AU/UGA Medical Partnership Announces Seventh Successful Match Day

Athens, GA – Students at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership participated in a ‘Virtual Match Day’ at noon March 20 to receive their post-graduation assignments for residency programs.

In past years, students and faculty gathered in George Hall on the UGA Health Sciences Campus to celebrate with family and friends, but plans were altered this year due to growing concerns over the recent coronavirus infectious disease pandemic and requirements for social distancing. This year, students had their own private celebrations with family and friends. Students shared videos and photos to social media and had the option to share their good news through an online virtual map.

An annual event, Match Day takes place after students participate in interviews and visits to residency programs in Georgia and across the country. To determine the post-graduation assignments, the students ranked residency programs where they would like to complete their training, at the same time the residency programs ranked the student applicants. The lists are then submitted to the nonprofit organization National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in Washington, D.C., which uses an algorithm that aligns the choices of the applicants with those of the residency programs. Most students were matched via the NRMP, but some students participated in smaller match programs, including the ophthalmology and urology matches.

The final pairings were announced simultaneously across U.S.

“Graduating Medical College of Georgia (MCG) students from the Augusta University/ University of Georgia Medical Partnership experienced their ‘rite of passage’ today when they learned where they will spend the next several years on their journey to becoming licensed physicians,” said Dr. John Francis, Campus Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs. “The match is representative of all the hard work these students have accomplished over the past four years. We are so proud and fortunate that these students are part of our campus and community.”

“This is the seventh successful match in Athens at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership,” said Campus Dean, Dr. Michelle Nuss. “The accomplishments of the 37 MCG students that spent the majority of their time learning medicine at the Medical Partnership have landed them at top-tier residency programs across the nation. The students will be going to 18 different states in 18 different specialties, with 62 percent staying in the southeastern United States and 54 percent joining primary care programs. Thank you to the faculty, administrators, staff and physician mentors in our community who have devoted their time and efforts to educating our future physicians.”

Some of the most popular specialties this year included Internal Medicine (9), Family Medicine (5) and Pediatrics (5), with 27 percent of all matched students doing an internship or residency program in Georgia.

AU/UGA Medical Partnership participants in Match Day 2020 received the following residency appointments. They are listed by name, residency institution and program name:

View the 2020 Residency Appointments

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