UK medical students learn where they will practice medicine at Match Day
LEXINGTON, NORTHERN KY, BOWLING GREEN A medical school tradition, the Match Day ceremonies take place simultaneously at noon Eastern Daylight Time the same day every year at medical schools across the country. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) pairs the wishes of the students with the needs of hospitals’ residency programs. Match Day is for students in the graduating class to announce the location of their residency program, celebrate their futures as doctors and reflect on the past four years at the University of Kentucky. Across all four of UK’s College of Medicine campuses, 176 smiling students learned where they will begin practicing medicine.
Bilal Shaikh matched in radiation oncology at UC Irvine.
Maya Cleveland matched in family medicine at Morehouse University.
Sydney Claypoole matched in internal medicine at UK, and Remi Allen matched in anesthesiology at the University of Michigan.
Kathryn Corner matched in general surgery, and Evan Conder matched in emergency medicine, both at Ochsner Clinic Foundation.
Tyler Patty matched in pediatrics, Logan Elliott matched in otolaryngology, and Lexie Smith matched in pediatrics, all at UofL.
Emalee Patton matched in OB-GYN at East Tennessee State, Mallory Allen matched in family medicine at UT-Knoxville, and Laura Estes matched in OB-GYN at TriHealth in Cincinnati.
Spencer Hemmerich matched in internal medicine at UK.
