College of Medicine – Phoenix celebrates Match Day 2023
Sara Yee and Mathew Campanella celebrate their matches at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix 2023 Match Day. Yee matched with Creighton University – Arizona and Campanella matched with Alameda Health Systems – Highland Hospital in California.
With envelopes in hand, 68 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix fourth-year medical students counted down the seconds until 9 a.m. on March 17 when they joined soon-to-be residents across the country finding out where they would spend the next stage of their medical training.
The day is the culmination of four years of study, research and rotations and occurs on the third Friday in March nationwide.
Surrounded by blue and red balloons, paper lanterns and endless confetti falling from above, students, along with family, friends and faculty, celebrated the moment in the Grand Canyon area between the Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building and Health Sciences Education Building on the Phoenix Bioscience Core.
While 32 of the soon-to-be residents will complete at least one year of residency in Arizona, matches were made in 19 different states.
Read a Match Day memories story in Health Sciences Connect.
Faculty, staff, family and medical students entertain the crowd with a dance before the start of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day 2023 event.
Serena Suwarno of the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix announces that she will remain at the college for her residency at the 2023 Match Day celebration.
UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix students and friends pose for a photo during the annual Match Day celebration.
Michael Olson poses with his wife, Anna Olson, after learning that he matched with Brook Army Medical Center in Texas during the annual Match Day celebration at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.
Isiah Romo announces his match with Creighton University – Arizona during the 2023 UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day event.
(From left) Janki Desai celebrates her match with the University of Southern California with her sister, Mithi Sagala, at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day celebration on March 17.
UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Kathleen Brite Hillis, MD, associate dean of clinical and competency-based education, and Guy Reed, MD, MS, dean of the college, watch a dance performance during the 2023 Match Day celebration.
Alexis Bailey (green dress) pauses for a photo with her friends during the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day celebration. Baily matched with the College of Medicine – Phoenix.
UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Mackenzie Oleksak is all smiles as her husband reads her Match Day letter informing her that she will be a resident at Creighton University – Arizona.
Alina Martinez of the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, announces her match to the University of Southern California for residency training at the 2023 Match Day ceremony.
Neil Kelkar of the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix learned that he will spend his residency at the University of Utah Health during the 2023 Match Day event.
(From left) Alexandra Dominianni and Mackenzie Oleksak of the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix found out that their residency programs will be at the Medical University of South Carolina and Creighton University – Arizona, respectively.
(From left) Tina Samsamshariat and Alina Martinez, both of the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, read their Match Day letters sending them both to the University of Southern California for residency training.