Can a Canadian trained specialist obtain a job in USA?

[KingScrubs]

As a Canadian I am really interested in the field of Orthopedics, but the job market in Canada for Orthopods is freakishly savage.

I was wondering if I write the USMLEs and do residency in Canada but do a fellowship in the states, can I find work as an orthopod down south?
I got into medicine for orthopedics and if I can't practice in this field, I should just quit now.

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[MsCruzan]

Can't speak from experience but this sounds like a solid plan to me. When you say orthopedics do you mean as an MD, PT, something else?

 

[KingScrubs]

Can't speak from experience but this sounds like a solid plan to me. When you say orthopedics do you mean as an MD, PT, something else?

Sorry I should have mentioned. I mean my ultimate goal is to become an Orthopedic Surgeon. I am willing to write the USMLEs, doing my residency in Canada come to the US for fellowship. If the job market in Canada picks up by the time I am trained then great, if not then I would like the option to practice in the states.

The job market for surgeons is really bad in Canada at the moment. I won't be fully trained until 2033, so the job market could change by then. But if medicine continues to stay socialized till then, the job prospects for specialists most likely won't improve.

 

[Medstart108]

Yes you definitely can, lots of jobs in the US for good hard working surgeons. People do it all the time, I wouldn't worry too much about it. There is a canadian bias in that the ones who do go to the US go AWOL and you don't hear about them, but there are a lot.

 

[KingScrubs]

Yes you definitely can, lots of jobs in the US for good hard working surgeons. People do it all the time, I wouldn't worry too much about it. There is a canadian bias in that the ones who do go to the US go AWOL and you don't hear about them, but there are a lot.

Is acquiring visas an issue for Canadians who try to work in the states?

 

[marwen]

Exactly! Your opinion is true