The National Resident Match Program (NRMP) reports that this year’s Match — the process of matching the preferences of applicants for U.S. residency positions with the preferences of residency program directors — was the largest in NRMP’s 70-year history with a record number 42,952 applicants who certified a rank order list and 40,375 certified positions.
Among those who matched on Friday, March 17, were 102 members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class. Twenty-two VUSM medical students will stay at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for residency, and seven will stay for their preliminary year before going elsewhere for residency. Seven couples entered the Match together.
Helen Gambrah and Lihua Shu were supported on stage by family members as they happily announced that they matched to the University of Michigan for urology and internal medicine, respectively.
This year, 18 students, a higher-than-average number, will graduate with both MD and PhD degrees as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program.
Courtney Edwards has been at Vanderbilt for seven years in the MSTP. She thanked her PhD adviser, Rachelle Johnson, PhD. “She has been a great role model and has made me a better scientist,” said
Edwards, who opened her Match envelope on stage in Langford Auditorium in front of her classmates, faculty, and friends and family. Edwards announced that she will be continuing her training at Johns Hopkins.
A higher-than-usual number of students, seven, are entering the field of psychiatry. Diagnostic radiology also had a strong showing with nine students entering residency programs across the country, and it was another robust year for anesthesiology with 10 matching into it.
“I find anesthesiology fascinating because it combines diagnostic reasoning and physiology with the ability to work in a fast-paced OR or ICU environment, and there is such variety in what you can do after residency,” said fourth-year medical student Annmarie Mede, who matched to the University of California, San Francisco. “In addition to great training, UCSF offers a robust health equity curriculum and serves the diverse populations of the Bay Area, where I grew up.”
Fourth-year students Anna Whitney (pediatrics) and Whitney George (med/peds) will be under the guidance of pediatric residency program director Whitney Browning, MD.
“As a native Nashvillian, I’ve pictured myself working at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt since I first decided to pursue medicine many years ago. Finding out that I get to train here is a dream come true,” said Anna Whitney.
The breakdown of Match specialties for residency is: Anesthesiology: 10; Emergency Med: 5; Family Medicine: 1; Internal Medicine: 18; Interventional Radiology: 1; Medicine/Pediatrics: 2; Neurological Surgery: 3; OB/GYN: 4; Ophthalmology: 4; Orthopaedic Surgery: 4; Otolaryngology: 3; Pathology: 3; Pediatrics: 7; Plastic Surgery (Integrated): 2; Psychiatry: 5; Medicine/psychiatry 1; Pediatrics/psychiatry/child psychiatry: 1; Radiology-Diagnostic: 9; Interventional Radiology: 1; Radiation Oncology: 1; Surgery-General: 2 ; Urology: 3; Child Neurology: 2.
“I am always amazed by our students,” said senior associate dean for Medical Student and Alumni Affairs, Amy Fleming, MD, MScHPE. “They came to Vanderbilt to pursue their dreams of serving others as physicians, scientists, advocates and innovators, and they have matched into top programs across the United States. It was an incredible Match again this year, and I am thrilled to continue to watch our students as they broaden their impact through residency training and beyond.”
Residency Assignments
Jackson Allen – Baylor College of Medicine, Neurological Surgery
Jon Anderson – Henry Ford Hospital, Emergency Medicine
Margaret “Maggie” Axelrod – Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical
Meridith Balbach – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Kelsey Barter – St. Louis Childrens’ Hospital, Child Neurology
Connor Beebout – UC San Diego Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Mary Peyton Boyd – VUMC, Surgery-Preliminary
Emily Brenner – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Radiology-Diagnostic; Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Transitional
Rachel Brown – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Marjorie Butler – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Leigh Campbell – VUMC, Orthopaedic Surgery
Shane Carr – Northwestern McGraw, Anesthesiology; Internal Medicine
Jeffrey Chen – Baylor College of Medicine, Neurological Surgery
Shirley Chen – VUMC, Plastic Surgery
Sai Chennupati – VUMC, Radiology-Diagnostic; HCA Healthcare, Transitional
Clifford “CJ” Chin – VUMC, Surgery-Preliminary
Bridget Collins – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Child Neruology
Jennifer Connell – U. of Utah Health, Anesthesiology
Elizabeth “Beth” Cosby – Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Psychiatry
Shelby Crantz – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, OBGYN
Sriram Cyr – VUMC, General Surgery
Phil Davis – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Transitional-Military
George de Castro – UC San Francisco, Pathology
Courtney Edwards – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pediatrics/Research
