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I know it sounds strange, but hear me out.
I've already done my internal medicine residency (2006-2009) in a small little-known community hospital, and also did critical care medicine (2009-2011) in a university-affiliated program... though still a small little-known program as well. I was under a J1 visa then... and after training, circumstances dictated that I had to go back to my country of origin, where I am working now as an attending.
Now that life situations have improved for me a bit, I'm wanting to go back to the US again. But I felt that my internal medicine residency training was rather inadequate... and I never really liked critical care medicine as a fellowship to begin with (back then, I hoped to use it as a "bridge" to make my CV look good, which would increase my chances of getting accepted in the fellowship training of my liking, but unfortunately those plans didn't come to realization). The thing is, I've already done 5 years worth of training under the J1 visa program. Is it possible to do the whole thing again (like "start from zero" and join the residency match) under the J1 visa as well? I'm hoping that with prior residency training and 4 years of clinical experience post-training, I could be matched in a much bigger university-based program (not like the one I was matched in before), then eventually be accepted in a fellowship of my liking.
What do you all think? Is this technically possible?
I've already done my internal medicine residency (2006-2009) in a small little-known community hospital, and also did critical care medicine (2009-2011) in a university-affiliated program... though still a small little-known program as well. I was under a J1 visa then... and after training, circumstances dictated that I had to go back to my country of origin, where I am working now as an attending.
Now that life situations have improved for me a bit, I'm wanting to go back to the US again. But I felt that my internal medicine residency training was rather inadequate... and I never really liked critical care medicine as a fellowship to begin with (back then, I hoped to use it as a "bridge" to make my CV look good, which would increase my chances of getting accepted in the fellowship training of my liking, but unfortunately those plans didn't come to realization). The thing is, I've already done 5 years worth of training under the J1 visa program. Is it possible to do the whole thing again (like "start from zero" and join the residency match) under the J1 visa as well? I'm hoping that with prior residency training and 4 years of clinical experience post-training, I could be matched in a much bigger university-based program (not like the one I was matched in before), then eventually be accepted in a fellowship of my liking.
What do you all think? Is this technically possible?