A total of 115 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have received their residency assignments through the National Resident Matching Program. A residency is a training program for newly-graduated physicians in the area of medicine of their choice.
On March 20 at the same time, more than 15,000 U.S. medical school seniors, friends and family held “Match Day” ceremonies to learn where they will spend residency training following graduation.
National Resident Matching Program is designed to optimize the rank ordered choices of students in medical programs. Of the 115 Nebraska students who matched, 36 percent are staying in Nebraska for their training programs. Thirty-four percent will do residencies at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC’s hospital partner.
More than 94 percent of seniors nationwide who applied for residencies this year were paired with a program of their choice—the highest percentage in more than three decades.
The 2008 Match was also the largest ever. Overall, 28,737 applicants vied for one of 22,240 first-year residency positions—the most applicants in history.
The UNMC students, slated to graduate May 2, are listed by hometown, name, specialty and residency assignment.
CLASS OF 2008 RESIDENCY ASSIGNMENTS
AINSWORTH — John Allen Steuter, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
ALLIANCE — Jason R. LaTowsky, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Missouri-Kansas City, MO
AYR — John David Franzen, psychiatry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
BEATRICE — Laura Beth Butler, obstetrics and gynecology, Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO; Megan McGuffey Willet, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
BELLEVUE — Joseph Kennedy Costello, internal medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; VaKara Monique Meyer, psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
COLUMBUS — Joseph Louis Citta, III, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Jewelia Denise Grennan, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS
CRETE — Jesse L. Chrastil, orthopaedics, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
DeWITT — Justin Allan Cramer, Justin is taking a year off and will be pursuing a residency program in July 2009.
ELKHORN — Kyle Jason Ringenberg, internal medicine preliminary-anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
FREMONT — Christine LeeAnn Larsen, internal medicine preliminary-ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Lucas V. McKnight, medicine-pediatrics, Ohio State University Medical Center, Colum bus, OH; Evan Charles Pike, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ophthalmology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Abbie Kathleen Sorensen Ray, internal medicine, Central Iowa Health System/Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA; Christopher Jay Smith, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
FT. CALHOUN — Mark Edward Kusek, pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
GERING — Brenton James Ellison, anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
HASTINGS — Michael Allen Eigenberg, surgery, Michael State University-East Lansing, Lansing, MI; Stephen John Griffin, obstetrics and gynecology, Texas Tech University Affiliated Hospitals, Amarillo, TX;
KEARNEY — Lisa Marie Colling, emergency medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH; Andrea Lynn Mack, pediatrics, Northwestern-McGaw Medical Center-Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Nathan William Murdoch, orthopaedics, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
LINCOLN — Andrew Alan Berlowitz, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, anesthesiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Mark Richard Burt, surgery preliminary, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO; Jeffrey Spencer Davis, surgery preliminary-urology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK; David Alan Erickson, internal medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI; Nathan Scott Gollehon, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Andrea Grant Gomes, surgery preliminary, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; Kevin Thomas Grosshans, orthopaedics, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK; Nicholas Edward Heiser, internal medicine preliminary, Queens Hospital/Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, anesthesiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY; Jonathan R. Henning, surgery preliminary-urology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; Aaron Christopher Hurlbut, diagnostic radiology, Oakwood Hospitals, Dearborn, MI; James Thomas Hynes, family medicine-anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Matthew Thomas Judge, psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Abel S. Luksan, transitional, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, anesthesiology, University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen, Burlington, VT; Erin Michelle May, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Erin J. Merboth, pathology, Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO; Sahra Mariam Niazi, pediatrics, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ; Platt Daniel Niebur, pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; Alyssa Camille Pilus, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Sonya May Reynolds, pediatrics, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN; Christopher Calvin Rife, internal medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; Maegen J. Straight Wallace, orthopaedics, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
MERNA — Roni Marie Jacobsen, medicine-pediatrics, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
MINATARE — Anpo Wicahpi Herrera Charging Thunder, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
NORFOLK — Bethany Jean Gannon, internal medicine preliminary, Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO, anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
NORTH PLATTE — Brian Alan Karre, obstetrics and gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI; Meaghan L. Khan, family medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Scottsdale, AZ
