The IMG Roadmap Podcast

As a current medical student in India, Manik has never travelled to the US but he is actively preparing to apply into US residency. He even studied for the USMLE without a review course or other help. Now you may think Oh he is a genius, blah blah, blah. But he came on today's episode to share how he has never been a genius but he just figured out how to prepare for a standardized American test!

What I admire about Manik is his sense of direction and personal fortitude. You can hear it in his voice as he tells us exactly how he studied in this episode. He was always drawn to Psychiatry, and is looking forward to completing residency training in the field.  

In this episode, Manik lays out:

1. The difference between active and passive learning

2. How to prepare for the USMLE outside of the US

3. How to approach  analyzing  questions for standardized tests such as the USMLE

4. How elimination helps with standardized test taking.

5. How he learned to adapt to the US way of testing even while studying medicine outside the US.

You can find him on Instagram at this handle : the_zen_of_cool . You can also find him youtube at https://www.youtube.com/c/ZenOfUSMLE . His youtube video of the same title already had 36, 000 view in under a month. You definitely know you want to grasp this knowledge like 36K other IMGs have!

Listen today!

Dr. Maria Aramburu de la Guardia, MD, MPH, FAAP is the Medical Director for the School Based Health Center at Roosevelt Senior High School in Washington DC which is part of Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Division of Community Pediatrics.

Dr Aramburu is currently a full-time pediatrician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for Georgetown Pediatrics in Washington DC serving in clinical, research academic and teaching capacity.

Dr Aramburu has dedicated her years in practice to clinical work and leadership in underserved areas of the District of Columbia for more than 7 years through the programs of the Division of Community Pediatrics at Georgetown Hospital.

Dr. Aramburu has a subspecialty in Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy and a master’s in public health from the George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, with an emphasis on Global Health, Pediatric Nutrition and Adolescent Health. She completed her General Pediatrics training at Medstar Georgetown in 2012.

She has been distinguished with the Adolescent Medicine Award from the Society of Adolescent Health & Medicine, the physician of the year award for Children’s National DC MAP program and the Top Doctors Washingtonian recognition 2 years in a row.

In her role as Medical Director she has established protocols and partnerships to better serve vulnerable population including immigrant Latinos which occupy 60% of the student population at Roosevelt. Her interests include mental health in teens, trauma informed care, obesity management and motivational interviewing. Her research interests are focused on the effects trauma in immigrant youth.

The goal of her social media platform is to spread evidence-based information in Pediatrics as well as to be partner in health and wellness for parents and caregivers. She shares her experiences as a mom of 2 boys, her parenting journey as well as health topics related to children and teens.

You can read her full interview on the website at https://drninalum.com/the-encouraging-doc/2019/05/11/the-img-roadmap-series-9-dr-aramburu

Want to know how this IMG matched after a 4 years of trying?

Or maybe how she is pruning herself to begin pediatric cardiology fellowship? 

Then listen to this episode. 

Here is more about her:

Annie Tedga, MD is a PGY 3 Pediatric Resident in Flint, Michigan and future Pediatric Cardiology Fellow. Born and bred in Cameroon (in Central Africa), she is happily married with a beautiful 8-month-old son. Dr Tedga moved to the US in 2002 and graduated from the University of Maryland (UMBC) with a BS in Biological Sciences. She then matriculated at the American University of the Caribbean in Sint Maarten and later completed her clerkships in the East Coast. She graduated in 2011 and moved back home as a General Practitioner where her interest in Cardiology was birthed. Determined to pursue a career in Pediatrics, she returned to the US in 2015 and matched into residency. She then matched into a Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Louisiana State University (LSU) where she will be spending the next phase of her career. Dr Tedga is an advocate for breastfeeding and physician wellness, but her favorite past-time is spending time with her son.

You can find her on Instagram @annie_tedga.

For more on this episode check out drninalum.com

If you as an IMG have ever started out in one specialty and wondered if/how you can switch out to another, then today's guest can help reassure you with her story.

Adjoa B. Duker, MD, MPH, CPLC, is a Family Physician and Life Coach with a passion for wellness, and a self-care champion. 

A native New Yorker with Ghanaian heritage, Dr. Duker attended the University of Virginia, where she was a Sociology major. She then attended Howard University and completed a Post Baccalaureate Pre Med program and then studied Nutritional Sciences.  She then attended Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica and  completed clinical rotations at various NYC and east coast hospitals. 

Dr. Duker graduated in 2002 and then completed her intern year in Pediatrics.  She subsequently transferred into a Family Medicine residency at North Shore Glen Cove in NY, graduating in 2006. Her interest in women's health then led her to enroll in a reproductive health,  Family Planning fellowship at Einstein, while working on her MPH at Columbia University. Dr Duker’s past research activities included evaluating contraception continuation in teens.

