![]() ![]() To learn more about the specialty of family medicine, the AAFP's positions on issues and clinical care, and for downloadable multi-media highlighting family medicine, visit For information about health care, health conditions and wellness, please visit the AAFP’s award-winning consumer website, About the American Academy of Pediatrics Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care. Today, family physicians provide more care for America’s underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty. Family physicians conduct approximately one in five office visits - that’s 192 million visits annually or 48 percent more than the next most visited medical specialty. It is the only medical society devoted solely to primary care. It is imperative that IMGs be allowed to continue their important work on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic without fear of the loss of their immigration status, or that of their families.Ībout the American Academy of Family Physiciansįounded in 1947, the AAFP represents 134,600 physicians and medical students nationwide. patients should not be separated from their families, especially during a pandemic.įurther delays in visa processing will unnecessarily compromise the nation’s COVID-19 response, needlessly endanger vulnerable patient populations, and will place even greater pressure on those serving heroically in this effort. The IMGs who have sacrificed so much to better the lives of U.S. Compounding fear of personal safety is the uncertainty of visa status.Īs our nation continues to experience a workforce shortage in the midst of a pandemic, we urge the Administration and Congress to support the IMG workforce by expediting processing of H-1B visas for IMGs prioritizing change of status applications for those on O-1, J-1, and H-1B visas and granting an automatic one-year extension of H-4 visas for spouses and dependent children of IMGs. Like all physicians practicing medicine during the pandemic, IMGs are answering the call every day to care for their patients while facing shortages of personal protective equipment and diagnostic testing. They often work in underserved and rural areas to meet their waiver requirements before applying for permanent resident status. IMGs fill critical gaps in care that are especially imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic. and those seeking to begin residency training this summer are able to serve their communities and meet the nation’s health care workforce needs. We call on the Administration and Congress to take immediate action to ensure that IMGs practicing in the U.S. We appreciate the vital role that International Medical Graduate physicians (IMGs) hold for our patients and our health care workforce. Our members care for our nation’s children, pregnant women, adults, and elderly, covering a full range of physical, mental, and behavioral health conditions. Congressional Leadership Conference (CLC). ![]() 2023 Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting. ![]()
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