DwJ Stories

You Can’t Go Home Again

I am a graduate of the University College Dublin (Ireland) School of Medicine. Although I was born and raised in Massachusetts, I went to medical  [...]

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OBGYN Denied Residency Opportunities Because of Graduation Year?

I was a professor of OBGYN in medicine at Cairo University, the first and largest medical school and teaching hospital in the Middle East. I  [...]

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Hire American Doctors First

Since graduating from a medical academy in Ukraine with a pediatric surgery residency, I have spent thousands of hours in the OR working overtime. In  [...]

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Doctor Open to Serving in Rural America

It is unethical to have citizens from other countries replace American doctors. American physicians who want to be trained in residency programs in the U.S.  [...]

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War, Refugee Camp Survivor Wants Opportunity to Give Back

I am one of the thousands of American doctors who is unemployed. As a first-generation immigrant who survived the Gulf War in 1991, I lived  [...]

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Florida Med School Grad Ready to Practice Family Medicine

I have not yet been able to match with a residency program. Residency program directors have expressed that I am a “risk” to their passing  [...]

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U.S. Medical School Grad is Unmatched with $475k in Debt, and Growing

I graduated from a U.S. medical school five years ago, but remain unmatched and with $475,000 in student loan debt for which interest is capitalizing  [...]

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A Doctor who was Homeless

I was only five when I first said I wanted to be a doctor, and my passion for becoming a physician has not wavered since.  [...]

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U.S. Doctor Asks for Residency, Employment and Dignity

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U.S. Doctor Washes Dishes, Works at Fast Food Restaurants

I am a foreign graduate physician and naturalized U.S. citizen who has had difficulties for the past few years securing a residency spot in my  [...]

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Stuck in the Middle

Dr. Faarina Khan fell through cultural cracks on the way to residency, but that turned her into a strong advocate for change.

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A Ten-Year Residency Quest, Test of Endurance

Dr. Doug Medina is one of many U.S. medical school graduates whose dream of being a doctor has been thwarted due to systemic failures.