View Full Version : Becoming a U.s doc


Med4ever
07-18-2004, 07:40 PM
Hey, can you become a doctor in the u.s with a canadian residency?

white daisy
07-20-2004, 10:39 AM
yeah i believe you can. i personally know several people who did that. all you have to do is to pass the USMLE part 1,2,3. then you should be ok.

ribsandbbqbeef
08-11-2004, 12:19 PM
don't you also have to redo a US residency? or does that only apply to non north american foreign grads?

moo
08-11-2004, 06:09 PM
depends on the specialty. for ex, neurosurgery in the US no longer accepts canadian trained neurosurgeons (this is the last year where they allow canadian trained neurosurgeons)

ribsandbbqbeef
08-11-2004, 11:21 PM
ic, thanks for the heads up moo. Didn't know that it was specialty dependent and controlled. I thought that an overall ruling organization like AAMC regulates that kind of thing.