The U.S. healthcare system relies heavily on physicians trained around the world. Roughly one in four doctors in the United States trained abroad. So why is it still so hard for them to enter practice, and to stay? In this episode of Beyond Borders, host Solenn Thircuir, PhD, brings together four guests who have experienced this system from very different sides: as internationally trained physicians, educators, residency leaders, healthcare executives and immigrants. Together they unpack residency bottlenecks, state-by-state licensing, credentialing, J-1 and H-1B visas, bias in recruitment, and what internationally trained physicians bring to American healthcare. GUESTS Dr. Daria Yang, MD, MPH, CPHQ President, Safion Advisory Partners · Adjunct Professor, UNC · Fellow, Frist College of Medicine An internationally trained physician raised in the U.S. and a first-generation immigrant, Dr. Yang now works on the other side of the equation: healthcare leadership, medical education, recruitment and talent retention. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daria-yang-md-mph Margarita Khosh, MBA, LSSGB Vice President, Healthcare Strategy & Partnerships, Safion Advisory Partners Margarita emigrated from Ukraine as a child and grew up in New York, where she became her family's healthcare navigator because she learned English the fastest. Today she works on provider networks, payer partnerships and healthcare operations: the very systems she once had to decipher for her family. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaritakhosh Dr. Corey Scher, MD Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, New York University · Fellow, Frist College of Medicine After attending medical school in Mexico, Dr. Scher built a U.S. academic career spanning transplant anesthesiology, clinical research and medical education, including directing residency programs at two universities. Nearly five decades of perspective, from navigating the system as a foreign medical graduate to deciding who gets trained within it. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-scher-14158621/ Dr. Elie Geara, MD Pediatric Anesthesiologist & Associate Director of Medical Student Education, NYU Langone Health & Bellevue Hospital After completing residency in Lebanon, Dr. Geara came to the U.S. for fellowship training and pursued the alternative entry pathway to board certification. He brings us inside the realities of visas, licensing and credentialing for internationally trained physicians. HOST Solenn Thircuir, PhD Medical sociologist, University of California, Santa Cruz Solenn works at the intersection of healthcare strategy, organizational transformation and translational research. Beyond Borders explores what happens when people, careers, ideas and institutions move across borders. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/solenn-thircuir-phd/ LISTEN & FOLLOW BEYOND BORDERS Produced with Sacha Ledan and Valentine Asseman. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not represent their institutions. #BeyondBorders #USHealthcare #IMG #HealthcareWorkforce #PhysicianShortage #GlobalTalent #MedicalEducation #HealthPolicy #Immigration #Podcast
