International Medical Graduates in the US Plastic Surgery Residency: Characteristics of Successful Applicants - eplasty

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ePlasty ISSN:1937-5719. Publisher: Open Science Company. LLC

ePlasty: Vol. 18

International Medical Graduates in the US Plastic Surgery Residency: Characteristics of Successful Applicants
George Kokosis, MD,^a Angelo A. Leto Barone, MD,^a Michael J. Grzelak, BS,^a Sara Alfadil, MD,^a Edward H. Davidson, MBChB,^b Scott Lifchez, MD,^a and Amir H. Dorafshar, MBChB^a
^aDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; and ^bDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Correspondence: adorafshar@gmail.com
Drs Kokosis and Leto Barone contributed equally to this work and are to be considered first authors.
Presented at: American Society of Plastic Surgeons conference, Orlando, Fla, October 2017.
Keywords: international medical graduate, plastic surgery match, integrated plastic surgery match, independent plastic surgery match, plastic surgery residency

Objectives: Within the United States, plastic surgery is a difficult field to match into for both US and international medical graduates. While the number of available residency positions has grown in recent year .......

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