I was a professor of OBGYN in Faculty of Medicine Cairo University, the First and largest Medical School and teaching hospital in the Middle East .
I finished residency, Masters and PhD of OBGYN in Cairo University/Egypt also a Fellowship of Reproductive Endocrinology in Cochin Hospital , Paris /France.
I got married to an American Citizen and was planning to move to live with him in the US, but faced with the fact that I cannot practice medicine before passing the USMLE exams.
I stayed in my home country and studied for the USMLE while working a full time Job Physician and caring for my kid and my ill father.
I passed all the steps 1, 2, and even step 3 USMLE and then I decided to move to the US after 9 years marriage .
I applied for the match 3 successive years paying more the $3000 each year without a single interview ,why? Because the programs filter my application according to the year of graduation.
I tried to search for a healthcare job , I emailed hospitals and universities more than 100 emails per day and either no reply or you are not licensed to work for this position even as a medical assistant what a shame !
Now my marital life is on the verge of breakdown, I am thinking to go back home to practice as an ObGyn, leaving everything in the US.
Sincerely.
Anonymous MD