RESIDENCY MATCHES ANNOUNCED FOR GRADUATING MEDICAL STUDENTS
Rockford, Ill., -- After four years of determination and hard work in medical school, graduating students learned where they will spend the next three to six years of their medical training.
Match Day was held on Thursday, March 18 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. The announcements was made in the Partners’ Pavilion located in the new addition at the Parkview Campus. Medical students from all 126 medical schools across the country heard their match results at the same time.
Matching students with residency programs is a computerized process, through which medical students rank their preferred residency programs, while residency programs rank their preferred applicants. Students may choose from one of 13 medical specialties, including family practice, internal medicine, emergency medicine and dermatology.
Students matching, their hometown, their educational background (those in yellow highlight are local):
Asma Arayan
Chicago, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael Arce
Long Beach, California
California State University, Long Beach
Edward B. Badal
Romilan, Syria
Loyola University
Paula I. Banser
LaGrange, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brandy N. Beard
Sadorus, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John-Paul Berauer
Gilberts, Illinois
Loyola University
Meghan L. Brennan
Arlington Heights, Illinois
University of Iowa
Maureen M. Bylina
Chicago, Illinois
Truman State University
Paul L. Cespedes
Oak Brook, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Benedictine University, MPH
Vidhya Chandrasekaran
Rockford, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lucia Chou
Naperville, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Vincent M. Colin
Glendale Heights, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Daniel L. Cortez
Boulder, Colorado
Colorado School of Mines
Faraaz A. Fakih
Wheaton, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
John J. FiszerWestern Springs, Illinois
Northern Illinois University/University of Virginia-Charlottesville, JD
Nicole L. Fyie
Fairfield, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gabrielle C. Geddes
Geneva, Illinois
Northern Illinois University
Andrea N. Giamalva
Belvidere, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shaunté M. Gray
Los Angeles, California
University of California at Irvine/California State University. MS
Christopher B. Hamm
Hillsboro, Illinois
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Justin J. Holschbach
Princeton, Illinois
Illinois Wesleyan University
Kris A. Homb
Warren, Illinois
Illinois State University
Jacob R. Hopping
Ellisville, Illinois
Bradley University
Deborah A. Hornacek
Lake Zurich, Illinois
University of Notre Dame
Jean Huang
Taipei, Taiwan
University of California at San Diego
Christina J. Hunt
Chicago, Illinois
Washington University
David U. Kim
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Nikki N. Kim
Cerritos, California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joel D. Kolmodin
Borculo, Michigan
Wheaton College
Pamela J. Lang
Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kaitlin R. Lee
Derry, New Hampshire
University of Norte Dame
Walter K. Lee
Libertyville, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zouyan Lu
West Dundee, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Danny I. Martel
Chicago, Illinois
Northwestern University
Daniel K. Martin
Eureka, Illinois
Drake University
Katherine S. McCrea
Hinckley, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shanele N. McGowan
Chicago, Illinois
Emory University
Amishi H. Mehta
Lemont, Illinois
Northwestern University
Vishrut P. Naik
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jorge R. Navarrete
San Francisco, California
University of Claifornia Davis
John S. Park
Vernon Hills, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Carolyn M. Parma
Westmont, Illinois
Dartmouth College
Ashish A. Patel
Salinas, California
University of California, Los Angeles
Neil N. Patel
Naperville, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Nimesh V. Patel
Orland Park, Illinois
Purdue University
Martín G. Pérez
Los Angeles, California
University of California, Los Angeles
Anne M. Polick
Glendale Heights, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Benjamin T. Rathert
Ava, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Rivoli
West Covina, CA
Jonathan L. Schonert
Olney, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aditya V. Shetty
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bethany R. Troutwine
Gillespie, Illinois
Illinois Wesleyan University
Michael L. Webb
Cordova, Illinois
Iowa State University
Harish Yalamanchili
Bourbonnais, Illinois
Purdue University
Loren D. Zuiderveld
Jacksonville, Illinois
University of Southern California