A total of 119 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha received their residency assignments today during the traditional Match Day ceremony held in the Sorrell Center on the UNMC campus.
A residency is a training program for newly-graduated medical students in the medical area of their choice. Residencies range in length from three to six years.
Of the UNMC students who matched, 45 percent are staying in Nebraska for their training programs and 39 percent will do residencies at The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC’s hospital partner.
This year’s Match Day is the largest in history, according to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), as 30,543 applicants participated — 655 more than last year.
A computer program is used to align the preferences of applicants with the preferences of residency programs in order to fill the thousands of training positions available at U.S. teaching hospitals. The NRMP is a private, not-for-profit organization established in 1952 to provide an orderly and fair mechanism to match the preferences of applicants to U.S. residency positions.
CLASS OF 2010 RESIDENCY ASSIGNMENTS
The UNMC students, slated to graduate May 8, are listed by hometown, name, specialty and residency assignment.
Listed below are students from Nebraska hometowns
Albion — Jacqueline Lea Wells, family medicine, St. Vincents Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL
Aurora — Chelsea Rae Majerus, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE
Beatrice — Jill Marie Viljoen, internal medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Bellevue — Michael Libby Mulhern, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Blue Hill — Caleb Wallace Schroeder, surgery preliminary, St. Joseph Mercy, Ann Arbor, MI
Broken Bow — Erik Michael Steckler, diagnostic radiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
Chapman — Nathan Robert Krug, family medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wcihita, KS
Clarkson — Brady Alexander Brabec, internal medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
Clay Center — Jeremy K. Gallant, physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Columbus — Joshua C. Euteneuer, pediatrics, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Daniel Joseph Jeffrey, medicine pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Craig Matthew Pekny, family medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Jesse Willman Weir, anesthesiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
Elkhorn — Nathan Robert McIntire, internal medicine preliminary – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Fort Calhoun — Adam Gene Macdissi, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Anthony John Macdissi, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Geneva — Lindsey Marie Stockwell Mosel, family medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Glenvil — Abby Michelle Soterin, internal medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Gordon — Sara Lauren Cicmanec, internal medicine, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
Grand Island — Emily Jo Goering, family medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Portsmouth, VA; Matthew Jay Kruse, surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Joseph Davis Law, IV, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Susan Mae Newman, family medicine – primary care (Grand Island), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Joseph Jay Vavricek, transitional, Central Iowa Health System/Iowa Methodist, Des Moines, IA, diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Hastings — Jeffrey Michael Zeckser, internal medicine preliminary, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE
Hershey — Karissa Anne Johnson, obstetrics and gynecology, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
Holdrege — LuAnn Denise Ochsner, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Mark Murdoch Smith, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, anesthesiology, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
Humphrey — Benjamin Dale Hanzel, internal medicine preliminary – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Kearney — David Mark Schanbacher, transitional, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Lacklund AFB, TX
LaVista — Chad Thomas Agnew, family medicine – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Lincoln — Chantal Natasha Afuh, obstetrics and gynecology, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA; Olamide Kehinde Alabi, surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA; Deepali Gangahar, psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; Katherine Elise Germer, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Jill R. Hanson, pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; Keith Norman Jensen, pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Ross James Miller, pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Deepak Kumar Singh, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Gina Leigh Morgan Weir, pediatrics preliminary, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, dermatology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS; Sara Elizabeth Brostrom West, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, dermatology, University Hospitals, Columbia, MO
Litchfield — Kathy Ann Schall, surgery, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
McCook — Amanda Rae Goodenberger, pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Milford — Daniel Matthew Hershberger, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
North Platte — Kevin Jon Smith, internal medicine preliminary – anesthesiology, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Omaha — Matthew Dennis Bogard, family medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Joslin Marie Bowen, pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Edward Stephen Chartrand, internal medicine preliminary, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE, anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Kristina Marie Derrick, pediatrics, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; Ericka Kay Domalakes, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK; Brett Fraser Duncan, surgery, Northwestern McGaw/NMH/VA, Chicago, IL; Nathaniel Bernard Erdmann, internal medicine, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; Joseph Michael Evans, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Jamie Lynn Haferbier Gustafson, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS; Matthew Gregory Hahn, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS; Sehr Haroon, internal medicine, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE; Daniel