The number of resident doctors in the US who were trained abroad increased yet again in 2022, despite the ongoing pandemic. And of the more than 7,500 foreign-trained physicians, two-fifths of them were US citizens. Studying medicine abroad is an important and sometimes contentious topic to discuss. To find out more about the life of a medical doctor who left his home country to study medicine, took the US medical licensing exams, and then continued traveling as a doctor, we’ll talk with Dr. Dan Levi today. // Interviewee: Former AMBOSS medical student advisor, Dr. Dan Levi. //ECFMG: Match Shows International Medical Graduates Are Resilient and Competitive in Pursuit of U.S. Graduate Medical Education / https://www.ecfmg.org/news/2022/03/21/match-shows-international-medical-graduates-are-resilient-and-competitive-in-pursuit-of-u-s-graduate-medical-education/ Medical Education Journal: American medical students in Israel: stress and coping / https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1996.tb00866.x  The Times of Israel: Israel ends lucrative American medical training programs to focus on local doctors / https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-ends-lucrative-american-medical-training-programs-to-focus-on-local-doctors/  Global Health Promotion: The impact of an international health study abroad program on university students from the United States / https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975909339766  International Journal for Equity in Health: The COVID-19 pandemic and health workforce brain drain in Nigeria / https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01789-z BMC Research Notes: The Libyan doctors' brain drain: an exploratory study / https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-242  // Sign up for a free 5-day trial at go.amboss.com/pod-5day-trial. Read more at the AMBOSS blog: go.amboss.com/blog-ambosspod. Find out more about the AMBOSS podcast: go.amboss.com/int_podcast-23.