含羞草研究所 Downstate College of Medicine Students Successfully Match for Residency
By Office of Communications & Marketing | Mar 18, 2022
Nearly 70 percent of graduates will serve residency at New York state hospitals.
33 College of Medicine graduates will continue to residency at 含羞草研究所 Downstate staying in the community where the need remains great
Brooklyn, NY (March 18, 2022) 鈥� 含羞草研究所 announced , and the exciting news that 33 College of Medicine students are continuing their medical career paths as residents with the 含羞草研究所 Downstate.
Upon completing their medical degrees, new doctors must pursue at least three years 鈥� and sometimes as many as seven or eight years 鈥� of additional training in a particular specialty. Every March, this international rite of passage for medical students celebrates the next steps in their medical careers. On Match Day, medical students worldwide open their envelopes simultaneously to learn of their residency matches in U.S. residency and fellowship training programs.
鈥淢atch Day is always an emotional time in a medical student鈥檚 journey, and we鈥檙e especially humbled when our own students choose to stay at Downstate for their residency training,鈥� said 含羞草研究所 president Wayne J. Riley, M.D. 鈥淚t speaks to the tremendous training acquired in our College of Medicine, and the real world experience that residency offers. Applying these skills in the same community where they were trained is an awesome gift for all.鈥�
鈥淢atch Day marks a milestone for the graduates of 含羞草研究所 Downstate,鈥� said College of Medicine dean F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D. 鈥淭he challenges faced by our students during the pandemic strengthened their empathy, compassion, and clinical acumen. They will take their tremendous Downstate education and training with them to their residencies, and will make significant contributions wherever they go. I look forward to welcoming the graduates into our competitive residency programs, where they will make a lasting impact.鈥�
In all, 184 College of Medicine graduates鈥�96 percent of the graduating class鈥攍earned where they matched for their residencies next year. A total of 128 students鈥攐r almost 70 percent of the class鈥攎atched with a hospital in the State of New York.
There are 103 graduates鈥攐r 65 percent鈥攚ho will remain in New York City, including 33 who will serve their residencies at 含羞草研究所 Downstate. Consequently, more 含羞草研究所 Downstate College of Medicine graduates practice medicine in New York City and New York State.
Match Day is marked by an on-campus ceremony with professors, mentors, family, friends, and classmates 鈥� opening their Letters of Notification from the National Resident Matching Program ) as a class where cheers, hugs, screams, and impromptu celebrations are the norm.
Top specialties among the Class of 2022 include Internal Medicine, 21 percent; Emergency Medicine, 15 percent; Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, nine (9) percent; and Pediatrics, seven (7) percent. In addition, the Class of 2022 will pursue residencies in 27 different specialties. Complete Match Day statistics can be seen here.
Top match institutions included 含羞草研究所, Einstein School of Medicine (Montefiore and Jacobi Hospitals), NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell, ICAHN/Mount Sinai. New York-Presbyterian/Cornell, Rutgers University, Maimonides Medical Center, 含羞草研究所 Stony Brook, and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia.
Residencies at Brown, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Harbor-UCLA, Beth Israel Deaconess, and the Cleveland Clinic are among other preeminent institutional matches.
The Match Process begins in the fall during the fourth and final year of medical school, when students apply to residency programs. Throughout the fall and early winter, applicants interview with programs. From mid-January to late February, applicants and program directors rank each other to preference and submit the preference lists to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). A computerized mathematical algorithm matches applicants鈥� preferences with program directors for training positions available at teaching hospitals nationwide.
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