{"id":48965,"date":"2018-03-16T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=48965"},"modified":"2018-03-16T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:24:21","slug":"match-day-brings-excitement-life-changes-to-ut-medical-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_16_2018\/match-day-brings-excitement-life-changes-to-ut-medical-students","title":{"rendered":"Match Day brings excitement, life changes to UT medical students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulatory cheers, hugs and tears were on full display at the annual Match Day celebration, when the next generation of physicians opened envelopes that revealed their residency placements.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatch Day is a pivotal moment in the lives of medical students,\u201d Dr. Christopher Cooper, dean of the UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences, and executive vice president for clinical affairs, said. \u201cOur students work tirelessly during their medical school career to reach this point. It is humbling to witness this day and experience the excitement of our students when they open their envelopes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Christina Camick was matched to her top choice, UT, in general surgery.<\/p><\/div>Retaining top talent in the area continues to trend in a positive direction with 10 percent of the 156 fourth-year medical students graduating in May staying in northwest Ohio to continue their training. <\/p>\n

Christina Camick matched to UT for her residency in general surgery, her top choice. <\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up a little nervous, but excited,\u201d Camick said. \u201cToledo is a strong program, and I knew if it was meant to be it would work out. The faculty members are outstanding. They are approachable and knowledgeable. I am very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grace Maltbie will go to Case Western\/University Hospitals close to her parents where she will be a resident in the radiology department.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed radiology and would be able to spend more time with my daughter,\u201d said Maltbie, who attended the event with her daughter in matching outfits. \u201cI am a single mom and have been dreaming of this day. Whenever things would get hard, I would just think about Match Day and being here with my daughter. It means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Grace Anne Maltbie and her 3-year old daughter, Anna Maria, celebrated her match to Case Western\/University Hospitals.<\/p><\/div>Mike Maltbie, Grace\u2019s father, was particularly excited with his daughter\u2019s placement. <\/p>\n

\u201cI work at Case Western Reserve University doing information security, so I will be able to walk to a Starbucks and bring my daughter coffee after she\u2019s had a long shift,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

In addition to getting matched to the University of Pittsburgh in obstetrics and gynecology, Latima Collins also personally \u201cmatched\u201d to her significant other when she became engaged at Match Day. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited because I matched and I got engaged to the love of my life,\u201d Collins said. \u201cI am in shock! I am on cloud nine and thank God for everything that has happened today.\u201d<\/p>\n

UT medical students matched to institutions across the country; these included Yale New Haven Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Duke University Medical Center.<\/p>\n

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Latima Collins celebrated her match to the University of Pittsburgh and her engagement to Andrew Anamanya, who waited to pop the question at the ceremony.<\/p><\/div>This year, students matched into 23 specialties, with 71, or 46 percent, in primary care fields, and 50, or 31 percent, entering other specialties. The top specialties for this graduating class were internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine and anesthesiology.
\nOhio was the most popular state with 61 students matching here. The second most popular state was Michigan with 19, followed by Pennsylvania with12. Overall, students matched with programs in 29 states. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A total of 156 fourth-year medical students found out where they will continue their training during a Match Day ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,38,1,7,63],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48965"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48972,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48965\/revisions\/48972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}