Its a golden ticket: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada – National [Video]

Dr. Karyn Ginsberg has spent more than 25 years practising pediatrics in the United States, but in recent months, she warns the political landscape is fueling a “brain drain” of doctors who are choosing to retire or considering a move to Canada — an option she’s exploring.

Ginsberg grew up in Toronto, completed high school and then moved to the U.S. for university, drawn by her mother’s American roots and the opportunity to study at Cornell University in New York.

“I found myself heading back to New York City right out of college because my father had been recruited [from Toronto] as a surgeon to Manhattan. He was a cancer surgeon, and he had an opportunity he couldn’t turn down, and I found myself in New York City as a graduate and went to medical school in New York City,” she told Global News.

Ginsberg said she’s loved her decades-long career as a pediatrician in the U.S. …