115. Breaking the Mold: From Brazil to Johns Hopkins - The Journey of Dr. Rhanderson Cardoso (IMG Roadmap Series #108)

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Have you ever heard that International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can’t secure spots in top programs and competitive specialties? Dr. Rhanderson Cardoso, a successful cardiologist at Harvard Medical School at the Brigham Women's Faulkner Hospital, is here to prove otherwise!

Background:

• Currently working at Harvard Medical School
• Attended Medical school in Brazil
• Completed Internal Medicine residency at University of Miami, where he served as a chief resident
• Cardiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins followed by Imaging Fellowship at Harvard Medical School
• Stays on as faculty and performs research and teaches residents

Match Journey:

• Dr. Cardoso's dream was always to complete medical residency in the US
• ECMFG provided the opportunity for him to do so
• Completed Step 1 in his 5th year of medical school and had observerships in the US
• Despite the lack of people taking the same path, he applied for residency just after graduation
• Mistakes in application: no publications and applied to too few programs
• Matched at University of Miami and was able to secure better programs in the future

Challenges:

• Matched and completed residency on J1
• Long residency (3 years of medicine, 1 year of chief residency, and 3 years of fellowship)
• Had to apply for extension for additional training in cardiac imaging
• Took on a position in academic institution after residency and now has an O visa

Research Difficulty:

• As a 1st-year resident, he had limited time to do research
• He learned systematic review and meta-analysis to become more appealing to collaborators and mentors

Barriers for IMGs:

• Financial expenses
• English language proficiency
• Difficulty in getting meaningful research done

Webinar: Dr. Cardoso is hosting a webinar on February 28th on the publication roadmap. You can find more information on his Instagram @rhandersoncardoso.md and @metaanalysis.academy.

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