A total of 114 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, learned about their residency assignments March 17 during an event at the Scott Conference Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The 2023 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.
Thirty-eight percent of UNMC students are staying in Nebraska for their training, and 50% matched in primary care, which includes family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/geriatrics, internal medicine/pediatrics, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.
Nationally there were 40,375 residency positions, the largest number on record.
The UNMC medical students, slated to graduate in May, are listed below by their hometown, name, specialty and location of residency assignment.
Atkinson: Josiah McAllister, family medicine, U Kansas SOM-Wichita, Salina
Ayr: Jordyn Atwater, general surgery, Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan
Bellevue: Ryan Boyland, emergency medicine, Denver Health Med Ctr, Colorado; Stephanie Radil, family medicine, Offutt Air Force Base, Bellevue; Nathaniel Teitler, plastic surgery (integrated), Medical Coll Wisconsin Affil Hosps, Milwaukee
Blair: Natalie Rech, emergency medicine, Prisma Health-U of SC SOM, Greenville, South Carolina
Chapman: Ryan Hudnall, otolaryngology, U South Florida Morsani COM, Tampa
Columbus: Matthew Ballweg, general surgery, UNMC
David City: Jonah Scheffler, pediatrics, UNMC
Doniphan: Chance Cosgriff, family medicine, Offutt Air Force Base, Bellevue
Elkhorn: Marcus Cronin, internal medicine, University Hosps-Columbia, Missouri; Lauren Timm, emergency medicine, UNMC
Fort Calhoun: Nathan Hogenmiller, emergency medicine, UNMC
Gothenburg: Rebecca Anderson, obstetrics-gynecology, UNMC; Remmy Rocha, family medicine/traditional, UNMC
Grand Island: Nathan Maginnis, general surgery, U Kansas SOM, Wichita; Daniel Novinski, transitional, Broadlawns Med Ctr, Des Moines, Iowa; Riley Ostdiek, internal medicine, U South Florida Morsani COM, Tampa
Hastings: Carlos Mazo, general surgery, HCA Healthcare East FL Division GME, Plantation, Florida; Jake Fowler, medicine-pediatrics, UNMC
Kearney: Jeremy Wright, family medicine, Siouxland Med Ed Fnd, Sioux City, Iowa
La Vista: Christopher Dethlefs, medicine-pediatrics, UNMC; Brian Sayles, internal medicine, UNMC
Lincoln: Mason Halouska, anesthesiology, Methodist Hospital, Houston; Benjamin Johnson, psychiatry, Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr, Nashville, Tennessee; Stephen Kotopka, internal medicine, University at Buffalo SOM, New York; Amanda Lang, pediatrics, Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr, Nashville, Tennessee; Alex Maben, psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California; Lauren Nun, orthopaedic surgery, U New Mexico SOM, Albuquerque; Gwennan Plouzek, transitional, Broadlawns Med Ctr, Des Moines, Iowa; Connor Springman, emergency medicine, U Kansas SOM, Kansas City, Missouri; Philip Stark, family medicine, Lincoln Med Ed Partnership, Linocln, Nebraska; Alexander Tagart, emergency medicine, University Hosps, Columbia, Missouri; Paul Wurtz, internal medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Norfolk: Jacob Middleton, internal medicine, UNMC; Geena Tangeman, family medicine/traditional, UNMC; Rachel Vetter, internal medicine, U North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill
North Platte: Sarah French, pediatrics, Med Coll Wisconsin Affil Hosps, Milwaukee; Hannah Wesslund, family medicine/traditional, UNMC; Brittany Wordekemper, surgery-preliminary, U Colorado SOM, Denver
Omaha: Harris Akhter, plastic surgery (integrated), Cleveland Clinic FDN, Ohio; Mary Anderson, internal medicine, UNMC; Taoyuan Beninato, surgery-preliminary, Penn State Hershey Med Ctr, Pennsylvania; Chad Bertagni, general surgery, Central Iowa Health System, Des Moines; Brittany Clifton, anesthesiology, UNMC; Paul Doran, medicine-preliminary, UNMC; Emily Flemington, medicine-preliminary, UNMC; Andrew Gerber, pathology, U Texas Southwestern Med Sch, Dallas; Kaci Griffin, internal medicine, UNMC; Jennifer Grigsby, internal medicine, UNMC; Jessica Grimmond, pediatrics, U Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City; Casey Hardin, internal medicine, U Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City; Emma Harwood, urology, Maine Med Ctr, Portland, Maine; Lauren Hoody, pediatrics, Rush