Zawar Raza

“You get what you strive for” MBBS’16 | FMC 🩺

[James Blunt @JBlunt1018]

NOT AGAIN —

Over the past decade, the U.S. has steadily increased the number of residency positions, reaching 43,237 total positions in 2025, the highest ever.

Yet even with that growth, the system still struggles to fully align supply with demand.

Every year, 93–94% of U.S. MD seniors match, and over 92% of DO seniors match, meaning the vast majority of U.S. graduates secure positions.

At the same time, nearly 10,000 international medical graduates (IMGs) matched into U.S. residency programs in 2025, filling critical gaps in the system.

Even after the main match, 2,500+ residency positions remained unfilled and had to be offered through SOAP, a process specifically designed to fill vacancies that U.S. grads did not take.

IMGs are not “taking” spots at scale, they face much lower match rates (≈58–68%) compared to U.S. graduates, meaning they are competing for and often filling the positions others leave behind.

The facts remain

— U.S. grads overwhelmingly match at high rates
— Certain specialties and locations remain undesirable
— And thousands of positions would go unfilled without IMGs

Without international doctors, entire parts of the U.S. healthcare system, especially rural and primary care, would be understaffed.

How did we end up wanting to blow up everything that adds value to America?

[Finance Guy @GuyInFinance]

Our intern after he makes an honest mistake that we don’t really care about

[Fidato @tequieremos]

“I would start from where I left day before yesterday. PAF vs IAF: 6-0”

~ Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Responses

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

I will never not love this video.

🎥 @nqtv

[Dr. Mehak Semy @MehakSemy]

My brain this week:

0% focus on pending tasks
100% Match Anxiety.

[Dr. Mehak Semy @MehakSemy]

Is it just me, or does everyone double-check their rank order list almost every day to make sure it’s still certified?

#MatchDayAnxiety
#ERAS
#match2025 #ROL

[Simplify Rx 📱 @simplify_drugs]

🙌

[Mujeeb Zubair, MD @MujeebZubair]

“Constrictive pericarditis: the heart gets trapped in a hard, scarred ‘shell’ that restricts its movement.

[Clement Lee, MD, MSc @ClementLeeMD]

starting residency on ICU nights

[• @Al__Quraan]

Verse of the day

“You ˹alone˺ we worship and You ˹alone˺ we ask for help.”

— Al Qur’aan [1:5]

[• @Al__Quraan]

Verse of the day

“And ˹surely˺ your Lord will give so much to you that you will be pleased.”

— Al Qur’aan [93:5]

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

💔🇵🇸 Same planet, different worlds…

[Adeel Raja @adeelraja]

IK is coming!!

[Umer Inam @UmerInamPk]

بہت ظالم ہے پاکستانی ٹویٹر کمیونٹی

[أذكارك @ii_e19]

كررها دائما..

[𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 @HaramainInfo]

Waterfall on Mount Uhud

[Libradore ♡ 🇵🇰 @lyba96]

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