Meet Osama Ibrahim, an Egyptian opthamologist practicing in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about getting his medical license here, his work as a researcher, and the challenges he's had as a foreign doctor in Japan.

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0:00 Intro

0:46 Meet Ibrahim

4:21 Coming to Japan

8:07 PhD in Japan

14:49 Overcoming the language barrier

19:35 Getting a Japanese medical license

26:03 Passing the exam

30:07 Treating Japanese vs. foreign patients

36:18 Navigating the Japanese medical system

40:01 Research on eye surgery

48:09 Medical tourism to Japan

51:56 Common eye problems in Japan

54:28 Navigating medical regulations

58:53 Looking back

1:02:38 Goals for the future

1:07:20 Advice for anyone considering studying in Japan

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