U.S.-Born Medical Graduates Highest Proportion In Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Gastroenterology Internal Medicine Subspecialties

What internal medicine subspecialties have the highest number of U.S.-born physicians? They represented a majority only in gastroenterology, at 53.8%, and hospice and palliative medicine, at 56.0%. Physicians born in the United States who graduated from U.S. medical schools represented a minority of physicians in nine of 11 internal medicine subspecialties in 2026.

Across the overall internal medicine workforce analyzed, 47.2% of physicians were born outside the United States. About 36.1% were international medical graduates (IMGs) born outside the U.S., and another 11.1% were U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) born outside . . .