Match Day

March 23, 2026

Medical students participate in a joyous culmination of their education: Match Day

Among those participating in the National Resident Matching Program were members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class.

By Jill Clendening
Chinonso Ani celebrates at Match Day after learning he is going to Emory University for his residency in interventional radiology. (photo by Donn Jones)
March 25, 2025

Medical students participate in largest Match in history

Among those who matched during the National Resident Matching Program on Friday, March 21, were 79 members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class.

By Jill Clendening
March 18, 2024

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.

By Kathy Whitney
March 22, 2021

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.

By Kathy Whitney
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.
March 25, 2020

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.

By Kathy Whitney
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.
March 21, 2019

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.

By Kathy Whitney