Going Back Home: Understanding the Challenges and Discrimination of Early and Mid-Career International and Puerto Rican Medical Graduates in Oncology Fields in the United States
Our sobering findings underscore the need for institutional enforcement of an inclusive environment encompassing cultural humility, enactment of programs addressing barriers to socialization, immigration laws, and financial support, creation of IMG-specific support networks, and the sponsorship and promoting of minority women physicians.
Authors
- Coral Olazagasti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6658-0170)
- Carolina Bernabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3312-3715)
- Arthi Sridhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8139-3322)
- Miki Horiguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9800-1954)
- Narjust Florez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0806-6722)
- Claudia Villa Celi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-0505)
- Mariana González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2719-316X)
- Arun Mahtani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2101-7157)
- Lauren Kiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9584-012X)
- Nazlı Dizman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-8513)
- Ana I. Velázquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6153-5557)
- Oyepeju Abioye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-2120)
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Allegheny Health Network (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Capital Health (US)
- Universidad American College (NI)
- Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Global Oncology
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/go-24-00513
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00