None
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ProgramBrooklynNew York8%J-1
SUNY Upstate Medical University ProgramSyracuseNew York0%J-1
Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical Center ProgramSan FranciscoCalifornia12.5%None
Temple University Hospital ProgramPhiladelphiaPennsylvania0%None
Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research (TIGMER) ProgramSan AntonioTexas
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock ProgramLubbockTexas0%None
Tufts Medical Center ProgramBostonMassachusetts6%J-1 and H-1B
Tulane University ProgramNew OrleansLouisiana10%J-1
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes ProgramLos AngelesCalifornia0%J-1
UMass Chan Medical School ProgramWorcesterMassachusetts12.5%J-1
University at Buffalo ProgramBuffaloNew York0%J-1
University of Alabama Hospital (Birmingham) ProgramBirminghamAlabama0%J-1 and H-1B
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix ProgramPhoenixArizona66.7%J-1
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson ProgramTucsonArizona0%J-1
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine ProgramLittle RockArkansas6%J-1 and H-1B
University of California (Irvine) ProgramIrvineCalifornia0%None
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center ProgramLa JollaCalifornia8%J-1
University of California (San Francisco) ProgramSan FranciscoCalifornia0%J-1 and H-1B
University of California Davis Health ProgramSacramentoCalifornia0%J-1
University of Chicago ProgramChicagoIllinois0%None
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine ProgramCincinnatiOhio0%J-1
University of Colorado ProgramAuroraColorado6%J-1 and H-1B
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville ProgramJacksonvilleFloridaJ-1
University of Florida ProgramGainesvilleFlorida0%J-1 and H-1B
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago ProgramChicagoIllinois4%J-1
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center ProgramIowa CityIowa6%H-1B
University of Kansas School of Medicine ProgramPrairie VillageKansas0%None
University of Kentucky College of Medicine ProgramLexingtonKentucky6%J-1
University of Louisville School of Medicine ProgramLouisvilleKentucky18%None
University of Maryland ProgramBaltimoreMaryland0%None
University of Miami/Jackson Health System/Bascom Palmer Eye Institute ProgramMiamiFlorida0%None
University of Michigan ProgramAnn ArborMichigan0%J-1
University of Minnesota ProgramMinneapolisMinnesota0%J-1
University of Mississippi Medical Center ProgramJacksonMississippi0%J-1
University of Missouri-Columbia ProgramColumbiaMissouri0%J-1
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine ProgramKansas CityMissouri19%None
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine ProgramOmahaNebraska9%None
University of New Mexico School of Medicine ProgramAlbuquerqueNew Mexico0%None
University of North Carolina Hospitals ProgramChapel HillNorth Carolina0%None
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ProgramOklahoma CityOklahoma0%J-1
University of Pennsylvania Health System/Scheie Eye Institute ProgramPhiladelphiaPennsylvania0%None
University of Puerto Rico ProgramSan JuanPuerto Rico0%J-1
University of Rochester Medical Center ProgramRochesterNew York0%J-1
University of South Florida Morsani ProgramTampaFlorida0%J-1 and H-1B
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General) ProgramLos AngelesCalifornia0%J-1
University of Tennessee College of Medicine ProgramMemphisTennessee0%J-1
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School ProgramAUSTINTexas0%None
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ProgramHoustonTexas6%J-1
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine ProgramSan AntonioTexas0%None
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals/Methodist Hospital (Houston) ProgramGalvestonTexas0%J-1
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ProgramDallasTexas3%J-1
University of Utah Health ProgramSalt Lake CityUtah8%None
University of Virginia Medical Center ProgramCharlottesvilleVirginia0%J-1
University of Washington ProgramSeattleWashington0%None
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics ProgramMadisonWisconsin0%J-1
UPMC Medical Education ProgramPittsburghPennsylvania17%J-1 and H-1B
Vanderbilt University Medical Center ProgramNashvilleTennessee20%J-1
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System ProgramRichmondVirginia12.5%J-1
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ProgramWinston-SalemNorth Carolina0%None
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium ProgramSt LouisMissouri0%J-1 and H-1B
West Virginia University ProgramMorgantownWest Virginia0%J-1
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine ProgramDaytonOhioNone
Yale-New Haven Medical Center ProgramNew HavenConnecticut0%J-1
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell/Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital ProgramGreat NeckNew York0%J-1

Ophthalmology residency at a glance

International medical graduates make up a median of 0% of residents in Ophthalmology programs, and 2 programs have IMGs in at least a quarter of their positions. 68.5% of programs sponsor a visa (66.9% sponsor J-1 and 21.3% sponsor H-1B).

States with the most programs

  • New York: 17
  • Texas: 10
  • California: 10
  • Pennsylvania: 9
  • Florida: 8

How to choose Ophthalmology programs as an IMG

Start with the programs that already train international medical graduates: a high IMG share is the clearest sign a program will review your application. Then check visa sponsorship if you need a J-1 or H-1B, and the program's Step 2 CK expectations and graduation-year limit.

Each program page shows these details along with interview rates, signal outcomes and contacts. To see which programs fit your own scores, visa needs and graduation year, build a personalized list.

Ophthalmology residency FAQs

How many Ophthalmology residency programs are there?

There are 130 ACGME-accredited Ophthalmology residency programs in 41 states and territories.

Is Ophthalmology IMG-friendly?

The median Ophthalmology program has 0% international medical graduates among its residents, and 2 of 130 programs have at least 25% IMG residents. IMGs can match in Ophthalmology, but focusing on the programs with the highest IMG share improves your chances. Use the table on this page to sort programs by their IMG share.

Which Ophthalmology programs sponsor J-1 or H-1B visas?

68.5% of Ophthalmology programs sponsor at least one visa: 66.9% sponsor J-1 and 21.3% sponsor H-1B. Filter the table on this page by visa to see every program that sponsors the visa you need.

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