Dr. Omer Alsheikh is a board-certified internal medicine specialist. He graduated with academic distinction from the University of Medical Sciences and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan. Upon his return to the United States, he pursued residency training in internal medicine. Despite the struggles and challenges of being a foreign medical graduate, he excelled during residency and with the assistance of his colleagues and decided to develop a book that would help bridge the gap between medical school and physician practice.