Matching into Internal Medicine with USMLE Brazil Founder - Dr. Bruno Lima

Success in Medicine

If you are an international medical graduate (IMG) seeking to complete your residency training in the U.S., you will face unique challenges in your efforts to match successfully. Overcoming these challenges will require a strong understanding of the application process as well as the strength and perseverance to handle the ups and downs that you will experience during this process.

What will be particularly invaluable to you as you navigate these hurdles is knowing how IMGs before you reached their goals. In this episode, join Dr. Samir Desai as he interviews Dr. Bruno Lima, a remarkable young physician from Brazil who completed his internal medicine residency training at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Lima is currently a cardiology fellow at Emory University and will be starting a Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2021.

In this episode, Dr. Lima will walk us through the steps he took to become an internal medicine resident in the U.S. As we discuss the volunteer, clinical, and research experiences he took part in, you will gain insight into how the choices that we make and the people with whom we work can have a major impact on our personal and professional growth as well as our chances of success. You’ll be left with some powerful lessons that will help guide you in your own journey to a successful match.