A total of 140 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, learned about their residency assignments March 15 during an event at the Scott Conference Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The 2024 Main Residency Match® — referred to as Match Day — is an annual rite of passage for medical students, a day when students across the country learn where they will train for the next three to seven years, depending on the medical area of their choice. Students are matched through a computer program to align their preferences for residency programs to fill the thousands of training positions available at U.S. teaching hospitals.
Forty-one percent of UNMC students are staying in Nebraska for their training, with 56 of those at UNMC. Sixty-one percent matched in primary care, which includes family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/geriatrics, internal medicine/pediatrics, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.
Nationally, there were 41,503 residency positions.
The UNMC medical students, slated to graduate in May, are listed below by their hometown, name, specialty, and location of residency assignment. Some students have chosen not to have their names released to the public.
Ashland: Bo Kitrell, Transitional, Scripps Mercy Hosp-San Diego-California
Beatrice: Austin Ragland, Internal Medicine, UNMC
Bellevue: Nathaniel Deyo, Internal Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas
Benkelman: Nicole Kent, Family Medicine, UNMC
Burwell: Shea Jeffres, General Surgery, Indiana University SOM, Indianapolis
Callaway: Lafeyette Loper, Medicine-Preliminary, U South Alabama Hospitals, Mobile
Ceresco: Garret Lorenzen, Family Medicine, Lincoln Med Ed Partnership-Nebraska
Columbus: Zachary Walkenhorst, Anesthesiology, UNMC
Cozad: Tazah Weinmaster, Medicine-Pediatrics, Univ of Missouri-KC Programs, Kansas City
Davenport: Samuel Christensen, Anesthesiology, U Arizona COM-Tucson
Diller: Kaitlyn Schultis, Urology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
Eagle: Tanner Dice, Medicine-Preliminary, UNMC; Trevor Lockard, Pediatrics, UNMC
Elgin: Nicole Beckman, Family Medicine, UNMC
Elkhorn: Jocelyn Daubendiek, Thoracic Surgery, Montefiore Med Ctr/Einstein, Bronx, New York
Fremont: Nathaniel Pester, Anesthesiology, UNMC
Geneva: Shelby Schelkopf, Anesthesiology, UNMC
Grand Island: Jamie Bish, Family Medicine, Poudre Valley Hospital-Colorado, Ft. Collins; Kevin Cahoy, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Eshan Sood, Transitional/Southern Hills, Sunrise Health GME Consortium-Las Vegas, Nevada; Tucker Vahle, Family Medicine, UNMC
Gretna: Kaylee Schwasinger, Medicine-Primary, UNMC
Hastings: Justin Engberg, Family Medicine, UNMC; Morgan Karloff, Transitional, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health-Seattle, Washington; Bryant Menke, Ophthalmology, U Miami/Jackson Health System-Florida
Hayes Center: Robert Deaver, Family Medicine, Rapid City Hospital-South Dakota
Hemingford: Tylor King, Internal Medicine, Billings Clinic, Montana
Henderson: Eve Vanderneck, Family Medicine, U Texas HSC-San Antonio
Hickman: Wyatt Lanik, Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus
Holdrege: Caden Fritson, General Surgery, U Cincinnati Med Ctr,-Ohio
Kearney: Caleb Capellen, Pediatrics, Phoenix Childrens Hospital-Arizona; Mark Carter, Family Medicine, UNMC; Akshay Kashyap, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Riverside Community Hospital, California
Lincoln: Monica Angeletti, Internal Medicine, U Arizona COM-Tucson; Suhair BarBar Askar, Internal Medicine, Corewell Health East Beaumont, Dearborn, Michigan; Kyle Bavitz, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Vanessa Bowmaster, Family Medicine, UNMC; Eliza Darrington Fallick, Pediatrics, U Minnesota Med School, Minneapolis; Mariah McKinney Fallick, Internal Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City; Noah Free, Internal Medicine, U Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison; Jonathan Freese, Medicine-Pediatrics, Baylor Coll Med-Houston-Texas; Marco Gutierrez, Phys Medicine & Rehab, U Texas HSC-San Antonio; John Hao, General Surgery, Creighton University-Omaha, Nebraska; Alexandra Hergenrader, Obstetrics-Gynecology, UNMC; Morgan Blue Klein, Medicine-Pediatrics, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus; Gregory Lawson, Internal Medicine, U Rochester/Strong Memorial-New York, Rochester; Tony Le, Psychiatry, UNMC; Jacob Moore, Psychiatry, UNMC; Grant Ozaki, Internal Medicine, U Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City; Brian Smith, Medicine-Pediatrics, UNMC; Caroline Spethman, Transitional/Southern Hills, Sunrise Health GME Consortium-Las Vegas, Nevada
Neligh: Kelsey Green, General Surgery/IA Methodist, Central Iowa Health System, Des Moines
Norfolk: Jaden Hattery, Emergency Medicine, U Texas Med Sch-Houston, Texas
