How do foreign trained neurosurgeons stay in the US?

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How do non-US IMGs stay in the US without US residency? Over the years I’ve seen quite a few non-US IMG neurosurgeons who completed their residency abroad and have stayed in the US after fellowship. An example that comes to mind is Fernandez-Miranda at Stanford.

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O1 visa sponsorship or J1 waiver

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Why are there doctors who redo residency when they can save many years doing one of these options.

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(05-01-2020, 01:44 AM)Guest Wrote: Why are there doctors who redo residency when they can save many years doing one of these options.

You can't practice independently in the US otherwise...

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I’m pretty sure Juan Fernandez Miranda can practice independently and he didn’t do a residency here

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(05-01-2020, 01:52 AM)Guest Wrote:

(05-01-2020, 01:44 AM)Guest Wrote: Why are there doctors who redo residency when they can save many years doing one of these options.

You can't practice independently in the US otherwise...

Yes, you can. You can not become Board Certified if you completed your residency in another country, but you can apply for a medical license as a neurosurgeon, just by completing the required years of training in the US. 
Most states require 2-3 years of training in the US (you can do 2-3 fellowships).

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(05-01-2020, 08:29 AM)Guest Wrote:

(05-01-2020, 01:52 AM)Guest Wrote:

(05-01-2020, 01:44 AM)Guest Wrote: Why are there doctors who redo residency when they can save many years doing one of these options.

You can't practice independently in the US otherwise...

Yes, you can. You can not become Board Certified if you completed your residency in another country, but you can apply for a medical license as a neurosurgeon, just by completing the required years of training in the US. 
Most states require 2-3 years of training in the US (you can do 2-3 fellowships).

What difference does not being Board Certified make?

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Not being board certified or board eligible may make it hard but not impossible to get privileges. A lot of headache for most practices or hospitals to deal with if they can fill with a us residency graduate. If it is a hospital or practice that has a hard time filling their job openings it is still a liability challenge..

Short answer is that there aren’t that many people who practice neurosurgery in the US who didn’t do residency here. to my knowledge most or maybe all of these people practice at or under the umbrella of an academic institution and did fellowship training in the US. They tend to have very strong credentials and trained in First world healthcare systems (eg Europe, Canada, Japan). Many people do try to do this without being successful, but it isn’t a crazy thing to try if you are coming from Europe or Canada as people are able to do it.

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Also need to be at a bigger institution for the visa sponsorship


Positive of redoing residency in the us is that if you are able to do residency here then you’ll have a pretty easy time getting a job

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(05-01-2020, 05:02 PM)Guest Wrote: Not being board certified or board eligible may make it hard but not impossible to get privileges. A lot of headache for most practices or hospitals to deal with if they can fill with a us residency graduate.  If it is a hospital or practice that has a hard time filling their job openings it is still a liability challenge..

Short answer is that there aren’t that many people who practice neurosurgery in the US who didn’t do residency here. to my knowledge most or maybe all of these people practice at or under the umbrella of an academic institution and did fellowship training in the US. They tend to have very strong credentials and trained in First world healthcare systems (eg Europe, Canada, Japan). Many people do try to do this without being successful, but it isn’t a crazy thing to try if you are coming from Europe or Canada as people are able to do it.

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Also need to be at a bigger institution for the visa sponsorship


Positive of redoing residency in the us is that if you are able to do residency here then you’ll have a pretty easy time getting a job

What kind of privileges are we talking about here?