MATCH DAY 2012

 The drama of Match Day took place in Whipple Auditorium at the University of Rochester Medical Center this year, where both tension and spirits were high.

Judging by the smiles and yells at 12:01 p.m. March 16, the Class of 2012 was happy with the match results, said David R. Lambert, the School’s senior associate dean for medical student education.

One hundred and four members of the Class of 2012 matched. In that group, 25 will complete training at the University of Rochester Medical Center and 39 will complete training in New York State. Rochester students matched to programs in 23 of the states and District of Columbia.

The top specialty choices in the class were:  Internal medicine (22), Pediatrics (13), Anesthesia (9), Obstetrics and Gynecology (8) and General surgery (7) and Emergency medicine (7).

More than 95 percent of U.S. medical school seniors – the highest rate in 30 years – matched to residency positions according to new data released today by the National Resident Matching Program.

Of the applicants from U.S. schools who matched, 81.6 percent matched to one of their top three choices.  More than 56 percent of U.S. students matched to their first choice. Another 15.6 percent matched to their second choice and 9.5 percent their third.

Departures

See Arrivals to URMC here »

ANESTHESIOLOGY

  • Chau Doan, University of Washington Affiliate Hospitals
  • Thomas Fugate, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Kim Hoang, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Mark Jensen, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
  • John Kowalczyk, Case Western/University Hospitals
  • Keila Mayes, Duke University Medical Center
  • Patrick Milford, New York University School of Medicine
  • Cesar Padilla, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
  • David Sum, Yale-New Haven Hospital

DERMATOLOGY

  • Amanda Carpenter, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Kathryn Somers, University of Rochester Medical Center

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

  • Thomas Eckler, St.Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
  • Katherine Fitzpatrick, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Haleh Kadivar, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
  • Ryan McDermott, Maricopa Medical Center
  • Mark Pettit, Christiana Care Health System
  • Dorcas Pinto, Albany Medical Center
  • Aaron Wiener, University of Rochester Medical Center

FAMILY MEDICINE

  • Craig Betchart, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Karen Boston, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
  • William Bowen, Tacoma Family Medical Center
  • Monique Castro, Glendale Adventist Medical Center
  • Reija Rawle, O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, Calif.

GENERAL SURGERY

  • Frank Bauer, Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver
  • Chen He, Case Western/University Hospitals
  • Bradley Hensley, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Jing Li Huang, University of Minnesota Medical Center
  • Melissa Mura, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Mehr Qureshi, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Theophilus Ugheghe, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
  • Daniel Young, Virginia Mason Medical Center

INTERNAL MEDICINE

  • Mary Carpenter, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Robert Fulton, Oregon Health and Science University
  • Sarah Glantz, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
  • Heather Hopkins Gil, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Michael Insel, California Pacific Medical Center
  • James Kim, New York University School of Medicine
  • Daniel Kroenig, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Yi Lin, University Hospital, Cincinnati
  • Kristy Mathes, Oregon Health and Science University
  • Andrew Mathias, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Ana Nunes, Scripps Clinic/Green Hospital
  • Gregory Ouellet, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Jennifer Ouellet, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Leslie Park, New York University School of Medicine
  • Ellegant Pearson, Lankenau Hospital
  • Andrew Pistner, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
  • Michael Raco, Maine Medical Center
  • James Shaw, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Jennifer So, Temple University Hospital
  • Zachary Suter, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Martha Trimbur, Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center
  • Ron Wexler, Tufts Medical Center

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

  • Emily Gaukler, Christiana Care Health System
  • Brian Stanistreet, University of Rochester Medical Center

NEUROLOGY

  • Erin Casey, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
  • Jennifer Cialone, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Peter Creigh, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Lauren Loss, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Melissa Tsuboyama, University of Rochester Medical Center

OBSTERICS-GYNECOLOGY

  • Adebola Falae, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Fichter, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Ariel Lee, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Meredith Pensak, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Rebecca Petersen, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Arie Shaw, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis
  • Jonas Wilson-Leedy, Hershey Medical Center
  • Rachel Zigler, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

OPHTHALMOLOGY

  • Mircea Coca, University of Texas at Galveston
  • Robert Fargione, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Leah Kammerdiener, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Kendra Klein, Tufts-New England Eye Center
  • Amit Sangave, University of Rochester Medical Center

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

  • Debbie Dang, University of California at San Francisco
  • Havalee Henry, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Sirish Kondabolu, Stony Brook Teaching Hospital
  • Tyler Moore, University of California at Irvine Medical Center
  • Sandeep Soin, University of Rochester Medical Center

PATHOLOGY

  • Xuan Wang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

PEDIATRICS

  • Lucy Amory, Oregon Health and Science University
  • Stanley Dunn, Eastern Virgina Medical School
  • Adam Dziorny, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Mary Fraga, Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center
  • Candace Gildner, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Karla Haag, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Benjamin Marsh, Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center
  • Alejandro Mones, Baystate Medical Center
  • Andrea Petersen, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Joseph Point du Jour, Einstein/Jacobi Medical Center
  • Rachel Pokorney, University of Washington Affiliate Hospitals
  • Timothy Porter, Northwestern McGaw Medical Center
  • Deborah Traub, University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Brittany Walker, Inova Fairfax Hospital

PHYSICAL MEDICINE and REHABILITATION

  • Kurt Mildenstein, Loma Linda University Medical Center

PLASTIC SURGERY

  • Emily Von Kouwenberg, Albany Medical Center

PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE

  • Iyerus Tariku, University of Connecticut Medical Center

PSYCHIATRY

  • David Benavidez, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Katherine Klingensmith, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Michele Nelson, University of California at Irvine Medical Center
  • Robin Valpey, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

  • Paul Youn, University of Rochester Medical Center

UROLOGY

  • Ilana Jacobs, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • Jeffrey Sparenborg, Georgetown University Hospital

Arrivals

Match Day is a two-way street. While many are leaving Rochester and the School of Medicine and Dentistry, more than 100 physicians will serve as residents and receive training in Rochester. They come from throughout the United States and many countries.

