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The American Health Care System

A Practical Guide for Foreign Medical Graduates Who Want to Enter the System

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Editors:
  1. Marco G. Patti

    1. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

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  2. P. Marco Fisichella

    1. Department of Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, USA

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  • Written by experts in the field

  • Contains examples of successful cases

  • Written in a concise and easy to read manner

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Journey

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. International Medical Graduates and the American Health Care System

      • Marco G. Patti, Francisco Schlottmann
      Pages 3-6

    3. Research Experience in the USA

      • Francisco Schlottmann
      Pages 7-9

    4. What After Training? Returning to Your Own Country

      • María Verónica Gorodner
      Pages 11-14

    5. United States Medical Licensing Examination

      • Amy Holmstrom
      Pages 15-20

    6. National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)

      • Amy Holmstrom
      Pages 21-31

    7. U.S. Immigration Law: Legal Pathways for Physician Immigration

      • Matthew A. Streff
      Pages 33-48

    8. Applying from Abroad Versus Applying from the USA: Importance of a Research Fellowship

      • Marco G. Patti, Francisco Schlottmann
      Pages 49-51

    9. International Medical Graduates: Role of Mentoring

      • Marco G. Patti, Francisco Schlottmann
      Pages 53-58

    10. Our Journey

      • Marco G. Patti, P. Marco Fisichella
      Pages 59-64

  3. The Testimonials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. My Story

      • Marco E. Allaix
      Pages 67-69

    3. Anthony Charles

      • Anthony Charles
      Pages 71-72

    4. Chirag Desai

      • Chirag S. Desai
      Pages 73-75

    5. Fernando Elli

      • Enrique Fernando Elli
      Pages 77-82

    6. Alessandro Fichera

      • Alessandro Fichera
      Pages 83-87

    7. Roberto Hodara

      • Roberto Hodara
      Pages 89-91

    8. Journey of the Surgeon

      • Tomasz Kozlowski
      Pages 93-94

    9. Fabrizio Michelassi

      • Fabrizio Michelassi
      Pages 95-97
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About this book

This book collates the expertise and experience of leading medical professionals to give foreign medical graduates an understanding of the American health care system. All the fundamental stages in the preparation of a foreign medical graduate for medical training in the US are covered.

The book aims to provide essential information and guidance on how to navigate the American health care system. The characteristics of it are described in this concise and easy to read volume to help foreign medical graduates integrate into the American system.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

    Marco G. Patti

  • Department of Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, USA

    P. Marco Fisichella

About the editors

P. Marco Fisichella was raised in Catania, Italy. After graduating from the University of Catania School of Medicine in 1994, he started a General Surgery Residency in Catania and he graduated in 2000. In 1999 he visited the Center for the Study of Gastrointestinal Motility and Secretion at the University of California San Francisco where he subsequently spent 2 years after completing his general surgery training in Italy. In 2000, he started a General Surgery Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. After completion of his residency in 2007, he started a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatrics at the University of California San Francisco. In 2008 he joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery of Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine as Assistant Professor and the Director of the Swallowing Center. In 2013 he raised to the rank of Associate Professor. In 2014, he was named Associate Chief of Surgery at the Boston VA Healthcare System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Marco G. Patti, MD, FACS  is a general surgeon who specializes in gastrointestinal surgery, and particularly in esophageal surgery. He is presently a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Surgery and is a Co-Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing at the  University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina . In 2015,  he was named  President of the International Society of Surgery, which is the oldest international surgical association and President of the World Congress of Surgery in August 2017.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The American Health Care System

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for Foreign Medical Graduates Who Want to Enter the System

  • Editors: Marco G. Patti, P. Marco Fisichella

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67594-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67593-0Published: 20 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88454-7Published: 01 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67594-7Published: 28 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 117

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgery, Pediatrics

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