Omaha: Nabilaa Azimi, Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr-Torrance, California; Niranjana Balu, Obstetrics-Gynecology, UNMC; Benjamin Bonebrake, Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Natalie Bristol, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Sara Mantz Carr, Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare Kansas City-Overland Park, Kansas; Kelsey Coziahr, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Edson DeOliveira, Neurology, Indiana University SOM, Indianapolis; Luke Doyle, Medicine-Preliminary, UNMC; Elena Einspahr, Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland; Samuel Frankel, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Alyssa Freeman, Pediatrics, Northwestern McGaw/Lurie Childrens-Chicago, Illinois; Lukas Hall, Anesthesiology, U Kansas SOM-Wichita; Philip Holubeck, Orthopaedic Surgery, UNMC; Margaret Hutson, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Brett Jesse, Psychiatry, UNMC; Ruchika Khot, Transitional/Radiology, Emory Univ SOM-Atlanta, Georgia; Jacob Klein, Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus; Drew Kortus, Medicine-Pediatrics, U Illinois COM-Peoria OSF, Illinois; Jennifer Libov, Emergency Medicine, George Washington Univ-District of Columbia; Rajan Mediratta, Internal Medicine, Loyola Univ Med Ctr, Maywood, Illinois; Ananya Mitra, General Surgery/Innovation, Baylor Coll Med-Houston-Texas; Sandy Montoya, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Mercy Hospital St Louis-Missouri; Sarah Mullen, Med-Prelim/Portland, Providence Health-Portland,Oregon, Jordan Murman, Medicine-Pediatrics, Corewell Health-Grand Rapids/MSU-Michigan; Quinn Nelson, Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland; Carmen Ochoa Farho, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, UNMC; Olivia Paetz, Medicine-Pediatrics, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus; Avi Prajapati, Internal Medicine, U Rochester/Strong Memorial-Rochester, New York; Sofia Quintero, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Elizabeth Ramler, Medicine-Pediatrics, UNMC; Alexandra Regan, Obstetrics-Gynecology, UNMC; Emma Sheehy Sheridan, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Chanont Sricharoen, Pediatrics/ALGH, Advocate Health Care-Park Ridge, Illinois; Mariah Tessin, Anesthesiology, UNMC; Maranda Thompson, Anesthesiology, UNMC; Emma Thordarson, Internal Medicine, UNMC; Nathanael Urban, Orthopaedic Surgery, UNMC; Nicholas Weaver, Pediatrics, UNMC; Lauren Wegner, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus; Anna Wilwerding, Family Medicine, UNMC
Papillion: Brent Cordon, Med-Prelim/Anesthesiology, St Vincents Med Ctr, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Weston Ernst, Surgery-Preliminary, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus
Potter: Rose Nelson, Family Medicine, UNMC
Sidney: Megan Neal, Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-Nashville, Tennessee
Springfield: Luke Polenz, Anesthesiology, UNMC; Stacie Schlange, Pediatrics, UNMC
Tekamah: Nicholas Bohannon, Anesthesiology, U Texas HSC-Tyler, Texas
Union: Sydney Todd, General Surgery, UNMC
Waverly: Jacob Schneider, Medicine-Preliminary, UNMC
Yutan: Cody Feist, Medicine-Preliminary, UNMC; Raven Miller, Family Medicine, UNMC
Big Bear Lake, California: Quinn Navarro, Pediatrics, UC Davis Med Ctr-Sacramento, California
Fremont, California: Osman Shokoor, Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente-Oakland, California
Mead, Colorado: Camilla Somer Reimer, Otolaryngology, Med Coll Wisconsin Affil Hosps, Milwaukee
Parker, Colorado: Katie Vanderzwaag, Anesthesiology, U Colorado SOM-Denver
Ames, Iowa: Pauline Xu, Pathology, UNMC
Bettendorf, Iowa: Safwan Elkhatib, Anesthesiology/Research, MGB-Brigham & Womens Hosp-Boston, Massachusetts
Council Bluffs, Iowa: Miranda Jangula, Internal Medicine, UNMC
Elliott, Iowa: Anna Mardesen, Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Fdn-Ohio
Naperville, Illinois: Sarah Tjards, Pediatrics, U Michigan Hosps-Ann Arbor
St. Charles, Illinois: Jessica Glas, Surgery-Preliminary, U South Alabama Hospitals, Mobile
Overland Park, Kansas: Andrew Eksi, General Surgery, Maine Med Ctr, Portland
Shawnee, Kansas: Benjamin Huerter, General Surgery, Sparrow Hospital-Lansing, Michigan
Wichita, Kansas: Spencer Jones, Internal Medicine, UNMC
Chesterfield, Missouri: Cassie Liu, Internal Medicine, Stony Brook Teach Hosps-New York
St. Louis, Missouri: David Kasper, Medicine-Preliminary, Creighton University-Phoenix, Arizona
Las Cruces, New Mexico: Laura Flores, Medicine-Preliminary, UNMC
Fargo, North Dakota: Andrea Klooz, General Surgery, UNMC
Portland, Oregon: Stephen Haller, Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Med Ctr, Columbus
Aberdeen, South Dakota: Sarah Dutt, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Sparrow Hospital-Michigan, Lansing
Custer, South Dakota: Emme Schmidt, Neurology, UNMC
Faulkton, South Dakota: Kaci Clement, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Grad Med Educ-Rochester, Minnesota
Chapmansboro, Tennessee: Caelyn Armshaw, Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Med School, Norfolk
Longview, Texas: Saihari Dukkipati, Child Neurology, NYP Hosp-Columbia Univ Med Ctr-New York, New York
Salt Lake City, Utah: Sarah Mauch Sweeney, Pediatrics, U Washington Affil Hosps, Seattle
Stoughton, Wisconsin: Keaton Read, Medicine-Pediatrics, Rush University Med Ctr-Chicago, Illinois
About UNMC
As Nebraska’s only public academic health science center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center enrolls more than 4,400 students across six colleges, two institutes and a graduate studies program. Its mission is to create a healthier future for Nebraskans through premier education, research and clinical care, but its impact — rooted in a culture of collaboration, big ideas and public-private partnerships – goes far beyond, in areas that include infectious diseases, rural health, cancer research and treatments, global health security, and simulation and experiential learning technologies.