title: Physician shortages and our increasing dependence on the international medical graduate: is there a mutually beneficial solution?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Kyla P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Terhune
authors.forename: Naji N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Abumrad
mesh_terms: D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D013502:General Surgery / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce