MATCH DAY 2018: Violet Siwik, MD, Laura Meinke, MD, director, UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, and DOM Vice Chair of Education Amy Sussman, MD (also director, Nephrology Fellowship and DOM Clerkship); Mindy Fain, MD (chief, Geriatrics, General Internal and Palliative Medicine) with April Ehrlich and father; Sean Elliott, MD, and Kevin Moynahan, MD (deputy dean, Education, UA College of Medicine – Tucson). With 100 residents, the Tucson campus internal medicine residency is by far the largest residency program at the UA College of Medicine. This is the first time the event was hosted at the UA Student Union Memorial Center, rather than DuVal Auditorium. (Photos: David Mogollon)
Congratulations to 114 University of Arizona medical students who matched into residency programs today, March 16—Match Day 2018 for U.S. medical schools and students who’ll graduate this spring and become doctors when residency programs begin July 1.
The Match is held annually at U.S. medical schools, with all medical students opening their envelopes simultaneously (locally at 10 a.m.) across the country to find out where they’ll do their training as resident physicians.
A third of medical students in the UA Class of 2018 will remain in Arizona to pursue their residency training. More than half will pursue primary care—a physician specialty critically low in Arizona and the nation.
To see where all the medical students matched, see this program from ceremonies held at the Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom.
You can also find a photo gallery from the morning event at this link — on Facebook.
This being the University of Arizona Department of Medicine, we give particular emphasis for those that matched into the Advanced Dermatology and Internal Medicine Residency Programs here.
Dr. Amy Sussman, pictured right, with Dave Reyes, who matched into the Tucson Campus internal medicine residency program.
"Once again, we have strong incoming classes to all three of our programs - thanks to the recruiting efforts of the faculty and housestaff," said Amy Sussman, MD, vice chair of education. "We also are pleased to retain some of our outstanding students from the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. That will undoubtedly make this an exciting year."
Among DOM faculty present for Match Day, in addition to Dr. Sussman, were: Mindy Fain, MD (chief, Geriatrics, General Internal and Palliative Medicine), Laura Meinke, MD (director, UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus), and Kevin Moynahan, MD (deputy dean, Education, COM-T and a professor of medicine).
EXTRA INFO
Match Day by the numbers for UA College of Medicine – Tucson:
- 114 students matched this year
- 38 graduates will complete their residencies in Arizona
- 26 in Tucson (13 primary care)
- 8 in Phoenix (6 primary care)
- 4 in Scottsdale (1 primary care)
- 62 matched into residencies in primary-care fields
- 27 in internal medicine
- 19 in pediatrics
- 14 in family medicine
- 1 in medicine-pediatrics (four-year combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency)
- 1 in psychiatry-family medicine (five-year program that integrates family medicine and psychiatry residency)
- 26 matched with UA College of Medicine – Tucson residency programs
- 21 will train at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson through the UA College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Program
- 5 will train at Banner – University Medical Center South through the UA College of Medicine at South Campus
SOURCE: UA News – "UA Med Students Learn Where They're Going for Residency" | Posted March 21, 2018
Internal Medicine Residency Programs
In all, eight out of 47 medical students matching into our Internal Medicine Residency Programs come from the UA College of Medicine – Tucson—seven at the Tucson Campus and one at South Campus.
Fourteen of the 47 are from Arizona medical schools—12 at Tucson Campus and two at South Campus. At Tucson Campus, 28 are categorical residents who’ll do their full three years here. Nine are preliminary residents who’ll do their internship year here and move on to other programs afterward. There are 10 incoming categorical residents in the South Campus program.
INTERNAL MEDICINE – TUCSON CAMPUS
Preliminary:
- John Biren-Fetz – Midwestern University, Glendale, Ariz.
- Mohammad Fazel – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- William Foster – New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y.
- Sahejmeet Guraya – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- Hyun Soo Jang – University of California – Irvine
- Christina Juneau – Louisiana State University, New Orleans
- Ifat Krase – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- Taraz Nosrat – Texas A&M University, Bryan, Texas
- Erika Starks – University of Wisconsin, Madison
Categorical:
- Aurangzaib Baig – Saba University
- Bradley Bohman – University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
- Erick Brucks – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- Matthew Bull – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- Martin Chacon – Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
- Zachary Chun – American University of the Caribbean
- Paul Fritts – Midwestern University, Glendale, Ariz.
- Maryam Hosseini – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Ahmad Iftikhar – Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan- Farhan Khan – Baylor University, Dallas
- Robert Kim – St. George’s University, Grenada
- Erik Kinoshita – University of Hawaii, Honolulu
- Francisco Martinez – Indiana University, Indianapolis
- Nishant Munugala – University of Miami, Fla.
- Ling Obrand – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- Bhargav Patel – Texas Tech University, Lubbock
- Shalin Patel – Midwestern University, Glendale, Ariz.
- Shishir Rao – Midwestern University, Glendale, Ariz.
- Dave Reyes – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- Steven Schreiber – A.T. Still University, Mesa, Ariz.
- Sahira Sekhon – George Washington University, Washington, DC
- Shreya Sharman – Michigan State University, East Lansing
- Sebastian Silva – University of Buffalo, N.Y.
- Ashley Thomas – Texas A&M University, Bryan, Texas
- Sumana Veeravelli – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
- Rita Wadeea – University of Baghdad, Iraq
- Hninyee Win – Western University, Pomona, Calif.
- Kyle Witt – St. George’s University, Grenada
INTERNAL MEDICINE – SOUTH CAMPUS
- Saitha Ainapurapu – Sri B.M. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, BLDE University, Bijapur, India
- Alex Alsadi – Caribbean Medical University, Willemstad, Curacao
- Edward Bergin – University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
- Michael Bernaba – University of California – Irvine
- Nicholas Blackstone – Ross University, Portsmouth, Dominica
- Jonathan Boyd – Campbell University, Lillington, N.C.
- Yuet-Ming Chan – Rush Medical College, Chicago
- Sooraj Kumar – SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai, India
- Darima Nemanova – Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Russia
- Juan Siordia – UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Dermatology Residency Program
In dermatology, three students matched into the local residency program, one of whom will start this summer—the rest will do an internship year elsewhere and start here in summer 2019. Derm residents generally do an intern year at a different facility from where they do their residency.
“Since we received increased funding from the VA, this is allowing Dr. Rebecca Thiede (see more on her below), to start this July, even though she did just go through the match this season. She is starting along with the three that matched last year: Drs. Loh, Turnock and Vasic,” said Mary Dickinson, program coordinator, UA Advanced Dermatology Residency.
2018 MATCH
Will start July 2019:
- Brayden Forbes – intern year, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, CA (Transitional program, 2019); med school: University of Utah School of Medicine (MD, 2018);
- Mohammad Fazel, PharmD – intern year, University of AZ College of Medicine - Tucson, (pre-lim, Internal Medicine program, 2019); UA College of Medicine - Tucson (MD, 2018); UA College of Pharmacy (2013)
Will start July 2018:
- Rebecca Thiede, MD – Northwestern University Department of Dermatology, Research fellowship (2018); Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Program-(Internal Medicine program, 2017); UA College of Medicine – Tucson (2016)
2017 MATCH
Incoming in 2018 from the 2017 Match:
- Tiffany Loh, MD – intern year, Memorial Sloan Kettering, pre-lim (2018); med school: University of California, San Diego (2017)
- Adam Turnock, MD – intern year, UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, pre-lim (2018); med school, Tulane University, New Orleans (2017)
- Jelena Vasic, MD – intern year, Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, transitional (2018); med school: Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. (2017).
—David Mogollón
ALSO SEE:
"Future Physicians Celebrate Match Day at UA College of Medicine – Tucson" | Posted March 20, 2018
"UA Match Day for Medical Students: Applications to medical school in Tucson reach record high" | Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com, Posted March 16, 2018
“DOM Program Directors Share Insights on Incoming Class of 2020 Interns, Residents” | Posted March 24, 2017