Pritzker News
Pritzker School of Medicine Graduates Take Their Next Steps as Doctors
March 23, 2009—It was time to celebrate when 110 students from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine found out this week where they will do their medical residencies.
Graduates learned the good news at Match Day, an annual rite of spring for medical students across the country when they simultaneously find out where they will continue training next year in residency programs.
The most popular specialties chosen this year by Pritzker students were internal medicine (29), pediatrics (14), orthopaedic surgery (9), and general surgery (8).
The hospitals accepting the most Pritzker recruits were University of Chicago Medical Center (19), Northwestern University (9), Harvard-affiliated hospitals (7), Stanford University (6), and the University of Washington-affiliated hospitals (5).
(L to R), Itai Pashtan current resident at the University of Chicago Medical Center, joins Daniel Turner-Lloveras (Columbia University, internal medicine), Roy DaVee (Stanford University, internal medicine), and Adam Kern, (Johns Hopkins Hospital, Urology).
Nana Fenny eagerly awaits her Match results alongside Dr. Joel Schwab.
Stephanie Donald, found out she is starting her first year of residency in emergency medicine in June at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. “I'm thrilled and relieved that this day is finally here and my match is everything I had been hoping for! It was a great four years, and Pritzker really prepared me well for this next step.”
“I am thrilled for the many successes of our students -- both today in the Match and for the numerous successes that are yet to come,” said Holly Humphrey, MD, Professor of Medicine and Dean for Medical Education at Pritzker.
"We strive to provide all Pritzker students with the most robust, engaging, and invigorating educational experience throughout their time with us so that they are fully prepared to enter their residency programs with a high level of confidence, commitment, and compassion. The Class of 2009 has already demonstrated these qualities through their research, clinical work, and community service, and I have every confidence that they will continue this wonderful tradition of aspiring to excellence throughout their respective journeys into the medical profession.”
