Texas, Facing Doctor Shortage, Eases Path for Foreign-Trained Physicians

Texas changes law to attract foreign-trained doctors

Texas joins 17 other states that are making it easier for foreign medical graduates to work as doctors here. About a quarter of the state’s licensed doctors were trained outside the U.S.

Texas, facing doctor shortage, eases path for foreign-trained physicians

Like many internationally trained physicians in the United States, it took years before Duncanville surgeon Anil Tibrewal could call Texas home.Fifteen years of medical training to be exact. While the U.S. usually requires international medical graduates to complete a second medical residency in this country, Tibrewal completed three: one in India, another in England and the third in New York and Cleveland.I just thought about what is best for m…