A total of 108 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments in 23 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 medical schools nationwide, is designed to optimize the rank ordered choices of students in medical programs. Of the 108 students, 42 percent are staying in Nebraska for their training programs. Thirty-nine percent will do residencies through UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center’s Clarkson Hospital.
The students, who will graduate May 6, are listed by hometown, name, specialty and residency assignment.
AUBURN – Dustin Lee Volkmer, orthopaedics, Loyola U Medical Center, Maywood IL
BEATRICE – Allen Joseph Eckhoff, internal medicine preliminary, U of Kansas SOM-Kansas City KS
BEEMER – Amanda Lea Lueshen, pediatrics, U of Florida Program, Shands Hospital, Gainesville FL
CALLAWAY – Jesse John Pandorf, internal medicine, U of Texas Medical School, Houston TX
COLUMBUS – Abby J. Cheloha, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Chad Erwin Travers, internal medicine, Rush University Med Ctr, Chicago IL; and Jeffrey Adam Zoucha, internal medicine, UC Davis Med Ctr, Sacramento CA
COZAD – Jacob Anthony Wiesen, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (North Platte Program), Omaha NE
DESHLER – Brett Justin Meyer, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
ELKHORN – Kelli Ann Peterson, internal medicine preliminary, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
FAIRBURY – Kate Elizabeth Hesser, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Grand Island Program), Omaha NE
FAIRFIELD – Andrew James Frager, diagnostic radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis MN
FREMONT – Marc Nicholas Boggy, pediatrics, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix AZ; James Byron Clements, medicine-pediatrics, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City UT; and John Leland Clements, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE – ophthalmology, Loyola University/VA Hospital, Chicago IL
GRAND ISLAND – Eric J. Avery, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Thomas W. Bowden, transitional, Texas Tech University Affiliated Hospitals, El Paso TX; Adam B. Brosz, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Cody L. Evans, internal medicine
preliminary – diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Heather Jeanette Gomes, otolaryngology, New England Medical Center, Boston MA; Robert L. Kortum, Pursuing research upon graduation; Troy Andrew Munson, neurosurgery, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago IL; Brandon Michael Seifert, orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio TX; and Andrew James Vasey, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
HENDERSON – Ty Douglas Huebert, internal medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus OH
HICKMAN – Jason Kenneth Hesser, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Grand Island Program), Omaha NE
IMPERIAL – Neil Elliot Fuehrer, pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio TX
JUNIATA – Shane Jordan Burr, physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio TX
KEARNEY – Christopher Warren Colling, transitional, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown PA – diagnostic radiology, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City IA; Amie Jeanne Finkner Jorgensen, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Sarah Ann Kippenbrock, medicine-pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN; and Angela Jo Kratochvil-Stava, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE
KIMBALL – Ron Howard Rawlings, anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
LEXINGTON – Travis James Teetor, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE
LINCOLN – Aaron Nathan Barksdale, emergency medicine, University of Missouri-KC Programs, Kansas City MO; Marie Milligan Belin, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE; Cory Thomas Bernadt, pathology, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City IA; Jay Lawrence Hawkins, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Candace Ann Huebert, internal medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus OH; Ryan Bruce Isherwood, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE; Janel Lynn Kunza, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Morgan Trevor LaHolt, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE – physical medicine and rehabilitation, University Hospitals, Columbia MO; Kara Marie Meinke Baehr, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Kari Ann Neemann, medicine-pediatrics, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE; Antara Pratap Pothuloori, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago IL; David Alan Rhodes, orthopaedics, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT; Jason Christopher Schultz, internal medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester MN; and Kathryn Lohry Swisher, otolaryngology, University of Kansas SOM, Kansas City KS;
LITCHFIELD – Gina Grace Wardyn Lauby, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
McCOOK – Craig Robert Nemechek, surgery, Central Iowa Health System/Iowa Methodist, Des Moines IA
MERNA – Gregory Albert Weber, internal medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis MN
NORFOLK – Shawn Alan Wade, emergency medicine, Grand Rapids Medical Education Program, Grand Rapids MN and Melissa Yeska, internal medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN
NORTH PLATTE – Brian Paul Boerner, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Paul Daniel Kolkman, surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Shawn Paul Murdock, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; and Gregory Lee Thalken, diagnostic radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis MN
