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@mmamas1973 How do you know the black person is underprivileged? Also how can you assume that there are no Asians who aren’t underprivileged? They also can come from poor disadvantaged backgrounds. Race shouldn’t be a factor in who is rich and who is poor.

This isn't the flex that everyone thinks it is - it just means that another rich kid took a place of an under- privileged Black student who didn't have the life advantages of the rich kid and who could have made a meaningful difference to their own community and their own life.

@AhmadRehanKhan Do you know what the theme was? No one goes to the met gala to dress “ordinary”

@MD_pause Does it matter? J1 or H1 when there are tons of us students wanting the seat.

@s_brownie Are you talking fellowship or attending jobs? H1B is never a fellowship friendly visa. Most fellowships are on J1. After that you cant get hired to any job, you have to commit to a 3 years federal waiver job in rural area on H1B before you are allowed to adjust status.

This is pure rage bait. The people who get frenzied about H-1B assume that tech-sector logic applies to medicine. It does not. For the sake of outrage and engagement, they frame it as though a hospital is bringing in someone from outside the country to take a job from an American, and that is simply not how medicine works. The best gastroenterologist in Canada or India cannot simply show up in the United States, get an H-1B, and take this job. They would still need to complete about 7 years of U.S. residency and fellowship training before they could even be eligible for a position like this. This is an April posting. They likely need to keep the H-1B option open so they do not end up empty-handed by July. Clearly, they are struggling to fill this position. The pool of candidates for a role like this is extremely limited. Lets get to the basics first: 🔴To become a licensed pediatric gastroenterologist able to do advanced endoscopy in the United States, you are looking at about 15 years after high school: 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, 3 years of residency, 3 years of pediatric GI fellowship, and often 1 year of advanced endoscopy fellowship. 🔴There are only about 60 pediatric GI fellowship programs in the United States, graduating roughly 200 fellows each year. After that, advanced endoscopy is even narrower, with only about 15 programs nationwide graduating roughly 40 to 50 candidates proficient in advanced procedures. 🔴Then add another reality. Because compensation in general pediatrics is relatively low, pediatric residency relies heavily on international graduates. Roughly 30 to 40 percent of pediatric residency positions are filled by international graduates, while many U.S. graduates choose orthopedics, surgery, dermatology, and other higher-paying specialties, especially given student debt and the length of training. 🔴Even among U.S. graduates who do choose pediatrics, many stop after the 3 years of residency. The additional 3 to 4 years of fellowship training often do not offer a proportionate financial return. A pediatric gastroenterologist who spends 7 years in pediatric training after medical school, and a general pediatrician who trains for 3 years, can still end up in a similar salary range, often around $180,000 to $300,000 a year, despite the additional years of training and lost income. 🔴On top of that, about 30 to 40 percent of pediatric GI graduates are international graduates who require visas. And not all visa holders are equally available. Some require J-1 waivers, which may limit where they can work. So when you put it all together, if UPMC wants to fill this position, they are effectively competing for a pool of about 35 to 40 new graduates, nearly half of whom are visa-requiring. Narrow that further, and they may realistically be competing for something like 20 U.S. MD pediatric GI graduates plus about 10 H-1B-capable candidates. 🤷🏻 Now ask yourself: do you really think those 20 U.S. MDs are going to take a job that requires driving hours into rural Pittsburgh for lower academic pay? Of course not. Many will choose private practice or remain in major cities like Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, or Houston close to their family members. And for academic careers, they have options at places like Harvard, CHOP, NYU, Hopkins, Nationwide, Rainbow Babies, and Mayo Clinic. UPMC is a mid tier academic place. They will also choose urban positions with leadership or research opportunities, not outreach-heavy roles. That is the point. If UPMC does not keep H-1B as a backup, with a pool of perhaps 25 viable candidates, they risk having no one in place by July. And the fact that this job is being posted this late in the cycle tells you exactly what is happening: they are not being selective. They are trying to avoid ending up with nobody.

@LoyleRohitFan Hey dumb dumb. One is a whoop band for fitness and the other is an actual watch

Why does Radhika Merchant wear watches on both hands? 🤔

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@DrDatta_AIIMS Dude you can do this too. It’s called the @pranamservices from Adani Group lol. If you pay $100 you too can cut the line. Stop creating issues. Use ur MBBS money

Yeah this always happens. Celebrities cutting lines everywhere! Few years back, same thing happened to me. I’m standing at the gate, minding my own business, and the staff keeps telling me “sir please move aside quickly, very important person coming.” I was NOT going to put up with this bullshit. I decided that whoever this VIP is, I’m confronting this nonsense and got ready with my camera. Someone whispered: it’s a very famous cricketer. My brain immediately went: Sachin Tendulkar. And I thought… okay maybe I’ll let this one slide. But then the entourage arrived. Police everywhere. And out walks… Shikhar Dhawan. Bhai, all that security for SHIKHAR DHAWAN?! The fight mode came RIGHT back. So I marched straight up to him at the check-in counter. Looked him dead in the eyes. And said: “Sir, ek selfie milega?”

