ERAM ALAM-THE CARE OF FOREIGNERS-How Immigrant MDs Changed US Healthcare.

Written on September 18th, 2026

For years, Harvard professor ERAM ALAM has been looking at the role immigrant physicians play in US healthcare. We fill a chronic shortage of new domestic MDs with doctors trained elsewhere. Nearly a quarter of our physicians went to medical school outside the U.S. or Canada . We talk about her book, THE CARE OF FOREIGNERS: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare. I feel this is one of those issues where too many of us either don’t recognize its existence or don’t realize its implications. You can learn more at eramalam.com