<![CDATA[IMG Voices]]>IMG Voices is a story-first podcast featuring thoughtful conversations with international medical graduates.

Guests reflect on the decisions, challenges, mentors, setbacks, and opportunities that shaped their lives in medicine. The podcast moves beyond exams and applications to explore relocation, identity, belonging, leadership, and building a career across countries and medical systems.

Hosted by George Doumat, MD. Made possible with support from Intealth.

The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not represent any hospital, university, employer, or other organization.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:22:23 GMTSat, 05 Sep 2026 22:01:18 GMT60George Doumat<p>IMG Voices is a story-first podcast featuring thoughtful conversations with international medical graduates.</p><p>Guests reflect on the decisions, challenges, mentors, setbacks, and opportunities that shaped their lives in medicine. The podcast moves beyond exams and applications to explore relocation, identity, belonging, leadership, and building a career across countries and medical systems.</p><p></p><p>Hosted by George Doumat, MD. Made possible with support from Intealth.</p><p></p><p>The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not represent any hospital, university, employer, or other organization.</p>episodicGeorge Doumatdoumat97@gmail.comno<![CDATA[#1: Dr. Dino Kazi - Leadership, identity and perseverance]]>What does it take to build a meaningful career in medicine far from where you started?

In the first episode of IMG Voices, I sit down with Dr. Dino Kazi, who grew up in Pakistan, trained at Dow Medical College in Karachi, and came to the United States to build a career in medicine. Today, he is a Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, a rheumatologist, Vice Chair of Education, and Program Director of one of the largest internal medicine residency programs in the country.

His career in medical education has earned him some of its highest honors, including UT Southwestern’s 2025 GME Program Director of the Year and the ACGME’s 2026 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.

We talk about the journey behind those titles: coming to America as an international medical graduate, building a career and a reputation over decades, becoming a leader and mentor, and what he has learned along the way about medicine, education, and the people we become while pursuing both.

A fitting first conversation for IMG Voices, and a story about how far an IMG journey can go.

]]>28e70b44-be13-4d07-bd4e-1995b97b42a7Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:20:10 GMT<p>What does it take to build a meaningful career in medicine far from where you started?</p><p></p><p>In the first episode of <i>IMG Voices</i>, I sit down with Dr. Dino Kazi, who grew up in Pakistan, trained at Dow Medical College in Karachi, and came to the United States to build a career in medicine. Today, he is a Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, a rheumatologist, Vice Chair of Education, and Program Director of one of the largest internal medicine residency programs in the country.</p><p></p><p>His career in medical education has earned him some of its highest honors, including UT Southwestern’s 2025 GME Program Director of the Year and the ACGME’s 2026 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.</p><p>We talk about the journey behind those titles: coming to America as an international medical graduate, building a career and a reputation over decades, becoming a leader and mentor, and what he has learned along the way about medicine, education, and the people we become while pursuing both.</p><p></p><p>A fitting first conversation for <i>IMG Voices</i>, and a story about how far an IMG journey can go.</p>no00:50:1411#1: Dr. Dino Kazi - Leadership, identity and perseverancefull