International Medical Graduates IMG

Drs. Virani, Madaan, and Khan are International Medical Graduates (IMG) who come from different cultural backgrounds. Join these three as they recount personal stories of the highs and lows of being an IMG in the US.  They discuss the physician and patient discrimination they faced through micro and macro aggressions and the road ahead for them and for other IMGs. Also appearing in the episode is Sarah El-Halabi.   Dr. Sanya Virani Host Guests Vishal Madaan, MD, is a tenured Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He is the founding Director for the Center for Psychopharmacology Research in Youth at UVA and serves as Training Director for the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program there. In the recent past, Dr. Madaan served as the Medical Director of the UVA child and family clinic, and Associate training director of the general psychiatry program at both University of Virginia and Creighton University.   Dr. Manal Khan from Karachi, Pakistan Education: Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Pakistan (MB, BS)  Residency: Duke University; University of Washington  Professional Interests: Childhood adversity, trauma, structural racism and its impact on the mental health of minorities, cultural psychiatry, and psychotherapy.  

Om Podcasten

Finding Our Voice is an anthology podcast that aligns with the American Psychiatric Association Presidential theme. It brings the viewpoints and opinions of the next generation of psychiatrists—including residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists—to the forefront. Listen as our host, Dr. Sanya Virani, leads discussions with guests who offer fresh perspectives on difficult issues by sharing their own stories and those of their patients. We hope you come away from each episode with new insights or a change of perspective. “Finding Our Voice” is a production of American Psychiatric Association Publishing and Psychiatric News. About our host: Sanya Virani, M.D., M.P.H., is APA’s resident-fellow trustee, a PGY-6 forensic psychiatry fellow at Brown University’s Alpert School of Medicine, and a Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. She served as the Chief Resident of Education and Research at Maimonides Medical Center, NY and the American Psychiatric Association's (APA's) Assembly Area 2 (New York state) and Brooklyn Psychiatric Society Resident-Fellow Member (RFM) Representative (2019-2020). She is now the RFM Trustee-Elect on the APA's Board of Trustees