NICK PLUMB: This is Korbin Colthorp. He’s the ONLY doctor in Western Michigan University’s 28-person Family Medicine–Kalamazoo residency who attended medical school in the United States. The other 27 went to medical school abroad.

This is Korbin Colthorp.

He’s the ONLY doctor in Western Michigan University’s 28-person Family Medicine–Kalamazoo residency who attended medical school in the United States.

The other 27 went to medical school abroad.

27 out of 28. 96.4%.

Americans are told we have a doctor… pic.twitter.com/zlSiIdxGGi

— Nick Plumb (@PlumbNick) October 1, 2026

NEED APPENDICITIS SURGERY? NYREACH is giving International Medical Graduates New York clinical experience, letters of recommendation and a pathway toward residency.

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NYREACH is giving International Medical Graduates New York clinical experience, letters of recommendation and a pathway toward residency.

Their own recruitment page says applicants must have “excellent oral and written communication skills in English.”

Now… pic.twitter.com/5dD06Fuo1y

— Nick Plumb (@PlumbNick) October 1, 2026

NYREACH. 

Foreign-trained physicians are now being taught how to shop between states for the easiest path into American medical practice without repeating a full U.S. residency.

Massachusetts? 1 year of prior experience.

Iowa? 5 years.

Some states restrict the pathway to… pic.twitter.com/eQPhbi8SKE

— Nick Plumb (@PlumbNick) October 1, 2026