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Dear all, 

Myself and my husband are both doctors trained in the UK but working in Canada. I’m looking for advice primarily  regarding my husband as he is further down the tracks and has completed all exams, whereas I’m still trying to obtain LMCC.

Husband is an OBGYN specialist with MRCOG from UK and has been a doctor for 26 years. He has been working in Canada for the past 5 years and has a full licence here (LMCC) as well as FRCS. 

My father grew up in the US and I’ve always wanted to live there. 

My question is, can my husband work there without having to do USMLE and residency there? My understanding is that some states accept LMCC as equivalent to USMLE but as essentially an IMG ( even though he has all the Canadian exams) he would need to do a 4 year residency in OBGYN? Is this correct? Basically the US accepts a Canadian MD and residency but not training from any other country. However I was wondering whether working for 5 years in Canada with all the Canadian qualifications too would be looked at differently? 

Its very hard to get advice even going onto specific states medical licensing boards looking into their requirements. I was wondering whether anyone knew of somewhere or someone we could contact to get specific advice? 

Any advice or pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 

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14 minutes ago, LJT78 said:

Dear all, 

Myself and my husband are both doctors trained in the UK but working in Canada. I’m looking for advice primarily  regarding my husband as he is further down the tracks and has completed all exams, whereas I’m still trying to obtain LMCC.

Husband is an OBGYN specialist with MRCOG from UK and has been a doctor for 26 years. He has been working in Canada for the past 5 years and has a full licence here (LMCC) as well as FRCS. 

 My father grew up in the US and I’ve always wanted to live there. 

My question is, can my husband work there without having to do USMLE and residency there? My understanding is that some states accept LMCC as equivalent to USMLE but as essentially an IMG ( even though he has all the Canadian exams) he would need to do a 4 year residency in OBGYN? Is this correct? Basically the US accepts a Canadian MD and residency but not training from any other country. However I was wondering whether working for 5 years in Canada with all the Canadian qualifications too would be looked at differently? 

 Its very hard to get advice even going onto specific states medical licensing boards looking into their requirements. I was wondering whether anyone knew of somewhere or someone we could contact to get specific advice? 

 Any advice or pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 

Each state has slightly different requirements. Some states require the USMLE, whereas others do not. Which states are you and your husband interested in moving to? 

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Thanks for your response ArchEnemy. My father grew up in Texas so that would be first choice along with Florida as we’ve spent a lot of time there. California would be great too as we’re currently on west coast of Canada.....

But to be honest, we’re willing to look at mostly all states- with only a preference for the warmer ones after living in freezing Scotland and Ireland! 

Seems to me that our stumbling block is the fact that our medical degrees and postgraduate training are from outside the US or Canada........

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22 hours ago, LJT78 said:

Thanks for your response ArchEnemy. My father grew up in Texas so that would be first choice along with Florida as we’ve spent a lot of time there. California would be great too as we’re currently on west coast of Canada.....

But to be honest, we’re willing to look at mostly all states- with only a preference for the warmer ones after living in freezing Scotland and Ireland! 

Seems to me that our stumbling block is the fact that our medical degrees and postgraduate training are from outside the US or Canada........

I believe your foreign medical degrees and training from UK will be your greatest obstacles. Unless you are recruited by an academic institute who is willing to sponsor both of you for a H1B (or even O1 visa), it will be challenging to obtain the proper licenses to work in US unfortunately. In order to eligible to obtain the H1B, you will need to have completed your USMLEs (Steps 1 - 3).

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