If you have ever wondered about how a Family Medicine Physician can specialize or obtain additional certification. 
Look no further. Dr Tallah tells us how she is charting a different terrain for herself as an IMG in fellowship.
Clarisse Tallah MD, was born and raised in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, Africa and immigrated to the United States in 2006. She later on completed an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Tallah graduated cum laude from Saint George’s University School of Medicine, St. George’s Grenada through the Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program based in Northumbria University, New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 
Dr. Tallah trained at the family medicine residency program in New York University Langone Brooklyn during which she received a recognition for scholarly activity. She is the co-author of 4 research articles and contributed an article in the New York State Family Physician.
She is currently pursuing a maternity care fellowship at the Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket, Rhode Island while also pursuing a Master’s degree in public health from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. She hopes to join the fight in decreasing the ever growing maternal mortality related to child birth.
In this episode she describes her journey as a non-US IMG. She also shares on how she obtained a National Interest Waiver on her own. She also gives us advice on how to obtain research experience as an IMG and how this helped her IMG journey.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Tallah is a prolific salsa dancer with occasional indulgence in Tango and Hustle. She also enjoys traveling the world to experience different cultures. 
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