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Yahoo
02-04-2025
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Six New Physicians welcomed to CVPH Family Medicine Residency
PLATTSBURGH — Six new physicians will begin their three-year Family Medicine training program here in July. The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Family Medicine Residency introduced its incoming class of residents during a Match Day ceremony held at the hospital Friday, March 21. Match Day is the day in which the National Resident Matching Program releases results to applicants seeking residency positions. A requirement of obtaining a medical license and board certification, residency is a stage of medical training in which graduates of medical schools practice medicine under the supervision of an attending physician. Members of the CVPH Family Medicine Residency Class of 2028 are: - Lia Farrell, MD of West Virginia is a graduate of West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia. - Irzam Khan, MD and Cristina Prudencio-Brunello, MD are both from Ontario, Canada and graduates of St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada. - An Indiana native, Normeen Siddiqui, MD is a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, Barbados. - Muhammad Sidiqui, MD is a graduate of American University of Antiqua College of Medicine. His hometown is Rochester, NY. - Rishabh Taneja, MD of India is a graduate of Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, College of Punjab, India. Residency Program Director Marianna Worczak, MD said Match Day is an exciting time for the residency. 'Each of these new residents bring a fresh perspective and energy to our program this organization and our community. Today is a celebration of those who have worked so hard to get here and for our program and the impact we continue to have on primary care in this region,' she said. In welcoming the Class of 2028, Worczak said that each doctor has a demonstrated interest in rural health care. The CVPH Family Residency received more than 888 applications for the six spots in the Class of 2028 and conducted 110 virtual interviews after reviewing each application. Several open houses were held to provide prospective residents an opportunity to meet instructors and experience the North Country. The class was established after residents and the program's team ranked their preferences and the NRMP creates the 'match.' Established in 2014 to improve access to primary care in the region, an average of 60% of graduates have opted to stay in the Northern New York or Vermont to practice medicine. Worczak attributed that success to the support of the community, the dedication of the faculty, strong clinical experiences, a dedicated program administration, and support from CVPH and UVMHN senior leadership. The CVPH Family Medicine Residency was created in a partnership with the University of Vermont's Robert Larner College of Medicine and the University of Vermont Health Network. It offers a robust three-year program that includes rotations in emergency medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, cardiology, surgery, orthopedics, geriatrics and community medicine. Family Medicine Residents see their own patients in the CVPH Family Medicine Center at 159 Margaret Street and at the Hudson Headwaters Champlain Family Medicine Center.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
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- Yahoo
‘We are very proud': EVMS students celebrate Match Day
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — On Friday, graduating medical students at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University celebrated Match Day. The day is marked by 52,000 students world wide receiving their residency assignments to medical centers across the country. EVMS students made up 151 of those assignments, some heading to residency programs at the University of North Carolina, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia. A number of students are staying at EVMS to complete residencies in dermatology, family medicine and more. WAVY spoke with one student who is excited to be staying at EVMS to work in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 'I wanted to come back to EVMS for PM&R and I got to come back to EVMS for PM&R, so I'm excited. I'm really excited to keep my roots here and just build from that,' said Uzoma Ahiarakwe. 'You tell yourself it's no big deal, it's no big deal, but when everyone is here is cheering you on, it's amazing' Click here to see where every EVMS student matched. The matching process, organized by the National Resident Matching Program, uses an algorithm to pair students and residency programs. Students can apply to residency positions for their chosen specialty and rank their choices. Then it's the program's turn to rank the students they accept. Stay with for more local news, weather and traffic. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
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The envelope, please: TTUHSC students get matched
Mar. 21—Fourth-year students from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine on Friday were matched to residency programs across the state and nation amid tears of joy and hugs. The event was held at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. Twenty-six TTUHSC School of Medicine students set to graduate in May applied to residency programs in their preferred specialties and then visited sites to evaluate and ultimately rank their preferred residency programs, a news release said. Meanwhile, administrators at each site interviewed and then ranked the applicants. The National Resident Matching Program coordinates the algorithm-driven matching process, which is designed to produce results for students seeking to fill the thousands of hands-on training positions available at U.S. teaching hospitals. The results are sealed in individual envelopes, which students at all of the nation's medical schools open simultaneously. The results tell the students where they will spend the next three to seven years of their residency training and what specialty they will pursue for their professional careers, the release said. