Refugee Physicians Advocacy Coalition
Return on Investment: How Investing in Refugee International Medical Graduates Can Solve the Physician Shortage
Official Statement on U.S. Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2027 and Refugee Status Terminations
Every refugee carries a story that began long before they reached our shores: a home left behind, loved ones lost, years spent waiting for the chance to live without fear. For more than ten years, Their Story Is Our Story has listened to those stories and shared them. Two actions by the administration now threaten to leave many of them unfinished, in danger, with nowhere to turn.
Refugee Physicians Advocacy Coalition
Helping ITPs Succeed: Insights from Leading Support Programs
In 2024, Virginia joined several other states to stem the U.S. doctor shortage by passing alternative re-licensure laws for certain Internationally Trained Physicians (ITPs). Although these efforts are a strong start, Virginia should also consider adopting elements of other states’ support programs to better leverage the ITP talent pool.
Partner Profile: No One Left Behind
Their Story is Our Story and No One Left Behind (NOLB) joined forces in 2025 to launch the StoryShield program.
We spoke with Matthew Marcellus, Director of Communications with NOLB, and asked what the partnership with TSOS has meant for his organization and their Afghan clients.
Context with Layma
Social media presents us with an endless scroll of headlines and ‘hot takes’. What’s often missing is context. What is the history that led up to an event? Whose interests are served by a certain policy? What effects is that policy having on people’s lives? Layma Murtaza produces and hosts the video series “Context with Layma”, featured on Their Story is Our Story’s social media channels. We spoke to her about the context of her own life, as an Afghan-American and a professional in humanitarian aid, that led her to use storytelling to illuminate the personal and political context behind the headlines.
Refugee Physicians Advocacy Coalition
De-skilling and the Mental Health Effects Among Refugee Physicians
Discussions of physician workforce policy tend to organize themselves around numbers. Shortage projections, residency slot allocations, and licensing timelines dominate the literature, and for understandable reasons. More than 83 million people in the United States currently live in areas without sufficient access to a primary care physician, and projections suggest the country could face a shortage of as many as 120,000 physicians by 2030.
