A Hoosier Homecoming

Reflections from my family trip to Indiana

The bridge leading to downtown Columbus, the city where I lived during the second half of my life in Indiana.

The United States offers foreign-educated doctors a nice deal. Spend a couple of years practicing in a physician-scarce area, and they’ll put you on a fast-track to citizenship. My dad, a graduate of the University of Damascus medical school and an aspiring American citizen, eagerly accepted this offer.