{"id":8734,"date":"2026-04-08T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=8734"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:31:07","slug":"application-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/education\/graduate-medical-education-gme\/fellowship\/abr-alternate-pathway-for-international-medical-graduates-imgs\/application-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Application &amp; Eligibility<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minimum Requirements:<\/h4>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong>Medical Education:<\/strong> Completion of medical school and a radiology residency outside the U.S.\/Canada.<\/li>\n<li><strong>USMLE:<\/strong> Passing scores for Steps 1, 2 (CK), and 3 (Step 3 must be completed for H-1B sponsorship).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licensure:<\/strong> Eligible for a full or limited North Carolina Medical License.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visa Sponsorship:<\/strong> UNC typically supports J-1 visas for qualified candidates. People with subspecialty expertise &amp; Fellowships in home country are encouraged to apply and their visa sponsorship will be decided by the selection committee &amp; Leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Application Materials:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Updated CV (with exact dates of all prior training).<\/li>\n<li>One-page Personal Statement focusing on academic and clinical goals.<\/li>\n<li>Three Letters of Recommendation (at least one from your prior Residency Director).<\/li>\n<li>USMLE Score Reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Send materials to <a href=\"mailto:vbcarver@med.unc.edu\">Virginia Carver, Fellowship Director.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application &amp; Eligibility Minimum Requirements: Medical Education: Completion of medical school and a radiology residency outside the U.S.\/Canada. USMLE: Passing scores for Steps 1, 2 (CK), and 3 (Step 3 must be completed for H-1B sponsorship). Licensure: Eligible for a full or limited North Carolina Medical License. Visa Sponsorship: UNC typically supports J-1 visas for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/education\/graduate-medical-education-gme\/fellowship\/abr-alternate-pathway-for-international-medical-graduates-imgs\/application-overview\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Application Overview\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83776,"featured_media":0,"parent":8727,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8734","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8738,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8734\/revisions\/8738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}