The shortage of American physicians, registered nurses, medical researchers, physical therapists, pharmacists and many other health care professionals has created a growing need for health providers to recruit talent from outside the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the United States will be short 50,000 physicians by 2010, with the gap growing to 200,000 by 2020. With a national Immigration Practice and a major focus in the health care industry, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is distinctively positioned to assist health care providers across the country in recruiting and hiring foreign medical professionals.

Named in surveys published in the Best Lawyers in America and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers^®, our immigration attorneys are recognized leaders in their field.

Supported by more than 500 attorneys and government relations professionals, our immigration attorneys negotiate the complex relationship between immigration laws, state licensing requirements and foreign credentials certifications. We routinely handle visa matters for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, medical technologists and other allied health care professionals. We also counsel employers on strategies for recruiting health care workers from abroad and complying with both federal immigration and state law requirements. We assist clients with recruiting the best and brightest international talent, and ensure these medical professionals can service patients without undue administrative interruption.

Buchanan's Immigration Section has handled matters for a wide variety of health care service providers, biomedicine, pharmaceuticals and other employers of foreign professionals. We have provided clients with cost-effective solutions to immigration challenges and have assisted clients on behalf of health care providers and pharmaceutical companies such as:

• UPMC/UHPC/UPP
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Sparrow Medical Center
• Wheeling Hospital
• Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
• St. Anthony North
• St. Anthony Central Hospitals
• RN Networks
• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
• AstraZeneca LP
• Astra Tech USA Inc.
• TNS Healthcare Inc.
• Avecia Biotech
• Avecia Inc.