University Med Ctr, Chicago; Ye Huang, ophthalmology, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago; Brianna Hurt, emergency medicine, Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr, Nashville, Tennessee; Aysha Hussain, internal medicine, Loyola Univ Med Ctr, Maywood, Illinois; Samuel Jensen, transitional, Abrazo Health Network, Goodyear, Arizona; Emily Jezewski, medicine-primary, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Katherine Lodhia, internal medicine, UNMC; Kalika Mahato, psychiatry, UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh; Sean McDermott, transitional, Campbell University, Dunn, North Carolina; Sara Mesenbrink, family medicine, Siouxland Med Ed Fdn, Sioux City, Iowa; Aaron Murray, internal medicine, UNMC; Julie Nguyen, family medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, California; Mary Pearson, surgery-preliminary, Creighton University, Phoenix, Arizona; Jesus Perez, anesthesiology, U Illinois COM, Chicago; Austin Post, orthopaedic surgery, U Arizona COM, Tucson; Garrett Sacco, child neurology, U Texas Southwestern Med Sch, Dallas; Hannah Safranek-Neylon, neurology, UNMC; Alexander Schmitz, medicine-preliminary, UNMC; Tyler Sharp, orthopaedic surgery, UNMC; Amanda Wickert, emergency medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; Kari Wolatz, psychiatry, Creighton University, Omaha; Abby Wolfe, pediatrics, UNMC; Madison Wolfe, pediatrics, UNMC; Jonathan Wood, family medicine, Lincoln Med Ed Partnership, Lincoln, Nebraska; Nicole Wozny, pediatrics, UNMC; Morgan Zabel, medicine-preliminary, UNMC
O’Neill: Brittany Kotopka, obstetrics/gynecology, University at Buffalo SOM, New York; Logan Spencer, internal medicine, UNMC
Papillion: Erin Bertone, emergency medicine, UC Davis, Travis Air Force Base, California; Susan Greni, neurological surgery, UNMC; Libby Moberg, general surgery, Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan; Danielle Pham, family medicine, Phoebe Putney Mem Hosp, Albany, Georgia
Phillips: Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, neurological surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City
Scottsbluff: Aubree Ford, surgery-preliminary, Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr, Nashville, Tennessee; Micah Holloway, general surgery, ECU Health Med Ctr, Greenville, North Carolina;
Wauneta: Lesley Towery, family medicine/Scottsbluff, UNMC
Los Angeles: Jonathan Herskovitz, internal medicine, UNMC
Centennial, Colorado: Madalyn Adams, general surgery, Creighton University, Omaha
Buffalo Grove, Illinois: Marissa Lobl, transitional, MetroWest Med Ctr, Framingham, Massachusetts
Normal, Illinois: Austin Leise, anesthesiology, Maine Med Ctr, Portland, Maine
Fishers, Indiana: Anthony Stephenson, anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic School of Grad Med Educ, Rochester, Minnesota
Harlan, Iowa: Benjamin McIntire, emergency medicine, UNMC
Stuart, Iowa: Kelsey Fillman, internal medicine UNMC
Sumner, Iowa: Bailey Hassman, otolaryngology, UNMC
Olathe, Kansas: Ashton Neylon, internal medicine/geriatrics, UNMC
Baltimore, Maryland: Sagar Chapagain, medicine-primary, Johns Hopkins/Bayview, Baltimore, Maryland
Kansas City, Missouri: Joel Boudreaux, thoracic surgery, U Iowa Hosps and Clinics, Iowa City
Massapequa, New York: Brandon Lew, psychiatry, Brown Univ/Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Jefferson, South Dakota: Abigale Miller, medicine-pediatrics, Spectrum Health/Michigan State Univ, Grand Rapids
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Mira Yousef, transitional, Univ of South Dakota SSOM, Sioux Falls
Spearfish, South Dakota: Hannah Owens, medicine-preliminary, U Arizona COM, Tucson
Flower Mound, Texas: Kelly Kirkland, emergency medicine, Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Visalia, California
Waco, Texas: Rebecca Brooks, Mayo Clinic School of Grad Med Educ, Rochester, Minnesota
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Andrew Phillips, transitional, Unity Health, Searcy, Arizona
Burkina Faso: Geofroy Napon, internal medicine, Central Iowa Health System, Des Moines
China: Xiaonan Ying, internal medicine, Mt Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mexico: Daniela Reyes, family medicine/traditional, UNMC
Nigeria: Ikponmwosa Igbinigie, internal medicine, Case Western/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr, Ohio