Ask Dr. Lum · IMG Roadmap®

IMG Roadmap®

A residency match mentor in your pocket, 24/7. Built on 10 years of real coaching with international medical students and graduates just like you.

No more conflicting Reddit threads. No more guessing alone at 2 a.m. Just clear, experienced answers the moment you need them.

You're all setAnswers grounded in the IMG Roadmap®'s methodology that has helped match the most impossible casesSources cited every time

Does this sound like you?

These are the real questions IMGs bring me, the ones that keep you up at night:

How do I handle a Step failure or multiple attempts so I'm not filtered out before a program ever sees my name?
What does the course teach besides mindset?
Who is the IMG Roadmap Course for?
What is an IMG?
When should I take this course?

If you nodded at even three of these, you already know the truth: the answers exist. You just haven't had a trusted place to get them.

Wisdom on Match by Dr. Lum

Hey, I'm Dr. Nina Lum aka Your IMG Coach. After helping over a 1,000 IMGs transform their mindset, network efficiently, and create competitive applications that landed them into their dream residency positions in the USA, I created Askdrlum to take this material even further.

You don’t need more advice. You need the right advice from someone who has actually walked IMGs through the Match. Meet Ask Dr. Lum: ten years of coaching, available the moment you need it.

Hi, I'm Dr. Lum. Ask me anything about your IMG journey.

You'll see my first thoughts appear as I type, then a final answer with the exact lessons I'm drawing from. Pick a question below or ask one of your own.

For a decade I’ve coached international medical graduates through every twist of the residency journey: ERAS, the USMLE, ECFMG, the NRMP, the personal statement, the interview, the SOAP, the comeback after a “no.” I’ve sat with the fear, the red flags, the impossible-looking applications. And I’ve watched those same applicants put on the long white coat.

Ask Dr. Lum takes everything I’ve learned in those ten years: my courses, my coaching, my podcast, and the real lived experiences of IMGs who walked this road. It uses that knowledge to answer your question, in your situation, the instant you ask it.