Get sick in Toledo, Ohio, and chances are good you'll be treated by a doctor born in another country. If you have allergies, stomach issues or neurological problems, the chances are even better. At least half of those doctors are foreign-born, Ohio Medical Board data shows 2014 some from the seven countries listed on President Trump's travel ban.
Allergist Syed Rehman, for instance, was born in Iraq, attended medical school in Pakistan and came to the United States for his speciality training in 1984. Neurologist Mouhammad Jumaa was born in Syria, went to medical school in Damascus, then did eight years