Match Day 2018 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

good morning everyone good morning everyone we're about to get started good morning good morning and welcome to matchday 2018 could we quiet down for just a second welcome everyone to match day 2018 this is a day of joy the unknown writer of Ecclesiastes about 2500 years ago said to everything there is a season and this begins our season of joy it's a season of joy because today you will discover where you will be for the next few years to begin to learn to serve to alleviate pain to cure disease to give hope to make a difference in so many people's lives it's a season of joy for us at the College of Medicine Phoenix for your friends your family we love you we have supported you we believe in you we know that you will make a difference in so many people's lives and we know that you will always make us proud so thank you for letting us share today in your season of joy and congratulations to all of you Thank You Dean Reid so welcome students alumni faculty staff family and loved ones at the College of Medicine Phoenix match day is a day of excitement and celebration today we crack congratulate our fourth-year students on their accomplishments they've worked diligently throughout medical school and during long hours of study really long hours in the hospital's lots of different training sessions and numerous a lot of interviews to get to this point and the whole purpose is to find out where they're gonna match today so today across the country all of the fourth year medical students are going to get the results at the same time twelve o'clock Eastern Time we're lucky that we get to do it first thing in the morning they're gonna find out their specialty the residency location the training hospital for the couples they're gonna find out if they're training near by each other they have spent the last five months filling out applications interviewing flying across the country spending thousands of dollars to sit here patiently waiting well maybe not so patiently waiting for their results just a couple statistics our students are vying for positions that forty-three thousand nine hundred students that includes do foreign grads Canadian students and allopathic students are all vying for the same positions so let's take a moment to applaud our students for their hard work so today we're about to distribute our envelopes but I want to just remind you how we've done in the past the College of Medicine Phoenix likes to always do it a little bit different each year four years ago we had 25-foot falling banners three years ago zip lines delivered the results two years ago we had hidden contraptions last year they were suspended in air so in like fashion this year we're doing a little different we're actually putting them right in front of you in a box so when asked about statements on how the class of 2018 how they would describe themselves one word came up consistently and that was kind although tenacious was a close second the class of 2018 our helpers and always willing to support each other they have a huge amount of compassion for their patients the class of 2018 gave up so much of their limited free time they volunteered logging over 6500 hours of service to others they were spread across Arizona with 36 different rural sites they applied to a hundred and sixteen away tations and went to 85 they apply to more than they go to typically and speaking of nice we have five students going through the couples match so three that are couples with other college of medicine Phoenix students and two that are couples with other medical students at other colleges and not related but we have four expected moms the class of 2018 is everything we could have hoped for in a class they're kind compassionate genuine and overall amazingly nice individuals they will make excellent future physicians in their specialties that they received today let's give them another round of applause now before you receive your results I want to thank the staff of Student Affairs who has been here at 6 a.m. to late in the evening buildings and facilities management university relations media services and all of our volunteers for their hard work in putting together this celebration let's give them a round of applause okay if you're not already students stand next to your box with your families and friends we are gonna start the audio countdown this is important after you have time to celebrate and we'll give you about 10 minutes to celebrate when everyone can quiet back down we'll call you up - we'll bring up the map and we'll call you up - the map so you can pin the state that you're going to and I also when you open up your box wait for the countdown when you open up your box you might need to help get something out of the way okay so feel free to do that don't worry it's okay we planned ahead alright media services queue video [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Oh [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] students can you start lining up to the right of the map we'll have you come alphabetically across the walkway so students if you could start lining up alphabetically and if you're a couple we lined you up with the first alphabetical last name and students you're free to keep the balloons but we need to keep the washers apparently we have to give them back to the balloon people okay students look at Stephanie Smith in the pink dress line up behind her [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] before I call up the students to the stage to report where they're going and if you're not lined up now's the time I want to take a moment and recognize all of the students in years one through three who helped choreograph film flips dancing singing that was actually one of our own