ANESTHESIOLOGY

  • Ryan Anderson, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Spencer Burk, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  • Jonathan Chow, Albany Medical College
  • Madojutola Dawodu, Duke University School of Medicine
  • Mehran Ebadi-Tehrani, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Alexander Hawson, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Scott Kagie,, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Sarah Kralovic, St. George’s University
  • Stephen Little, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of The New York Institute of Technology
  • Jacqueline Lozano, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Derek Mitchell, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Kiritpaul Nandra, Saba University School of Medicine
  • Yaser Rad, Saba University School of Medicine
  • Matthew Sabo, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

DERMATOLOGY

  • Amy Strikwerda, Medical College of Wisconsin

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

  • Chung Cuiffo, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Amit Desai, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Christopher Gange, Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Akshya Gupta, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
  • Omar Hasan, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Piscataway
  • Alexander Kessler, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Dara Omer, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Tejas Patel, The Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  • Baxter Richardson, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

  • Brian Barlow, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden
  • Praneeta Bremjit, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Lisa Clark, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Holly Gunyan, University of Vermont College of Medicine
  • Christopher Harmon, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Cole Klick, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Valerie Lou, University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine
  • Jeffrey Moon, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden
  • Antonio Rodriguez, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • Henry Tran, University of Utah School of Medicine

FAMILY MEDICINE

  • Christine Cameron, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
  • Jessica Ferger, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Jean Hamlin, Dartmouth Medical School
  • Matthew Heckman, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Gerrit Heetderks, Case Western Reserve University
  • Yule Lee, Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Karolina Lis, Jagiellonian University Medical College
  • Rachel Long, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Colleen Loo-Gross, University of Kansas School of Medicine at Wichita

GENERAL SURGERY

  • Sharin Ayazi, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  • Colin Powers, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Nicole Toscano, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Joshua Wong, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

INTERNAL MEDICINE

  • William Amundson, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Ferdous Barlaskar, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Jennifer Barnas, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Katherine Dodd, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Eric Heintz, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Mark Hodges, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Elise Janicke, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Samata Kamireddy, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
  • Poghni Peri-Okonny, Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
  • Bradley Petkovich, University of Arkansas College of Medicine
  • Leigh Sassaman, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Emily Seif, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Tyler Slyngstad, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Stabel, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Wenjia Wang, University of Kansas School of Medicine at Kansas City
  • Ziolkowski, Susan, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Zittel, Jason, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS

  • Heather Busick, University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Catherine Dailey, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Megan Ditty, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Patrick Ellsworth, Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Jonathan Lin, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Julia West, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Michael Winter, Tufts University School of Medicine

NEUROLOGY

  • Justin Chandler, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Johanna Hamel, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg
  • Peter Morrison, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of The New York Institute of Technology
  • Christopher Tarolli, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

NEUROSURGERY

  • Katarzyna Czerniecka, Jagiellonian University Medical College
  • Kenneth Foxx, New York University School of Medicine

OBSTERICS-GYNECOLOGY

  • Snigdha Alur, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
  • Corrie Anderson, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Megan Locher, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
  • Laura Melcher, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Amy Nosek, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Chinedu Nwabuobi, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
  • Raksha Soora, University of Arkansas College of Medicine

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

  • Rami El-Shaar, Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Raymond Kenney, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Bilal Mahmood, Dartmouth Medical School
  • Robert Mason, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Lucas Nikkel, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Wenjing Zeng, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  • Priya Kesarwani, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  • Clara Rimmer, Albany Medical College
  • Joseph Vella, Joseph, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

PATHOLOGY

  • Meenal Sharma, Lady Hardinge Medical College
  • Bibiana Steinbaur, American University of Antigua College of Medicine

PEDIATRICS

  • Uthayanee Balasubramaniam, St. George’s University
  • Heather Comerci, Temple University School of Medicine
  • Lynn Correll, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Rachel Diamond, Sackler School of Medicine
  • Carol Fries, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Kavithashree Gnanasekaran, St. George’s University
  • Justin Goldstein, Sackler School of Medicine
  • Ethan Helm, University of Arkansas College of Medicine
  • Karol Hyjek, Jagiellonian University Medical College
  • Naazneen Iqbal, The School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center
  • Diana Miller, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Piscataway
  • Katie Mowers, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Supriya Nair, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

PHYSICAL MEDICINE and REHABILITATION

  • Daniel Amos, Saba University School of Medicine
  • David Essaff,, Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
  • Katarzyna Iwan, Jagiellonian University Medical College

PLASTIC SURGERY

  • Elaina Chen, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Diana Meskill, Drexel University College of Medicine

PSYCHIATRY

  • Rachel Borden, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Brittany Klein, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • Dana Mahmoud, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Rachel Nadbrzuch, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Joshua Nelson, State University of New York Upstate Medical University

 

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

  • Bergsma, Derek, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

SURGERY-PRELIM

  • Nathania Figueroa Guillani, Ponce School of Medicine

THORACIC SURGERY

  • Amber Melvin, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

UROLOGY

  • Benjamin Nelson, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
  • Kevin Tsai, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

VASCULAR SURGERY

Khurram Rasheed, Tufts University School of Medicine

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Match Day 2012 - video and slideshow

The drama of Match Day moved to Whipple Auditorium this year, where both tension and spirits were high.

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