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| Vol. 25, No. 6 |
| April 1, 2003 |
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The Match Game Fourth-year medical students throughout the United States waited with anticipation March 20 for their destinies to be revealed – where would they continue their medical training? Match Day was the culmination of the National Residents Matching Program, a private, nonprofit organization established in 1952 to provide an impartial venue for consistently matching applicants and program preferences. The Texas Medical Center’s two medical schools, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, each had students participating in this annual “right of passage.” Match Day at Baylor Of the 164 Baylor College of Medicine students who will graduate May 28, 157 participated in Match Day. The remaining students participated in the military residency match or the early match program for neurology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and urology residencies. The results for the students who participated were:
– Carol Wittman Next Stop ... Residency Almost 24,000 U.S. applicants to residency programs celebrated after tearing open envelopes that revealed where they will continue their medical training as residents. The top three areas of medicine chosen by UT-Houston medical students for their residency training are internal medicine, pediatrics and surgery. Amy Moore, 25, and Michael Cripps, 28, were among students who selected internal medicine and surgery, respectively, as their specialties. The two, who began dating after meeting in gross anatomy lab during their first year in medical school, participated in the couple’s match so they could do their residencies at the same teaching hospital. Upon graduation, they will move to Oakland, Calif., to begin their training. “At least since the sixth grade, I’ve wanted to be a doctor,” Moore said. “Dr. Huxtable was my hero on the Cosby Show, and when we would have Career Day at school, I always dressed up as a doctor.” Science motivated her boyfriend to go to medical school. “I knew I wanted to go into medicine because it is the most rapidly advancing field in science,” Cripps said. “You are always learning how to better treat patients.” A career in obstetrics and gynecology is in the future for Heather Robertson, 32. She was among 11 UT-Houston medical students who chose women’s health for their residency training. Medicine is a second career for Robertson. Before enrolling in medical school, the Houston native was in public relations. “When I made the decision to become a doctor, I chose OB/GYN because it was the perfect specialty in terms of breadth and depth,” she said. In addition to the successful student matches, the medical school was able to fill all of its 169 residency positions. “It’s been a banner year for UT-Houston,” said L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., medical school dean. – Meredith Raine-Middleton
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