A total of 118 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments in 30 states through the National Resident Matching Program. The program, a private, not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to residency positions, which last from three to five years and allow newly-graduated physicians to specialize in an area of medicine.
Match Day, an annual event held at the same time at U.S. medical schools, is designed to optimize the rank ordered choices of students and medical program. Since 1995, UNMC has had an average of 60 percent of students entering a primary care residency for their first year of training. This year, 63 percent of the class placed in primary care, which are considered family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics. In their second year of training, some students will begin training in the specialties of anesthesiology, dermatology, otolaryngology and radiology. This year, 36 percent of graduates placed in specialties of emergency medicine, orthopaedics, pathology and surgery.
Of the 118 students, 38 percent are staying in Nebraska for their training program. Thirty-four percent will do residencies through UNMC, Nebraska Health Systems Clarkson Hospital or a Lincoln-based family practice program affiliated with UNMC.
The students, who will graduate May 10, are listed by hometown, name, specialty and residency assignment.
ADAMS – Stephanie Lynn Dean Randall, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
AINSWORTH – Molly Weichman Johnson, obstetrics & gynecology, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE
ALBION – Shane Kohl, pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
ALLIANCE – Joshua Michael McConkey, emergency medicine, Summa Health/NEOUCOM-OH, Akron OH
ATKINSON – James Richard Galyen, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (North Platte)
BEATRICE – Matthew Jared DeVries, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and Julie Beth Fletcher, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
BEAVER CROSSING – Brady James O’Hare, surgery, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa OK
BELLEVUE – Wendy Lynne Begg, pediatrics, University of Illinois-St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria IL and Mark Timothy Kearns, internal medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus OH
BLAIR – Sasha Kristi Shilcutt, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
BROKEN BOW – Kevin Michael Ahlers, emergency medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis IN
COLERIDGE – Matthew Gerhardt Winkelbauer, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
COLUMBUS – Shade Richard Whalen, pediatrics, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham AL
COZAD – Mark Dwight Carlson, obstetrics & gynecology, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita KS
DODGE – Angela Sue Hunke Brennan, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and Matthew Paul Brester, internal medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem NC
ELKHORN – Sarah Ann Eich, pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine-Denver, Denver CO and Jeffrey Daniel Raymond, transitional, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines IA & anesthesiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City KS
ELM CREEK – Nicole Renae Mitchell, pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Memphis, Memphis TN
FAIRBURY – Ronald Lynn, Bear Jr., anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio TX
FAIRFIELD – Ryan Christopher Ramaekers, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
GERING – Shernan Grace Piatkowski, internal medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester MN
GIBBON – Bradette Zehra Hemmerling Varilek, internal medicine, St Johns Mercy Medical Center-MO, St. Louis MO
GLENVIL – Michael William Bryan, surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque NM
GRAND ISLAND – Randall James Olsen, pathology, Baylor College of Medicine-Houston-TX, Houston TX and Andrea Adell Settje, internal medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital/Clinics, Madison WI
GRETNA – Geoffrey Allen Talmon, pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
HASTINGS – Kimberly Lynn Franzen, surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston TX; Alissa Sue Marr, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Jeffrey John Nienaber, surgery, Duke University Medical Center-NC, Durham NC and Laura Marie Vander Werff, internal medicine, Emanuel/Good Samaritan-OR, Portland OR
HENDERSON – Matthew Owen Epp, surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and Tonya Jo Friesen, pathology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham AL
JULIAN – Kevin Michael Burgert, pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati OH
KEARNEY – Monte James Christo, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE and Robert Ryan Shaffer, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
KIMBALL – Brock Thomas Wentz, surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City Programs, Kansas City MO
LINCOLN – Shrinivas Bishu, surgery preliminary, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco CA; Aaron Michael Bott, surgery preliminary, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines IA; Danielle Dawn Brester Buda, psychiatry, Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE; Deborah F. DeLair, pathology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami FL; Krista Lynn Hill, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE; Corey Andrew Priesman, psychiatry, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Lynn Starr, psychiatry, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City UT; Amit Jai Verma, pediatrics, University of Texas SW Medical School-Dallas, Dallas TX and Walter Earl Zink III, surgery preliminary, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City NY & radiology research, Cornell University, New York City NY
LYONS – Matthew James Timm, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE
MADISON – Larry Adolph Severa, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
MARQUETTE – Colene Irene Jensen Andersen, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
MULLEN – Sara Suzanne Marks, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Grand Island)
NAPONEE – Amy Jo Post Paysen, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Kearney)
NORTH PLATTE – Brandon J. Aden, internal medicine, New York University Downtown Hospital, New York City NY
ODELL – Preston Clair Callan Renshaw, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Scottsbluff)