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Regional Dean Dr. Timothy Benton said this was an an amazing group of students. "Administratively, we get to know ahead of today whether they matched, and that way, we get a few days in case they didn't match on the first go-round to help them find a spot. And 100 percent of them matched initially, so that's tremendous success. It speaks very highly of the education that they get here in the Permian Basin," Benton said. He added that this means they are highly competitive. Benton said he still remembers his own Match Day. "I did this, this year it will be 30 years ago ... and I remember it forever. All of them are doing it across the nation at the same time," he added. Dr. Martin Ortega, assistant regional dean for medical education at TTUHSC medical school, said Friday's event was a joyous occasion and a culmination of a lot of effort for fourth-year medical students who are now ready to make the transition into residency. Over the last two years in the Permian Basin, these students have been involved in what are called core clerkships — everything from family medicine and pediatrics to obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, psychiatry and internal medicine. They were also exposed to other specialties. Ortega said the students matched into programs for primary care, surgery, radiology, oncology and dermatology. With a lot of community support, Ortega said, students are exposed to rural medicine as they work with community physicians and Texas Tech physicians in the region. "Our region is very spread out and includes a lot of rural communities so that exposure is really important ... because it informs decisions on where they ultimately will practice. Some of them are choosing to stay here in programs that we have in obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine," Ortega said. Some students will also go to other parts of the state or country and some to metro areas. "(It's) a great mix of specialties and practice sites," Ortega said. While Friday was a day of celebration, he noted that there is still more work and learning for the students to do. Ortega said it's "incredibly rewarding" to be part of the students' journey and to help them work toward personal and professional development. He added that Texas Tech health sciences center is very grateful for all the support the communities have poured into medical education in the region. "This is something that has been going on for several decades and it's so rewarding to see how that's grown over the years and how some of these students have translated into resident physicians and how some of our resident programs have produced many of the physicians that take care of us here at home. It's really great to be part of that pipeline and this is one part of it," Ortega said. Carina Goodart was matched to TTUHSC in Midland to continue training in family medicine. She is from El Paso so she said it feels good to stay relatively close to home. Her path started in high school and has been a long time in the making. Going up to get the envelope that held her destination, it felt like her whole future was inside. "You don't know where you're going to go next until you open it. I had my whole family here. It's just as scary for them because they want me to get what I want," Goodart said. After opening it, she finally knew. She will be the first doctor in her family. "They're absolutely ecstatic," Goodart said of her parents' feelings on her achievement. Watching medical TV shows like "House" inspired her to become a doctor. In high school, she got some shadowing experience at a hospital and then "everything just fell into place." "I'm just really thankful to have matched and to be a doctor," Goodart said. Odessa Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Renee Earls has attended several Match Days. "It is very exciting and uplifting to see where these medical students are headed. We have the reception for the third and fourth year medical students at the chamber when they arrive," Earls said. Some stay and some leave. "I love seeing their expressions and most of the time it's tears of joy with their families," Earls said. She added that everyone gets so emotional and excited. "It's very emotional for me and I don't know one of these students," Earls said.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
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- Yahoo
150 student doctors match into local, national residencies
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Over 150 area student doctors were matched into local and national residencies on Friday morning, March 21, in at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces, the college said in a news release. Burrell College said Match Day was held on Friday morning at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd. in Las Cruces. 'Match Day is when the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) unveils the results of residency and fellowship applications,' read the news release. 'Governed by the NRMP and accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Match Day ensures a standardized process for pairing residency programs with qualified candidates.' 'We are immensely proud of our students and their success in obtaining residency positions across the country and especially within our mission regions,' John Hummer, president of Burrell College, said. 'Match Day represents the culmination of years of dedication and the beginning of their careers as physicians of whom we as a nation need more than ever,' he added. Burrell College said student doctors simultaneously opened envelopes containing their match placements in an 'emotionally charged moment.' 'Our students have worked tirelessly to reach this milestone, and we celebrate their achievements as they take the next step in their medical careers,' Dr. William Pieratt, dean and chief academic officer of Burrell College, said. Burrell College said the transition to residency cycle begins in September during applicants' final year of medical school. Applicants apply to residency programs in specialties of their choice, and throughout the fall and early winter, they interview with those programs. In February, applicants rank in order of true preference the programs where they wish to train, and program directors rank in order of true preference the applicants they wish to train. Those confidential rank order lists are then submitted to the NRMP, which processes them using a computerized mathematical algorithm to match applicants with programs, Burrell College added. In 2024, Burrell College successfully placed 144 graduating doctors into residency programs across the U.S., reinforcing the college's commitment to improving health care access and training highly skilled physicians, according to the news release. You can watch last year's Match Day here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
