Match Day

Residency ‘Match’ program has record high applicant participation

Among those who matched during the National Resident Matching Program on Friday, March 15, were 92 members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class.

Fourth-year medical students Helen Gambrah and Lihua Shu learned at Match Day that they will both go to the University of Michigan for their residency training. (photo by Susan Urmy)

Match Day reveals Medical students’ future addresses

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class members learned where they will serve their residencies at Match Day on March 17.

Somto Ukwuani reacts after learning she will be staying at Vanderbilt for her pediatrics residency (photo by Susan Urmy)

Match Day reveals next stop on students’ medical journeys

Match Day reveals medical students’ residency locations

Match Day — and Vanderbilt’s longstanding tradition of gathering fourth-year medical students, their families, friends and faculty together to celebrate — was revamped again this year to implement social distancing measures due to COVID-19. Unlike last year, however, the students had the option to reveal their residency matches either in person or virtually via livestream.

Donald Brady, MD, and Amy Fleming, MD, hosted last Friday’s virtual Match Day, where fourth-year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students learned where they will do their residencies.

School of Medicine students take part in virtual Match Day

Match Day — and Vanderbilt’s longstanding tradition of gathering fourth-year medical students, their families, friends and faculty together to celebrate — was revamped to accommodate the social distancing measures that have been put in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Chike Osita Abana and his wife, Courtney Mitchell Abana, PhD, react after learning at Match Day that he will do his radiation oncology residency at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Event reveals next stop on students’ medical journeys

Match Day is the crowning moment of the National Resident Match Program, which matches thousands of medical students with residency programs at medical centers and hospitals across the country. On March 15, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Match Day ceremony was one for the books.

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