Match Day celebrations, surprises for colleges of medicine
(From left) Kinza Ahmed, Samantha Nemivant, Andria Albert, Meghana Partha and Michael Culbert celebrate their residency matches at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Match Day celebration.
Nearly 200 fourth-year medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the College of Medicine – Phoenix gathered with classmates, friends and family March 15, to find out where they were matched for their upcoming residencies in their chosen specialties.
The class of 2024 tore open their envelopes at exactly 9 a.m. to learn where they will start the next phase of their medical education. More than half (51%) of the College of Medicine – Tucson and about a third (32%) of the College of Medicine – Phoenix students will be entering into primary care specialties. Primary care is an area of immense need and the focus of the UArizona Health Sciences Primary Care Physicians Scholarship. About 30% will remain in Arizona for their residency.
Match Day, which occurs on the third Friday in March nationwide, is the culmination of four years of study, research and rotations for medical students. The match process is conducted by the National Residency Matching Program and medical students are obligated to serve where they matched.
Matches were made to more than 65 training centers in about 30 states across the country.
For a full story and Match Day profiles for the College of Medicine – Phoenix, visit its website. For more stories and profiles for College of Medicine – Tucson, visit its website. And for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put on the Match Day festivities at both colleges of medicine, see Health Sciences Connect.
Danielle Wenger and Gregg Sprout announce that they matched with Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix for their residencies during the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day celebration.
Alexis Montoya puts a pin in a map of the United States for the University of Southern California, where she matched for her residency, during the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day celebration.
Tobi Odeneye hugs his mom, Esther Adeneye, as he displays a card indicating he will be spending his residency at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Fourth-year medical students at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson gather for a group photo on the steps of Old Main during the college’s Match Day celebration, where the students find out where they will be doing their residency training.
Fourth-year UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix student Lily Sanblom holds up an unopened Match Day letter that will soon inform her that she will be doing her residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia during the annual Match Day celebration.
Megan Sylvester celebrates her residency match at the University of Colorado School of Medicine with her daughter, Vivi, during the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Match Day celebration.
Sai Parthasarathy, MD, and Indu Partha, MD, both professors in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, flank their daughter, Meghana Partha (holding sign), as they celebrate her residency placement at the college’s Match Day celebration. Their other daughter, Maya, and son, Ajay, were also on hand to celebrate their sister’s placement.
(From left) Racheal Mickel takes a selfie with UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix fourth-year medical student Sneha Singh during the Match Day celebration. Singh matched at the University of California San Francisco-East Bay, in general surgery.
Tyler Bittner places a pin on a map of the United States on Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he will be doing his residency.
Priscilla Cortez reacts as her father, Eddie Cortez, reads her Match Day letter telling her that she will be spending her residency at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, California, during the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Match Day celebration.
(From left) Glen Fogerty, PhD, UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix associate dean of admissions and student services, visits with fourth-year medical student Jordan Santos before the start of the Match Day celebration. Santos matched with the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix for his residency in neurology.
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson fourth-year medical students celebrate their matches for residency during the college’s annual Match Day celebration.
It was standing room only at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Match Day celebration at the Arizona Science Center, where the class of 2024 gathered with family and friends to find out where they would be doing their residency training.
Fourth-year UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson student Kinza Ahmed (right) celebrates Match Day with her parents and sisters. She will spend her residency at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Primary Care Scholar Jovanna Figueroa holds up a sign showing that she matched with Creighton University – Phoenix for her residency.
(From left) Ivy and her mom, Kate Anderson, celebrate Kate’s residency match for general surgery in Tacoma, Washington. Kate is holding Charlotte, a friend’s daughter.
UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix fourth-year medical student Haya Al Any opens her Match Day letter informing her that she will be a resident at the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in Scottsdale.
Marcus Childs, a fourth-year medical student at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, pins his photo on the map of the United States where his residency will take place. Childs was matched with UC Davis Medical Center in California.
Ankedo Warda, a fourth-year medical student in the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, holds up an “I matched!” sign with his family around him at the college’s Match Day celebration. Warda matched at Southern Illinois University in orthopaedic surgery.
Kiera Blawn celebrates her residency placement at UC San Diego during the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Match Day celebration.