Welcome to our latest Hippocratic Adventures Interview! Today we are very excited to have Dr. Christopher Mulla with us. Dr. Christopher Mulla is an Endocrinologist currently working at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. 1.Tell us your story,...
Practicing Medicine in Germany
Moving to Germany Became the Soul Reboot a Pathologist Needed
Welcome to our latest Hippocratic Adventures chat! Today we are learning from Dr. Kathrina Alexander. Dr. Alexander is an Anatomic & Clinical Pathologist with subspecialty training in Hematopathology. She was born in the US and did her Residency and Fellowship...
How to Practice Medicine as a Specialist in Germany
An American doctor hoping to practice medicine as a specialist in Germany will need to be fluent in German and have Approbation (the full German Medical License). Then you can apply for Specialty recognition, Facharztdiplom, which we detail here. For more information...
An American Doctor Moves to Germany
In the middle of my intern year, March 2013, I fell in love with a tall, dark, and handsome German man at an osteopathic course in Oregon. We had a long-distance relationship for 3.5 years spanning my residency and a year...
Avoid this Mistake When Applying for a German Medical License
American doctors practicing in Germany need to obtain German Medical Licensure, as outlined in an earlier post. Licensure requires non-EU trained physicians to take the Kentnissprüfung (KP), a medical knowledge oral exam, in German. The Merkblatt, the brochure listing...
Eight Steps to German Medical Licensure
Germany is the Land of Bureaucracy and details are important. Here we provide a detailed guide to medical registration to help you practice medicine in Germany. If the registration paperwork isn’t exactly how they want it, it will be rejected. Trust me - I learned the...