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Match Day
Paging Our New Doctors
For 19 of our jobseekers, this Match Day marked a moment when years of sacrifice turned…
March 27, 2026
25 Years 25 Stories
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
“I want to make people less vulnerable.”
Photo credit: Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Russian doctor rebuilds career and finds new hope in Chicago When…
August 5, 2025
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Match Day
They were doctors — then they had to start over.
With Upwardly Global’s support, internationally trained physicians are matching into U.S. residencies and rebuilding their lives…
July 2, 2025
25 Years 25 Stories
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
“Upwardly Global yields results. I’m one of them.”
Doctor from the Dominican Republic brings neurology expertise to Illinois When Johan joined his wife in…
February 25, 2025
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
A Nigerian Doctor’s Journey To Fill Critical Medical Gaps in Illinois
International medical graduate featured in Upwardly Global’s latest report fights exclusionary practices in pursuit of providing critical…
December 6, 2023
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Venezuela
Venezuelan Anesthesiologist Finds Her Way Back to the Operating Room
Upwardly Global empowers Vanessa, an asylee from Venezuela, to restart her medical career at NewYork-Presbyterian Vanessa…
October 5, 2023
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Ukraine
Upwardly Global Helps Ukrainian Doctor Land U.S. Medical Residency
After six years in the U.S., Ihor reboots a promising neurology career In 2017, a stint…
June 14, 2023
Artificial Intelligence
Healthcare
Ukraine
Ukrainian Neurologist Rebuilds Career and Finds Community in the U.S.
Upwardly Global alum Sofiia flees war and gives back in both the U.S. and Ukraine In…
May 24, 2023
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Match Day
Turkish Doctor Gets a Residency Match and a Chance for Freedom
Match Day is the day when the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) alerts graduate medical students…
March 21, 2022
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Foreign Trained MD Brings Global Perspective to the Fight Against Covid-19 in Illinois
Adebola trained as a medical doctor in Nigeria, but after a few years of clinical practice…
December 29, 2021
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Nurse from Tunisia Fills Critical Staffing Need at Chicago Hospital
Jawad, a nurse from Tunisia, describes his first three months in the U.S. as like walking…
December 21, 2021
Alumni Stories
Healthcare
Doctor from Venezuela Faces Adversity with Gratitude & Hope
It was a love for practicing medicine that led Adriana to leave her home country of…
December 17, 2021