Dr. Blocker is a Psychiatry Resident at Howard University Hospital and a graduate of American University of Integrative Sciences School of Medicine. As a native Washingtonian who was raised by not only her family but also her community, she is using her platform to pay it forward by mentoring youth and remaining involved in community service activities around the city. She plans to use the knowledge she has garnered throughout the years to educate African Americans on the importance of maintaining good mental health and wellness.

You can find her on Instagram @drjaymaxine!

Dr. Huda Arif grew up in Dubai, UAE and went on to  medical school at Fatimah Jinnah Medical school in Lahore, Pakistan.

Residency: Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago

Fellowship: Loyola University Hospital, Maywood IL

She currently practices as a Nephrologist in Dallas with @DallasRenalGroup one of the leading nephrology practices in DFW metroplex with over 40+ nephrologists.

When she is not fixing broken kidneys she is  radio show host  @doctalklive, a health based show broadcasting weekly on doctalklive fb page, iheartradio, spotify and itunes. Videos also posted on the youtube channel as well. 

She has a strong business acumen so she serves as  a coach at NBLU (Nephrology Businesses Leadership University ) an annual event organized by the  Dallas Renal Group practice. This event focuses on training Nephrology fellows on how to find a job which suits their needs, enhance their leadership skills and increase their understanding of nephrology practice in the outside world. They also offer  coaching on the job interview process.

You can find her on Instagram @huda_arifmd

You have probably heard me talk about this before. But in this episode you  will find all your answers.  You can also visit us at imgroadmap.com/p/2020 to read the FAQs .

Before you do that, read the opinion of these doctors below:

Dr. Rosemary says: "I am so grateful for Dr. Lum. I met her last year, couple months before I started applying for residency and she was Godsend because I had soooo many questions then. As busy as she is, she didn't even flinched and immediately took me under her wing. A month after I met her, I enrolled in her "IMG Roadmap" course. She lays out everything for you to successfully Match: Steps studying, the "DOs" and DON'Ts" when applying for residency, how to write a compelling personal statement, etc etc. Also, she has a self-paced portion of the course in addition to the one-on-one coaching. I am so glad that I took the course because my ERAS application looked at least twice better at the end of it. She so patiently helped me with my interview skills with her great tips and critical advice, which helped me build my confidence for the interviews. Suffice to say that I successfully matched at my #1 choice Internal Medicine Program this March 2020! Please if you are an IMG, do yourself a favor and signup already; you will not regret it!!! At any point of your medical school journey, you will definitely find it beneficial."

Dr. B "Dr. Nina Lum is a great instructor. She was organized, her delivery was timely and she had a clear understanding of the process from being an IMG to a resident of your choice. The information she shared was invaluable. Thank you team imgroadmap!"

You can learn more at imgroadmap.com/p/2020

Dr. Mikhael is a Canadian citizen who graduated from Saba University School of Medicine (located on the island of Saba). She graduated in 2014 and proceeded into OBGYN residency at Providence Hospital/Michigan State University in Southfield MI. She is now training in a very competitive specialty: Reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the Medical College of Georgia as the only IMG fellow at the institution in the department of OBGYN.

In this episode you will learn about her experience with the J-1 visa thus far.

You will also get a glimpse of what it took for her to get to where she is today despite visa and other challenges.

You can find her full interview on the IMG Roadmap Series by clicking HERE

She shares about her scores, how she prepared for the tests, how she matched into OBGYN and so much more.

Listen today on the IMG Roadmap Podcast.

If you have ever wondered about how a Family Medicine Physician can specialize or obtain additional certification. 

Look no further. Dr Tallah tells us how she is charting a different terrain for herself as an IMG in fellowship.

Clarisse Tallah MD, was born and raised in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, Africa and immigrated to the United States in 2006. She later on completed an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Tallah graduated cum laude from Saint George’s University School of Medicine, St. George’s Grenada through the Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program based in Northumbria University, New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 

Dr. Tallah trained at the family medicine residency program in New York University Langone Brooklyn during which she received a recognition for scholarly activity. She is the co-author of 4 research articles and contributed an article in the New York State Family Physician.

She is currently pursuing a maternity care fellowship at the Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket, Rhode Island while also pursuing a Master’s degree in public health from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. She hopes to join the fight in decreasing the ever growing maternal mortality related to child birth.

In this episode she describes her journey as a non-US IMG. She also shares on how she obtained a National Interest Waiver on her own. She also gives us advice on how to obtain research experience as an IMG and how this helped her IMG journey.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Tallah is a prolific salsa dancer with occasional indulgence in Tango and Hustle. She also enjoys traveling the world to experience different cultures. 

To order a copy of the book I wrote with Dr Tallah visit: https://doctorlum-llc.square.site/

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