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cord-035181-l1heb3or	Nagarajan, Kiran Koushik	Prevalence of US-trained International Medical Graduates (IMG) physicians awaiting permanent residency: a quantitative analysis	2020-10-29		.txt	text/plain	2385	127	51	title: Prevalence of US-trained International Medical Graduates (IMG) physicians awaiting permanent residency: a quantitative analysis CONCLUSIONS: The total number of US-trained immigrant physicians in active practice awaiting permanent residency to the USA is estimated to be ranging between 14,710 and 16,189. We formulated a stepwise approach to the problem, by first quantifying the number of non-US IMGs (International Medical Graduates who were not US citizens), who had sought residency training in the USA, from 2004 until 2020. These numbers were used to get an estimate of physicians who had likely applied for immigrant petitions currently practicing in the USA but were awaiting permanent residency. The 2018 FSMB census data suggested that while the proportion of physicians from China was relatively small and was not quantified, the majority of licensed IMGs that were currently in practice in the US had graduated from medical schools in India, with their numbers being estimated at 50,173 (23%) (Figure 1 ) [15] .	./cache/cord-035181-l1heb3or.txt	./txt/cord-035181-l1heb3or.txt