@Ank_Akshay @godbole_shilpa Yup it’s the adani pranam service. I’ve paid for it. It’s usually $120 lol. Anyone an do it

@godbole_shilpa Anyone could do it. It's called "Meet & Greet VIP service" you could be flying indigo or Private jet anyone can book this service through the airport ,& jump ques . It's a paid service by the Airport. Anyone can be the VIP if we pay 50-60K extra

She is not flying IndiGo or SpiceJet she’s likely on a private jet… so there goes the fairness part. Also, we have spent years normalizing politicians blocking roads like it’s their birthright convoys, sirens, entire cities on pause so they can get somewhere 7 minutes faster. So honestly, if Kareena Kapoor skips an airport queue I am good with it, because if she stands in a line, the line will become a crowd, stalling everyone. Let’s pick our battles.

@sachya2002 You can do it too. It’s called Pranam adani service. You can pay for them to take you in front of the line and escort you into the airport and handle all your luggage lol.

Kareena Kapoor broke the line at the airport and straight away moved to the gate. Why do celebrities get to do that? Who gave them this entitlement? Other people who are waiting at the airport also have urgent flights to catch, It's not fair to everyone.

@zapatas_mom STFU. Do you know how long it’s takes to become a doctor. I don’t see you comparing about tech or athlete salaries.smh. With how much debt doctors take. This salary is a joke. Healthcare isn’t expensive due to physician salaries. It’s insurance who takes ur money. So sit this out

This is like 300k+ a year. American doctors seem to not actually care about patients.

@Hearts0faKing I’m from NYC born and raised but I disagree. Chicago is the best city in the summer.

I love how yall keep trying to make NYC the IT girl. It’s hot, it’s dirty, there’s barely any greenery, the subways smell, and rats are everywhere. Food, drinks, and outings are super expensive. There’s no beaches or pool parties. It’s NOT worth.

@allisonoconn Just do uworld. It’s better then mksap

Since I short tracked I’m taking my internal medicine boards this August, a year after finishing internal medicine residency (🥲). What resources do people use to study?

@morehaldol @BrokenTruthTV You only applied to 43 programs? And had 7 interviews, hate to say it but your interview skills are probably the issue

@BrokenTruthTV usmd, pass step1, 82 percentile step2, 22 internal med, 21 emergency med, 7 interviews, didn’t match.

Let's hear from the US med school graduates who weren't matched this year.

@AhmadRehanKhan You also have to acknowledge that board scores aren’t everything. The way you carry yourself and interview also plays a factor. We need to get over score obsession, high scores don’t make good doctors. Being a team player, hard worker, and approachable do.

A 249–250 on Step 2 CK is considered average in today’s landscape, but for non-US IMGs, it often isn’t enough. Even scores in the 260s are no longer a guarantee. Without strong US clinical experience, meaningful research, and the right mentorship or connections, matching remains an uphill battle. In contrast, for US-IMGs, AMGs, and DOs, a 250 opens doors across many specialties. Same score, completely different reality.

@witchdemigodjay @Elhawary_MD That’s great for you but some people who have red flags in their application may need to do more work

@s_brownie @Elhawary_MD I did not do a single day of unpaid work anywhere. I have matched into residency.

I was in this boat before but I'm looking to it by a different way. First, you are getting trained on how to do research, so you should appreciate the opportunity you have. Second, if you put yourself in comparison with the AMGs, they pay around $300K to get into the residency training while you are paying nothing to be there. As an IMG, I feel like we are in far more better situation from financial point of view if I compare myself with an AMG! Just be grateful for the opportunity you have and try to show your good work to your professor so they can pay you faster!!

@witchdemigodjay @Elhawary_MD It’s not protections lol. It’s thier home country. I’m so tired of this privilege behavior of IMG’s. If you can practice in your home contury then why come to the US? It’s a privilege to come here and do residency. So your argument that IMG’s suffer and AMG’s don’t makes no sense

@Elhawary_MD I don’t think it’s comparable when an IMG perseveres war, famine, unstable governments and then poverty to USMDs who have protections in the US as citizens. I’m not begrudging this but the situation is not symmetrical. We can disagree but they are not comparable

@witchdemigodjay @Elhawary_MD But no one is forcing you to go to the US to do residency. Practice in your home country if you don’t want to do all this work. The solution is simple.

@Elhawary_MD Work is work. Even training is hard work. Work deserves compensation in monetary form. You cannot pay rent with ‘experience’.

@Yameiena 48 publications in a limited time is a red flag to be honest.

If someone follows me who knows of any program in IM then uplift this guy for SOAP. He is a dedicated professional who has 48 publications and distinctions in med school. Its beyond me that he got unmatched . I hope some program reconsiders him and they wont regret

@Nalin_Haley Weren’t your grandparents naturalized citizens?

Glad this is finally becoming a common sense mainstream take but it shouldn’t have taken people dying for it to get to this point. Complete immigration shutdown now!

@OpIndia_com No one changes, she’s playing for money. Once she is back she is going back to hating on Indians. She was the first person to start all this indian hate on twitters. Idk if it’s the British occupancy but yall got some weird obsession with people who hate ur own kind.

India Today has invited US commentator Laura Loomer to speak at the India Today Conclave. This is the same Loomer who called Indians “third-world invaders” and mocked India in racist posts online. The question that India Today needs to answer: why is an openly anti-India voice being given a platform in India? 🇮🇳 opindia.com/news-updates/r…