The International Medical Graduates Guide to U. S. Medicine: Negotiating the Maze Book

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
Ch. 1	The Big Picture	1
Ch. 2	International Medical Graduate - U.S. Medical Residency & Practice	8
Ch. 3	U.S.-Citizen Graduate of a Foreign Medical School	21
Ch. 4	Foreign Student in a U.S. Medical School	27
Ch. 5	The Academic Medical Center - Overview	37
Ch. 6	Academic Medical Center - Faculty Sponsorship of a Clinical Research Fellow	46
Ch. 7	Academic Medical Center - Training as a Clinical Research Fellow	56
Ch. 8	Academic Medical Center - Faculty Sponsorship of a Research Scholar	62
Ch. 9	Academic Medical Center - Training as a Research Scholar	69
Ch. 10	Academic Medical Center - The Distinguished Physician	77
Ch. 11	Sponsoring a Relative	83
Ch. 12	Community Sponsorship of a Foreign-National Physician	96
Ch. 13	The ECFMG Requirements	106
Ch. 14	The USMLE Requirements	117
Ch. 15	Visas Issued for Education and Training	125
Ch. 16	Tough Talk about Major Problems	145
Ch. 17	Resources	150
App. A	The NRMP Match	157
App. B	Embassies in Washington, D.C.	173
App. C	Medical School Credentials Approved by World Health Organization	177
App. D	Postgraduate Education Required for U.S. Licensure	181
App. E	U.S. Medical Boards (M. D.)	182
App. F	Ethnic Physician Organizations in the United States	187
	Glossary	190
	Index	195