Mass General Brigham-Newton-Wellesley Hospital Program

Transitional Year Analyst Verified · Sep 11, 2026

Mass General Brigham-Newton-Wellesley Hospital Program

Mass General Brigham-Newton-Wellesley Hospital Program is a residency program specializing in Transitional Year, located in Newton, Massachusetts, directed by Grace Bobkowski, MD and coordinated by Tammy Boulerice. The program accepts applications through December 1, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at tboulerice@partners.org or (617) 243-6467. 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 teaching hospital transitional year program embedded within the Mass General Brigham system, blending Newton-Wellesley's close-knit community hospital culture with Boston academic-medicine access through shared faculty, Tufts affiliation, and MGH chief resident staffing. With only ten TY interns among 400+ annual trainees rotating alongside MGH and Tufts categorical residents, the program emphasizes broad generalist preparation (medicine, surgery, ICU, emergency medicine, ambulatory care) rather than subspecialty depth, since NWH itself hosts no internal medicine or general surgery fellowships. The curriculum's structured quality-improvement elective culminating in an IHI Basic Certificate, paired with direct attending-level collaboration (no fellows competing for autonomy), signals a program that values interns capable of independent clinical reasoning early. Graduates consistently pursue image-, procedure-, or consult-based specialties (anesthesia, radiology, IR, dermatology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology), confirming its identity as a springboard year rather than a primary-care or research pipeline.

Who it fits

A candidate who has matched or is applying into a non-primary-care specialty requiring a separate transitional/prelim year (anesthesia, radiology, dermatology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, PM&R) and wants a well-rounded, low-fellow-competition clinical base year with direct attending teaching before advanced training.

Research intensity

Low - Research is not emphasized; the curriculum centers on clinical rotations and a quality-improvement project rather than scholarly output.

Career orientation

Fellowship

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Transitional Year

Deadline 12/01/2026

57 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

SCORE

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VISA POLICY

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GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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