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International physicians in rural and underserved areas face inability to remain in the US

April 1, 2026Amer Zeidan MBBS,MHS ‏عامر زيدان

Amer Zeidan describes thousands of physicians from countries such as Nigeria, Venezuela, and Cuba staffing rural and underserved areas but facing barriers to staying, threatening access in places already short on clinicians.

The doctors, from countries like Nigeria, Venezuela and Cuba, often work in rural and underserved areas, places where American doctors are in short supply.
But those physicians, numbering in the thousands, are finding themselves with no way to remain
Amer Zeidan MBBS,MHS ‏عامر زيدان
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