Brynna Eisele – Duke U. Medical Center, Psychiatry/Research
Chesly – Ekelem – Stanford Health Care, Psychiatry
Hassan Fakhoury – Emory U. School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Benjamin Fowler – Children’s Hospital Boston, Pediatrics
Andres Frias – Mayo Clinic, Radiation Oncology; U. of Texas at Austin, Transitional
Helen Gambrah – U. of Michigan Hospitals, Urology
Matthew Gayoso – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Whitney George – VUMC, Medicine-Pediatrics
Alexandra “Allie” Golden – NY Presbyterian Hospital, Pediatrics
Carolina Gomez Grimaldi – U. of Colorado School of Medicine-Denver, OBGYN
James “Alex” Goss – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Pulak Goswami – Hospital of the U. of Pennsylvania, Radiology-Diagnostic; U. of Texas at Austin, Surgery-Preliminary
Arulita Gupta – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Radiology-Diagnostic; Northside Hospital Grinnett, Transitional
Kalel Hatten – Emory U. School of Medicine, Medicine-Psychiatry
Alistair Hilton – VUMC, Surgery-Preliminary
Nike Izmaylov – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Samuel Johnson – Northwestern McGaw, Orthopaedic Surgery
James Jordano – VUMC, Emergency Medicine
Sricharan Kadimi – Loma Linda University, Medicine-Pediatrics
JooEun “Jay” Kang – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Anesthesiology
Melissa “Missy” Kimlinger – Massachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesiology
Brooke Kowalski – Madigan Army Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery
LeAnn Lam – Massachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesiology
Jiyun “Julie” Lee – Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Internal Medicine
George Lin – U. of Michigan Hospitals, Ophthalmology; Medicine-Preliminary
Sara Lin – U. of Michigan Hospitals, Emergency Medicine
Anita Louie – VUMC, Psychiatry, Child Track
Alexander Lupi – Denver Health Medical Center, Emergency Medicine
Matthew Madden – Yale-New Haven Hospital, Pathology/Clinical
Margaret “Rose” Mahoney – UPMC Medical Education, OBGYN
Samuel Massion – UC San Francisco, Internal Medicine
Evonne McArthur – U. of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Internal Medicine
Jack McCarthy – Prisma Health-U. of South Carolina, Plastic Surgery
Shauna McLaughlin – Brown U./Rhode Island Hospital, Pediatrics-Psychiatry
Kaitlin McLeod – U. of Utah Health, Family Medicine
Megan McLeod – VUMC, Otolaryngology
Kelsey McNew – Duke U. Medical Center, OBGYN
Annmarie Mede – UC San Francisco, Anethesiology; Kaiser Permanente-Oakland, Medicine-Preliminary
Alexander Mina – Baylor College of Medicine, General Surgery
Ayesha Muhammad – U. of Michigan Hospitals, Anesthesiology
Jan Niec – VUMC, Radiology-Diagnostic; HCA Healthcare/TriStar, Transitional
Ekimoado “Eki” Olumese – U. of Chicago Medical Center, Emergency Medicine
Carlos Ortega – VUMC, Surgery Preliminary
Alexander “Alec” Ortiz – Stanford Health Care, Radiology-Diagnostic; HCA Healthcare/TriStar, Transitional
Benjamin Park – VUMC, Surgery-Preliminary
Christopher Peek – Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics
Tyler Pfister – U. of Oklahoma Medical Center, Ophthalmology
William Quach – VUMC, Medicine-Preliminary
Bushra Rahman – Henry Ford Hospital, Ophthalmology; Transitional
Bradley Reinfeld – UCLA Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Kelsey Richard – Madigan Army Medical Center, Otolaryngology
Taylor Robinson – UC Irvine Medical Center, Radiology-Diagnostic; Methodist Health System Dallas, Surgery Preliminary
Maxwell Roeske – VUMC, Psychiatry
Margaret “Maggie” Rutherford, Baptist Health Arkansas, Transitional
Daniel Sack – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Medicine-preliminary
Anthony “AJ” Sermarini – VUMC, Anesthesiology
Morgan Sexton – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Anesthesiology
Morgan Shannon – Stanford Health Care, Internal Medicine
Jack Shapiro – Northwestern McGaw, Internal Medicine
Kayvon Sharif – Mayo Clinic, Otolaryngology
Lihua Shu – U. of Michigan Hospitals-Ann Arbor, Internal Medicine
Jonathan Siktberg – VUMC, Ophthalmology; Surgery-Preliminary
Matthew Smith – U. of Tennessee Health Science Center-Memphis, Orthopaedic Surgery
Caroline Soane – NY Presbyterian Hospital, Internal Medicine
Rae Staben – Duke U. Medical Center, Anesthesiology
Alan Tang – VUMC, Neurological Surgery
Rut Thakkar – Morristown Medical Center; Radiology-Diagnostic; U. of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Surgery-Preliminary
Graham Treasure – VUMC, Internal Medicine
Benjamin Van Ess – VUMC, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Kelly von Beck – Duke U. Medical Center, Interventional Radiology; Surgery-Preliminary
Marshall Wallace – U. of Utah Health, General Surgery
Evan Watkins – Northwestern McGaw, Urology
Daniel Whitfield – Madigan Army Medical Center, Transitional-Military
Anna Whitney, VUMC, Pediatrics
Christiaan Wijers – Children’s Hospital Boston, Pediatrics
Matthew Wleklinski – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Pediatrics
Jeffanie Wu – VUMC, Otolaryngology
Dennis Zhou – Stanford Health Care, Radiology-Diagnostic; HCA Healthcare/TriStar, Transitional
Theresa “Annie” Zwaschka – Stanford Health Care, Urology
