Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants who are graduates of an accredited U.S. or Canadian medical school must have passed the United States Licensing Examination (USMLE) before being considered for a residency position.

• Graduates of foreign medical schools must have a medical degree and fulfill all educational requirements to practice medicine in the country where the degree was obtained.

• International medical graduates must also have a valid ECFMG certificate and visa. Synergy Medical offers no employer sponsored visas for graduate medical education trainees.

• All applicants for a first year residency training position must be registered with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).

Application Procedure

We encourage you to apply for residency training at Synergy Medical All of our residency programs participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and only accept application materials sent electronically through ERAS®. Paper applications are not accepted. For more information on how to apply via ERAS, contact your medical school dean of student affairs, or visit the ERAS web site to review application procedures.

Applications to our residency programs should include:

• ERAS common application form with personal statement
• Dean's letter
• Medical school transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation
• USMLE transcripts (MD)
• COMLEX transcripts (DO)
• ECFMG certificate (for international medical graduates only)

Attention D.O. Students:

In order to meet Michigan state licensing requirements you must have completed an osteopathic internship before matriculating into an allopathic residency. Therefore we do not interview or rank osteopathic students who will not have completed this requirement by July of the year for which you are applying for residency. We will be happy to review your application when you have met this requirement.

Interviews

Interviews are scheduled by invitation only and are generally conducted November through January of each year.

Correspondence

Correspondence should be directed to a specific residency program at:

Synergy Medical
1000 Houghton Avenue
Saginaw, Michigan 48602

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