OGALLALA — Stacey M. Parker, internal medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
OMAHA — Orode Badakhsh, surgery preliminary-anesthesiology, University of California/Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; Jocelyn Kaye Bailey, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Mark Paul Bazant, neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Supriya Kumari Bhatia, psychiatry, University of California/Davis, Sacramento, CA; Casey Daniel Bowen, internal medicine preliminary, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA; Nicholas Francis Boyle, surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Stephen Richard Bujarski, internal medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Lauren Elizabeth Butterfield, psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Cassandra Lane Cash, surgery, Texas A&M-Scott & White, Temple, TX; Joseph Thomas Cheatle, surgery preliminary-neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Jonathan Cappeller Cotton, orthopaedics, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City, Kansas City, KS; Judson Dale Davies, surgery preliminary-urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Abigail Casey Drucker, obstetrics and gynecology, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE; Marcellene Franzen, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; Joel Douglas Gabriel, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Lisa Marie Keenan, emergency medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Bilal N. Khan, internal medicine, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; Heidi Cathleen Moser, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Emily Marie Patel, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Sachit Arvind Patel, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Mahliqha Frishta Qasimyar, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Allison Kate McGee Ramey, medicine-pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Michaela Rae Davis Rhodes, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Sarah Wiese Richards, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Joseph Adam Robinson, internal medicine preliminary-anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Frederick Charles Rock, surgery preliminary-anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Kelli Lynn Rudman, otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI; Joshua Warren Sappenfield, surgery preliminary, Central Iowa Health System/Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; Kylie Jean Smith, obstetrics and gynecology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; Dustin Steven Sorenson, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE; Michelle Elizabeth Sudyka, transitional, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Benjamin Jack Swanson, pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
PAPILLION — David Arden Rupiper, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, diagnostic radiology, Wheaton Franciscan Health-St. Joseph, Milwaukee, WI
PLATTSMOUTH —Jill Marie Murphy, plastic surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
PLEASANT DALE — Jamie A. Drake, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Valerie Christine Piening Hostetler, internal medicine preliminary, University of Missouri-Kansas City Programs, Kansas City, MO
RALSTON — Michelle Nicole Kompare, family medicine, Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD
SCHUYLER — Megan Marie Faltys, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SCOTTSBLUFF — Justin Lambert James Stiers, pediatrics, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
SEWARD — Andrew Scott Hentzen, surgery preliminary, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS
TAYLOR — Daniel Evan Schneider, family medicine, Lincoln Medical Education Partnership, Lincoln, NE
WEST POINT — Emily Marie Hotovy Neri, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
AUBURN CA — Brian Patrick Tullius, pediatrics, Naval Medical Center, San Diego CA
LOS ALTOS CA — Shawn Derek Skaife, family medicine, Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, FL
NAPA CA — Sarah Louis Gupta, Sarah will be taking a year off and will be pursuing a residency position for July 2009.
PALOS VERDES CA — Brian Thomas Farrell, surgery preliminary-neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
DENVER CO — Ann Marie McCartney, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Michele Lynne Muggli, pediatrics, University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen, Burlington, VT
LITTLETON CO — David Allen Zander, transitional, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, La Crosse, WI, diagnostic radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
POCATELLO ID — Jeffrey Clayton DeBell, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
SWAN VALLEY ID — Morgan Frank Merrill, family medicine, Lincoln Medical Education Partnership, Lincoln, NE
AMES IA — Poorani Sekar, neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
COUNCIL BLUFFS IA — Andrew Michael Coughlin, otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Suzanne Meyer Tucker, pathology, University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen, Burlington, VT
ELKADER IA — Peggy Jo Simpson, primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE
ONAWA IA — Allison Lee Stangel, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine Residency, Omaha, NE
SIOUX CITY IA — Kathryn Ellen Lazure, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
WATERLOO IA — Jennifer D. Duven, pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
GARDNER KS — Amanda Diane Griffin, pediatrics, Texas Tech University Affiliated Hospitals, Amarillo, TX
EAGAN MN — Marc Alan Sintek, internal medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
LAS VEGAS NV — Rogelio Machuca, family medicine, University of Nevada Affiliated Hospitals, Las Vegas, NV
JUD ND — Jamie Verner Zachrison, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
HOUSTON TX — David William Jantzen, III, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s research funding from external sources now exceeds $80 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,400 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.
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