Students secure early matches in competitive specialties ahead of Match Day

Match Day, held on the third Friday of March, is the day most graduating College of Medicine students find out where they will do their residencies—the next step in their training as physicians.

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Some institutions (such as military) and specialties announce the news early.

The following NEOMED students matched early in ophthalmology, urology and the military.

Ophthalmology

• Ali Arif – Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Carla Baaklini – University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
• Ali Syed – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Urology

• Oren Barat – Allegheny Health Network Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Giovanna Leone – Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio
• Theodore Weber – Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia

Military

• Amy Aiken, Family Medicine – Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Phoebe Otchere, General Surgery – Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts