International Medical Graduates in the US Plastic Surgery Residency: Characteristics of Successful Applicants | |
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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 |
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Correspondence: adorafshar@gmail.com |
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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 ....... |