College of Medicine celebrates 100% match rate for Class of 2023

All fourth-year medicine students who pursued residency were placed.

A sign near the entrance of NEOMED’s College of Medicine Class of 2023 Match Day celebration had an important message for guests: LUCK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

As National Residency Match Day fell on March 17 this year, the NEW Center Ballroom was adorned with plenty of green St. Patrick’s Day decorations. However, that one sign made it clear that the students’ match results had nothing to do with luck – rather, it was from years of hard work and dedication to train to become physicians who will go on to be transformative leaders in the health professions.

The anticipation was high in the Ballroom as fourth-year students and their guests anxiously waited to learn their residency match results. Once the clock struck noon, students rushed to find and open their envelopes holding one of the most important pieces of news they will receive in their careers – the location of their residency where they will spend the next four-to-seven years.

Small, impromptu celebrations began breaking out throughout the second floor of the NEW Center as fourth-year students – who are set to graduate from NEOMED on May 6 – opened their envelopes and shared with their family, friends and loved ones. There were hugs, tears of joy, elated shrieks and a bevy of emotions as what started as small individual celebrations eventually erupted into a cacophony of joyful sounds as the nearly 1,000 guests celebrated a huge milestone for each student.

Students then took turns publicly sharing their news for the first time from the ballroom stage. Each was met with a loud ovation from their fellow classmates and the guests in the crowd. Some announced their plans to serve residencies in our local communities, heading to Ohio institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Summa Health and the Ohio State University Medical Center. Others announced they would be leaving Northeast Ohio (at least for now) for new opportunities at some of the nation’s top health care institutions, including:

• Yale-New Haven Hospital,
• Boston Children’s Hospital,
• MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital,
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
• Massachusetts General Hospital and many others in about every corner of the U.S.

Overall, 141 fourth-year students matched with residencies throughout the U.S. and three fourth-year students opted to pursue a postgraduate research year – for a 100% match rate of all students who completed the match and supplemental offer process.