Edward Hatz, surgery, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA; Benjamin Heye Hinrichs, pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Katherine Elizabeth Keefe, anesthesiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS; Adam Michael Kingston, surgery preliminary, Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA; Jared Andrew Kvapil, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Melissa A. Langdon, internal medicine, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI; Daniel Matthew Lercher, pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC; Jamie S. Lin, internal medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Natalie Ann Manley, internal medicine, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT; Johanna Marie Krell Missak, family medicine – Urban Track, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Sumit Mukherjee, internal medicine, University of Missouri-KC Programs, Kansas City, MO; Brandi Ann Reeve, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Leslie Ann Schwietz, emergency medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; William Francis Selde, emergency medicine, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI; Craig James Sitzman, pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; Lorena Patricia Suarez-Kelly, surgery preliminary, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; Rachel Michelle Dickey Swim, obstetrics and gynecology, University of Missouri-KC Programs, Kansas City, MO; Benjamin Addison Teply, internal medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI; David Scott Thompson, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine Residency, Omaha, NE; Boyd Ramsey Viers, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Katie Lora Vollmuth, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE; Jennifer N. Williams, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Sarah Elizabeth Wunder, medicine pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Osmond — Chad Lee Moes, internal medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Papillion — Nicholas Robert Anderson, family medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, physical medicine and rehabilitation, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT; Jason Edward Lambrecht, internal medicine, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE; Lyndsay Dale Schwab, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, diagnostic radiology, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
Ravenna — Bradley Aaron Bohn, family medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
Schuyler — Karrie Lynn Martin, internal medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
Sidney — William Clinton Dorwart, family medicine, Siouxland Medical Education Foundation, Sioux City, IA
South Sioux City — Anthony Charles Krueger, internal medicine preliminary, Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE, diagnostic radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
St. Paul — Adam Dean Wells, internal medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Sutherland — Jessica Marie McCune, family medicine – primary care (Kearney), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Tecumseh — Noah Chase Beadell, intenral medicine preliminary – neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; Amy Beth Ebeler Beethe, family medicine – anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Wallace — Tiffany Jo Harms, family medicine, Texas A&M Bryan/College Station, Bryan, TX
Wayne — Joseph Paul Dangberg, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine Residency, Omaha, NE
Listed below are students from hometowns outside Nebraska
Eagle River, AK — Andrew John Russell, emergency medicine, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI
Davis, CA — Marc Zachary Handler, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Santa Cruz, CA — Eric John Meyer Reed, pediatrics, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Castle Rock, CO — Amanda Jane Wheatley Reeder, family medicine, University of Colorado SOM-Denver/Rose Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Denver, CO — Jeffrey Scott Carson, surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Honolulu, HI — Kulia Kini Matsuo, transitional – diagnostic radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Crystal Lake, IL — Andrew O’Connor Maloney, pediatrics, Creighton-Nebraska Health Foundation, Omaha, NE
Carson, IA — Emily Jo Fox, pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Danville, IA — Hannah Marie Heckart, family medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Harlan, IA — Ross Edward Mathiasen, emergency medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Sioux City, IA — Travis John Hanson, internal medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Manhattan, KS — Sara L. Reppert, internal medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
Olathe, KS — Lauren Ann Kyle Tkaczuk, dermatology, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Rochester, MN — Justin Michael Risma, transitional, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, La Crosse, WI, ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Cape Girardeau, MO — Michael Bernard Seib, II, emergency medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV
Holden, MO — Laura Christine Pickering, internal medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System-NY, Great Neck, NY
Boulder City, NV — Scott M. Redlinger, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Chapel Hill, NC — Mark Joseph Stavas, internal medicine preliminary, University of North Carolina Hospitals, radiation oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Bismarck, ND — Mark Joseph Hare, family medicine, Clarkson Family Medicine Residency, Omaha, NE
Ontario, OR — Brian Craig Kitamura, emergency medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Elkton, SD — Jeremiah John Gums, internal medicine – primary care, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Sioux Falls, SD — Emily Ann Rolfsmeyer, internal medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Daniel Lawrence Sova, internal medicine preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, diagnostic radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Centerville, UT — Maurice Gustaf Jenkins, surgery preliminary, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Enumclaw, WA — Phillip Tomas Guillen, orthopaedics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Nairobi, Kenya — Christine Muthoni Ngaruiya, emergency medicine, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
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