OMAHA – Neena Agarwal, surgery preliminary, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood IL & otolaryngology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood IL; Christine Elizabeth Aita, pediatrics, University of Connecticut, Farmington CT; Ashish Kumar Arora, internal medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood IL; Kara Diane Coleman Bruning, pediatrics, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines IA; Timothy Cameron Bryan, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE; Cheryl Jennifer Buda, psychiatry, Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE; Seth Adam Cheatham, orthopedics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA; Deepak Dev, psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio TX; George William Dittrick, surgery, Baylor University Medical Center-Dallas, Dallas TX; Michael Jared Duffy, orthopedics, Orlando Regional Healthcare-Florida, Orlando FL; Eric Jacob Eisenman, anesthesiology, University of Florida Program-Shands Hospital, Gainesville FL; Kristen Moore Eisenman, pediatrics, University of Florida Program-Shands Hospital, Gainesville FL; Carey Lee Christiansen Ford, obstetrics & gynecology, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE; Julie L. Satterwhite Handwerk, psychiatry, Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE; Natalie Susan Ulrich Hauser, pediatrics, University of Texas SW Medical School-Dallas, Dallas TX; Brett Charles Hill, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & urology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Jeff Edward Hollister, anesthesiology, University Hospitals-Columbia, Columbia MO; Nicholas Bryan Kammerer, psychiatry, Maine Medical Center, Portland ME; Wade Stephen Lukken, transitional, Broadlawns Medical Center-Iowa, Des Moines IA & anesthesiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor MI; Jill Suzanne McGee, medicine-pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Natasha Lin Mohlman, pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati OH; Lyudmila M. Muinov, internal medicine preliminary, Medical College Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee WI & diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Douglas Francis Niemann, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Jennifer Leigh Rasmussen, transitional, Broadlawns Medical Center-Iowa, Des Moines IA & anesthesiology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester MN; Sonal Saxena, pediatrics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans, New Orleans LA; John Woodward Schmidt, pediatrics, Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE; Joseph Simodynes, internal medicine preliminary, St Vincent Hospital-Indiana, Indianapolis IN & dermatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver CO; Michael Arthur Sty, family medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center-Arizona, Phoenix AZ; Tin Huu Tran, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE & anesthesiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis MO; Amber Marie Tyler, family medicine, Ehrling Berquist Hospital, Offutt AFB NE; Joseph Andrew Ursick, surgery preliminary, University of Missouri-Kansas City Programs, Kansas City MO & otolaryngology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City KS; Andrew Owen Wahl, internal medicine preliminary, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE; Kari Marie Wendt, medicine-pediatrics, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus OH and Ross Alan Witters, internal medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA
ORLEANS – James Matthew Ohrt, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Grand Island)
PAPILLION – Scott Douglas Irvine, emergency medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus OH and Brian Daniel Lubberstedt, psychiatry, Creighton/Nebraska University, Omaha NE
PLATTSMOUTH – Sarah Michelle Hurd, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE and Brock Robert LaSure, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE
SCOTTSBLUFF – Shandra Kazuko Yoshimi, internal medicine, Kaiser-Permanente-Oakland, Oakland CA
ST. HELENA – Neil Duane Jones, surgery, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington NC
SUTTON – Douglas James Althouse, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE
VALPARAISO – Scott James Henderson, anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
WYNOT – Malinda Joan Foxhoven, pediatrics, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church VA
YORK – Brandon Michael Jahnke, family medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita KS and Jared Christopher Pehrson, family medicine, Cox Medical Centers-Missouri, Springfield MO
YUTAN – Jennifer Jo Adams, internal medicine preliminary, Johns Hopkins/Sinai, Baltimore MD & anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD and Travis John Hayes, internal medicine preliminary, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE & anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
LOS ANGELES, CA – Binh Ngo, internal medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
SAN PEDRO, CA – Sylvia Joy Bauer Ziegenbein, obstetrics & gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
LONGMONT, CO – Kyle David Kusek, pediatrics, Phoenix Childrens/Maricopa, Phoenix AZ
STERLING, CO – Trevor Craig Van Schooneveld, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
IDAHO FALLS, ID – Bradley Tayler Hammond, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
OLATHE, KS – Matthew Ryan Mendlick, transitional, Tucson Hospital Medical Education-Arizona, Tucson AZ & diagnostic radiology, University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals, Tucson AZ
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Ramona Goyal, internal medicine, Washington Hospital Center-DC, Washington DC
BETHESDA, MD – Hilary Katherine Knapp, pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR
HARPSWELL, ME – Ellen Li-Ping Chan, pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital-Brown University, Providence RI
CONCORDIA, MO – Joshua D. Dahlke, obstetrics & gynecology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego CA
GREENWOOD, MS – LaKisha Yvette Williams, psychiatry, Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans, New Orleans LA
RAPID CITY, SD – Peter James Seberger, family medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita KS
HOUSTON, TX – David Austin Hall, emergency medicine, University of Texas Medical School-Houston, Houston TX
HUDSON, WI – Pyra Marie Aarden, emergency medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY
UPTON, WY – Johnathan Lawrence Colling, family medicine, Lincoln Medical Education Foundation, Lincoln NE