About USMLESarthi: Who we are and how we can help you Match

We conceived USMLESarthi with a simple dream - To guide Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) - aka International Medical Graduates (IMGs) - in their quest for matching into their desired Residency program in the US and to help fulfill their professional aspirations. While IMGs make up 25% of the physician workforce in the United States, they face significant hurdles in the entire process of starting to prepare for the Match to the actual period of Residency and Fellowship training. Some of the unique challenges for IMGs are:

• Academic (Issues around exam preparation, finding right clerkships, interview preparation) 
• Linguistic and cultural (interacting with patients, other physicians and stakeholders in the US Medical System)
• Immigration and visa related issues while applying for Residency or Fellowship

Our ‘Sarthis’ or Mentors- are a team of IMGs, AMGs, former Program Coordinators, MBAs and US Journalists. They are committed to leveraging their success and experience to coach IMGs and help them with the Residency Match.

Our highly impactful and value-added mentorship assists IMGs and enables them to reach their full potential. Our services:

• Help them prepare strategically for a successful career in the U.S. health care system, starting with the Residency Match
• Prepare them to overcome professional challenges faced throughout their careers in the US such as adapting to a new culture of medicine, meeting and exceeding the expectations of patients, colleagues, and supervisors and learning appropriate behavior and practices in the workplace
• Equip them with skills and tools to bridge the differences in resources, technology, and epidemiology typically encountered in the US and home country.

​Our uniqueness

While there are hundreds of USMLE preparation and Residency Match services available, we pride ourselves on being unique and directly relevant to IMGs.

• Our team has intricate knowledge of the US Medical System with our panel physicians having more than 50 years of combined clinical and research experience in the US in top tier institutes. All of them have mentored and coached numerous IMG applicants over the course of their careers.
• Our team understands and can relate to the challenges, background, credentials and professional aspirations of IMGs preparing for US Residency.
• We have former Program Coordinators, AMGs, US Journalists and US IMGs on our panel as well and they bring a very useful perspective on the Match for our students.
• Our students have matched in all the IMG preferred specialties, as well as AMG preferred specialties like Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery and Radiology. 
• We have a unique mentorship model and we apply a highly customized approach to each of our students. Each applicant will get guidance and coaching directly from one of our panel physicians.
• Most importantly, we love to mentor IMGs - whichever service you are working with us on - we are ready to pick up the phone and guide you.
• We can help you even if you have low USMLE scores, limited/no US clinical experience, or if you are a repeat applicant. Check out the testimonials from our satisfied student- recent graduates, older YoGs, those with low scores or attempts and those who could not match earlier despite multiple attempts.
• Also check out our Results page to see where our students have matched.

Our aim is to provide practical and timely advice based on first-hand knowledge of the process and help you avoid the usual pitfalls, as well as approach the process with confidence.

So, if you are looking for highly experienced team committed to providing you personalized advice and support to help you achieve your dreams of graduate medical education in the United States, get in touch with us!


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