Clinical Pathology -> mol genetics in France

[alexcocow]

hey all
I'm a 1st year resident in CP (it's a different residency than AP here) in France, and will probably do a specialization in molecular genetics.

What type of type of jobs could i get with that in the US, WITHOUT doing an US residency after my french residency? (professor? private lab? pharmaceutical industry? research?)

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[mlw03]

i don't think any doctor can practice in the US without completing a US residency, which would entail taking US licensing exams first. however working in molecular diagnostics you might be able to get around that law because you'd be more of a lab employee rather than a doctor treating patients. it's a good question, and if one of the more senior people on here can't give you a good answer, i'd suggest talking to the state licensing board of whichever state you'd be interested in coming to.

 

[Gut Shot]

hey all
I'm a 1st year resident in CP (it's a different residency than AP here) in France, and will probably do a specialization in molecular genetics.

What type of type of jobs could i get with that in the US, WITHOUT doing an US residency after my french residency? (professor? private lab? pharmaceutical industry? research?)

You can do anything that doesn't require licensure.

 

[alexcocow]

licensure would meant : taking the Steps, and doing a residency in the US, right?

and what would the spots that wouldn't require licensure?

thank you both for your answers.

 

[mlw03]

yes, i believe that to get licensed (as a medical doctor) in the US requires doing at least a residency (or at least an internship year, but no one does that anymore). and you'd also have to take Step 3 of the USMLE, which itself requires passing Steps 1 and 2 as pre-requisites.

as for spots that wouldn't require licensure, we were both suggesting that if you worked in a hospital lab or for a company, or something not involving taking care of patients, then you might not need licensure. for example, many academic hospitals have PhDs in charge of parts of the clinical laboratory, such as immunology, microbiology, or clinical chemistry. perhaps molecular diagnostics would fall under such a system, and in that capacity you might not need to be licensed as a medical doctor in the US.

 

[Gut Shot]

and what would the spots that wouldn't require licensure?

Uhhhhhhh.... it's a big world out there, dude. You're going to have to do some digging on your own.

 

[LADoc00]

hey all
I'm a 1st year resident in CP (it's a different residency than AP here) in France, and will probably do a specialization in molecular genetics.

What type of type of jobs could i get with that in the US, WITHOUT doing an US residency after my french residency? (professor? private lab? pharmaceutical industry? research?)

Well, if Michael Moore was correct, France is greatest place on Earth for Healthcare, why would you ever leave? The socialists are convinced it is a medical Garden of Eden, why would you possibly want to venture into our little dirty experiment in Capitalism in the New World??