Becoming a U.s doc

[Med4ever]

Hey, can you become a doctor in the u.s with a canadian residency?

 

[white daisy]

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]

don't you also have to redo a US residency? or does that only apply to non north american foreign grads?

 

[moo]

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]

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.