Challenges and Bias Against IMGs in America

Dr. Chadi Nabhan and Ayesha Butt, MBBS, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, lead a roundtable focused on the challenges faced by international medical graduates (IMGs) in oncology and the medical field as a whole in the US.

This episode of Healthcare Unfiltered covers the struggles of acquiring Visas to work in the US and return to the US after a visit home, the need to “cast a wider net” when considering a pool of applicants for fellowship positions, and ways to overcome bias against IMGs. Plus, panelists share their personal stories of when they’ve experienced bias.

This episode originally appeared on chadinabhan.com.