The International Medical Graduate Perspective in Hand Surgery: Legacy and Future Challenges

Uzair Qazi; Laxminarayan Bhandari

doi:10.1016/j.hcl.2022.08.006

The International Medical Graduate Perspective in Hand Surgery: Legacy and Future Challenges

Hand Clin. 2023 Feb;39(1):87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.hcl.2022.08.006.

Authors

Uzair Qazi¹, Laxminarayan Bhandari²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic/Reconstructive and Hand Surgery/Burn Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way Suite MSB 2360A, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
² Kleinert Kutz Associates, 225 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 700, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. Electronic address: lax321@gmail.com.

PMID: 36402530
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2022.08.006

Abstract

International medical graduates (IMGs) have made significant contributions in the field of hand surgery in terms of bringing in skill, innovation, research, and leadership and have gone onto mentor the next generations of hand surgeons. In this article, we have highlights some such contributions. We also highlight various pathways that IMGs take to establish their practice in the United States and the various challenges and hurdles they face.

Keywords: Education; International medical graduates; Legacy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Foreign Medical Graduates*
Hand* / surgery
Humans
United States