Facts:
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors
Posts by Sara Schaefer, MD, MHS, FAAN 🧠
Can I expense this for my new role as residency PD? Seems essential for my job. What do you think Bluesky #neurology #meded?
In this time of uncertainty, do something good for your fellow human. #bethematch #donatelife
Every year in the US alone, 18k babies 👶 , kids 👧 and adults 👩 need stem cells as their best treatment option.
Matching is complex and some people never find a match. Minority patients have a harder time finding a match due to limitations in the donor pool.
> 4/5 of stem cell donations happen without surgery, without anesthesia, through peripheral donation 💉🩸?
More than 2/3 of donations are through an unrelated donor.
Adults under 40 can enter the registry easily with a cheek swab @dkms-us.bsky.social or @nmdp-org.bsky.social.
On the very first day of my transplant baby's @makeawishct trip, I got a call that I was a potential match as a stem cell donor. What are the odds?
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