Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Program

Transitional Year Analyst Verified · Sep 1, 2026

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Program

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Transitional Year, located in Brockton, Massachusetts, directed by Henry J. Grazioso, MD and coordinated by Janice Poore. and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (508) 941-7458. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based transitional year program at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, a 216-bed non-profit teaching hospital in Southeastern Massachusetts that is a clinical (not primary) teaching affiliate of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The program emphasizes early graduated autonomy under a hospitalist-covered, no-night-float model, with a busy 62,000-visit emergency department, and a rotation structure weighted heavily toward internal medicine with dedicated critical care, surgery, EM, and ambulatory blocks plus flexible elective time usable at affiliated programs. Research is not a structural emphasis but electives can be used for it; the program instead foregrounds camaraderie, longevity (since 1974), and a track record of residents recirculating back onto Brockton's medical staff in EM, radiology, psychiatry, and ophthalmology. It appears to value residents who fit into a close-knit, community-oriented teaching culture and are pursuing a specialty (EM, radiology, anesthesia, ophthalmology, psychiatry) requiring a transitional year rather than seeking a research-heavy or subspecialty-intensive experience.

Who it fits

An applicant matching into a categorical PGY-2 specialty requiring a transitional year (e.g., radiology, anesthesiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, PM&R, EM) whose ERAS narrative emphasizes adaptability, teamwork, and community-hospital comfort rather than research productivity or tertiary-center subspecialty exposure.

Research intensity

Low - research electives are available but not emphasized or expected; the program's identity centers on clinical rotations and camaraderie rather than scholarly output.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Community Practice

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