OMAHA – Krishan Ariyarathna, internal medicine, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE; Nicholas John Behrendt, obstetrics and gynecology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus OH; Jennifer Marie Bunde, transitional, University of South Dakota SOM, Sioux Falls SD – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Michael Christopher Chapman, pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX; Lindsey Lea Corr, psychiatry, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE; Jonathan Whittaker Cramer, medicine-pediatrics, University of Louisville SOM, Louisville KY; Lindsay Jayne Gage, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Andrea Danielle Green, medicine-pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Herbert Arthur Hartman III, internal medicine, Case Western University Hospitals, Cleveland OH; Cynthia Leigh Malesa Hernandez, emergency medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Kathryn Nicole Honz, surgery, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix AZ; Tricia Lynn Hultgren, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE – dermatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood IL; Timothy George Ihrig, internal medicine, Central Iowa Health System/Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines IA; Abigail Marie Ihrke, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Jeremiah Aaron Jansen, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE – diagnostic radiology, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City OK; Erin Terese Jenkins, internal medicine, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago IL; Meysam Ali Kebriaei, surgery preliminary – neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Robert Marvin Kent, family medicine, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE; Shannon Michaelle Miller Kinnan, psychiatry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda CA; A.J. Nixon, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE; Eric Justin Ream, emergency medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit MI; Timothy Alfio Royal, pediatrics, Phoenix Children’s/Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix AZ; Julie Ann Ruma, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE – diagnostic radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI; Michael Igor Shnayder, preliminary surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Melissa Lynn Frerer St. Germain, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE; Richard Allan Stemm II, transitional, University of North Dakota SOM, Fargo ND – diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Kara Lynn Biven Stevens, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE; and Jamie Breanne Warren, pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
O’NEILL – Matthew Jon Loutzenhiser, family medicine, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare, Spartanburg SC and Erica Lee Nickeson, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Oklahoma COM, Oklahoma City OK
PAPILLION – Alex Thomas Dworak, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
PENDER – Justin James Sharp, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha NE
PLATTSMOUTH – Glenn Edward Hurst, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SCOTTSBLUFF – Thurston Dru McMillen, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SUTTON – Mac Thomas McLaughlin, internal medicine preliminary – neurology, Brown University, Providence RI
TRENTON – Jody Clayton Olson, internal medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis MN
WAKEFIELD – Alison Marie Benson, emergency medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City Program, Kansas City MO
GILROY CA – Thomas Dean Soma, transitional, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines IA – anesthesiology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston MA
SAM CLEMENTE CA – Eric J. Benner, pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill NC
TUSTIN CA – Chi Dang Thanh Ngo, transitional, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines IA – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
FORT COLLINS CO – Ty Toshiro Higuchi, surgery preliminary – urology, Mayo Graduate SOM, Rochester MN
CLARINDA IA – Eric Michael Thompson, surgery preliminary – neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR
CLEAR LAKE IA – Elizabeth Ann Hoffman, pathology, Mayo Graduate SOM, Rochester MN
IMOGENE IA – Kerri Ann McGargill, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Kansas SOM, Wichita KS
LeMARS IA – Marie Kathryne Stelzer, surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison WI
RED OAK IA – Shannon Kathleen Boerner, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SPIRIT LAKE IA – Joshua John Espelund, otolaryngology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
WEST DES MOINES IA – Sarah Marie Olsasky, transitional, Healthone Alliance, Denver CO – dermatology, University of South Florida COM, Tampa FL
CHICAGO IL – Chadd James McMahon, diagnostic radiology, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago IL
TOPEKA KS – Jeff Daniel Sanders*, psychiatry, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego CA
WINFIELD KS – Andrew Jacob Abraham, Deferring residency for one year
ELLICOTT CITY MD – Katherine Grace Venable, medicine-pediatrics, U of Illinois-St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria IL
COTTONWOOD MN – Joseph Lawrence Panerio-Langer, internal medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle WA
BOZEMAN MT – Ryan Dwight Adams, internal medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Portland OR
LAS VEGAS NV – Brandon Wayne Farmer, emergency medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City program, Kansas City MO
STATEN ISLAND NY – Mark Jacob Eichler, surgery, Stamford Hospital-Columbia University, Stamford CT
CINCINNATI OH – Nicholas Edward Dietz, pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee WI
ARLINGTON SD – Brent Jason Henriksen, preliminary surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SIOUX FALLS SD – Nicole Jean Grossenburg, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SALT LAKE CITY UT – Aaron Craig Jessop, internal medicine preliminary, Griffin Hospital, Derby CT
WEST JORDAN UT – Mohammed S. Mohiuddin Iqbal, medicine-pediatrics, U of Illinois-St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria IL
CASPER WY – Bradley A. Hiser, surgery preliminary – neurosurgery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia MO
MOORCROFT WY – Hilary Rae Ormseth, emergency medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
AFGHANISTAN – Nazir Delawar, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine, Omaha NE
* Graduated December 15, 2005