AU/UGA Medical Partnership Announces Sixth Successful Match Day

Athens, GA – Resident applicants at the Augusta University / University of Georgia Medical Partnership gathered on Friday, March 15 at noon in George Hall on the UGA Health Sciences Campus for Match Day, an event celebrating the next step in their medical careers. Sealed envelopes addressed to each member of the class of 2019 and delivered by faculty were opened at noon, and inside each envelope was a personal letter revealing where the student will pursue his or her postgraduate medical education. This year’s Match Day was celebrated with a red-carpet theme and many were dressed in their formal attire.

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,and the residency programs ranked the student applicants. The lists are then submitted to the nonprofit organization National Resident Matching Program in Washington, D.C., which uses an algorithm that aligns the choices of the applicants with those of the residency programs.

The final pairings are announced simultaneously across the United States at noon on the third Friday in March.

“This is the sixth successful match in Athens at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership,” said campus dean, Dr. Shelley Nuss. “The accomplishments of the 42 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 United States. The students will be going to 17 different states in 15 different specialties, with 69 percent staying in the southeastern United States and 45 percent joining primary care programs. Thank you to the faculty, administrators, staff and mentors in our community who have devoted their time to educating our future physicians.”

AU/UGA Medical Partnership participants in Match Day 2019 are honored with the following Residency Appointments.

CLASS OF 2019 RESIDENCY APPOINTMENTS

Agajyelleh, Yordanos

John Peter Smith Hospital

Family Medicine

TX

Agrawal, Shub

Emory University School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

GA

Ali, Shawkut

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Family Medicine

CA

Alvis, Courtney

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Pediatrics

FL

Anderson, Andrew

PG1 WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center

Transitional

GA

PG2 Emory University School of Medicine

Anesthesiology

GA

Anderson, Travis

University of South Alabama Hospitals

Orthopedic Surgery

AL

Anukam, Amarachi

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

Internal Medicine

IA

Barney, Hannah

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Internal Medicine

CA

Beckworth, Joseph

Medical University of South Carolina

Psychiatry

SC

Chang, Jane

PG1 Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Internal Medicine

VA

PG2 Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Neurology

VA

Childs, Hannah

Medical College of Georgia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

GA

Clemm, Nicholas

University of Tennessee Center of Medicine-Memphis

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

TN

Green, Max

Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education

Internal Medicine

FL

Hudson, Blakeley

University of Alabama- Birmingham

Emergency Medicine

AL

Kandasamy, Cinthana

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard

Internal Medicine

MA

Knopf, John

PG1 Gwinnett Medical Center

Transitional

GA

PG2 Johns Hopkins Hospital

Radiology-Diagnostic

MD

Larsen, Keely

University of Florida Center of Medicine-Shands Hospital

Pediatrics

FL

Lauture, Adolphia

Mt Sinai Medical Center-Miami

Obstetrics and Gynecology

FL

Lopez-Hanson, Ricardo

East Tennessee State University

Surgery-Preliminary

TN

Martinez, Audrey

Mountain AHEC-Asheville

Psychiatry

NC

Matlock, Elizabeth

UC San Diego Medical Center

Psychiatry/Family Medicine

CA

Mbata, Osinakachukwu

Oregon Health & Science University

Obstetrics and Gynecology

OR

Neelam, Anudeep

Emory University School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

GA

Oakley, Taylor

PG1 University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine-Knoxville

Transitional

TN

PG2 University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine-Knoxville

Radiology-Diagnostic

TN

Odom, Billie

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Neurology

NC

Olinger, Sean

Baylor-Scott & White

General Surgery

TX

Pajares-Hurtado, Gabriel

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard

Internal Medicine

MA

Perez, John

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Psychiatry

WV

Perkins, Crystal

PG1 Redmond Regional Medical Center

Transitional

GA

PG2 University of Florida Center of Medicine-Shands Hospital

Radiology-Diagnostic

FL

Pham, Jonathan

John Peter Smith Hospital

Emergency Medicine

TX

Principe, Jessica

Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard

Psychiatry

MA

Ratchford, Connor

University of Colorado School of Medicine-Denver

Surgery-Preliminary

CO

Saunders, William

University of Michigan Hospitals-Ann Arbor

Family Medicine

MI

Schoenmann, Nicholas

Medical College of Georgia

Emergency Medicine

GA

Steinberg, Daniel

University of Tennessee – St Thomas Hospitals

Emergency Medicine

TN

Thomas, Lauren

University of Florida Center of Medicine-Shands Hospital

Obstetrics and Gynecology

FL

Villa, Mateo

Kendall Regional Medical Center

General Surgery

FL

Webb, Mason

Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education

Internal Medicine/Research

MN

Westbrook, Marquise

Keesler Air Force Base

Internal Medicine

MS

Williams, Leah

University of Colorado School of Medicine -Denver

Pediatrics

CO

Wright, Ashley

Palmetto Health Richland

Family Medicine

SC

                                                CLASS OF 2018 RESIDENCY APPOINTMENTS

Ward, Jordan

Duke University School of Medicine Research Fellowship

Dermatology

NC

PG2 Medical College of Georgia

Dermatology

GA