students voices for the surprise for match day today they did everything theirselves directed and choreography choreographed so let's take a moment and applaud them before the students start to pin what state they're going to I'm gonna give you a few stats for our class overall now that all the boxes have been open 29 or 36 percent will be completing their residency in Arizona 51 will be going out of state spanning 19 states outside of Arizona 35% of our students will be going into primary care fields of family medicine internal medicine pediatrics and med peds and the rest are pursuing specialties that are also much needed across the country so once again I congratulate to you all your successes dr. Shah Patel one of the advisors is going to help me call out names now first up hi aunt a billion [Music] so get a pin from Kelly and then you get a pin it [Music] [Applause] now Bihar alum [Applause] I'm going to UCLA for two sir my training and emergency medicine whoa so I'm going to Priya medicine ik oppa then radiation oncology at Baylor he's dead drew Albert Kathryn Herman yeah we're headed to Philadelphia I'm going to Penn c4 ob/gyn and Penn emergency medicine Victor Arce mama papa estos gracias a Susac aficio internal medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver [Applause] Stephanie Amaya Ralph Modi we're both going to Kansas Tony SR you can say but they go back and get your PIN sounds good I'm going to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida [Applause] little excitement Tianna blank I'm doing my Pediatrics residency at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles [Applause] Michelle bloomin shine and Christopher rubato hi I'm Michelle bloom and shine I messed in to obstetrics and gynecology at Pennsylvania Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania I'm Chris I belong to her and I matched at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and medicine and pediatrics Michelle Brennan [Music] hi my name is Michele Brennan and I'm doing emergency medicine at UCLA Jonathan Kegel I'm going to st. Louis University for emergency medicine francisco Canales jr. emergency medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson [Applause] Phoebe Chang hi I'm Phoebe and I match into emergency medicine at Vanderbilt Monica Chung [Music] family medicine honor health Osbourne's [Applause] amber and Daniel Crawford there's a big map I can't see interventional radiology Washington University in st. Louis [Applause] amber ed enough I am going into obstetrics and gynecology at Maricopa [Applause] [Music] Matt delizia [Music] urology at georgetown britain de nada [Music] general surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona Tariq Eid going to UC Irvine for internal medicine Ben and field Emery for ophthalmology Fiona feller okay I'm going to make when they can Arizona for internal medicine wrote an official Behnken on hi I'm going to banner University here in Phoenix for internal medicine [Applause] Alex Geiger Indiana you for med peds [Applause] Paul Heller going to U of A Tucson for emergency medicine [Music] [Applause] Megan Hicks I'm going to Phoenix Children's Hospital for pediatrics [Applause] Carmen Hoffman I'm going to Duke for emergency medicine [Applause] Erica logic is also going to Duke she wanted you to know Katie Galvin I'm going to use the Irvine for general surgery [Applause] Jabez John us3 that including the trashcan we're going to University of Arizona College of Medicine at south campus family medicine going to Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte North Carolina family medicine Ashley Jones I'm going back home to the University of nevada-reno for family medicine Nathan Jones University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix for psychiatry reaches Joshi I'm going to use the Irvine for pediatrics [Applause] Sammy Kabara three Lemire University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix so it's here and for ophthalmology Tulane University [Music] [Applause] andrew cantos I'll be going to st. Luke's in Bethlehem Pennsylvania for orthopedic surgery Zach Killeen [Music] I got uh Maricopa emergency medicine [Applause] Daniel Kim hi guys I'm going home I'm doing peds at UC Irvine choc Ariana kusari I'm doing internal medicine at University of Colorado [Applause] Rachel cozen indices theology on my number one UT Southwestern in Dallas [Applause] Rifat John cook yeah I'm going to general surgery at baylor scott a wide in Texas yeah yeah al coos knee going to Mayo Clinic Arizona for internal medicine [Applause] Nerissa Bonnie on [Applause] um Andy and I wanted to go close to each other but I'm staying here at Banner University medicine you a comm Phoenix for OBGYN a Neely I'm staying here in Phoenix at banner with Neurath ob guy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] James Landrum Taylor Pitts obstetrics and gynecology at University of Colorado [Applause] orthopedic surgery at University of Colorado Joseph Leal anaesthesiology University of Texas Houston Erika logic daaamn cubby and I are headed to duke-north Carolina anesthesiology Sean my Ollo Family Medicine University of Arizona South Campus Tucson Nathan McDonald emergency medicine Dartmouth [Applause] Magellanic Wilkin I'm going to Good Sam for my prelim here and then Maricopa for radiology Horace me Street anesthesia USC Southern California [Applause] ohad Mohammed family medicine at the University of California San Francisco [Applause] Chris milena hey I'm going to banner University Medical Center for internal medicine Phoenix yeah can't see more gosh going into family medicine at the University of Montana [Applause] well money in emergency medicine Corpus Christi Texas [Applause] Connor Walmart I'll be going into emergency medicine at California Riverside Way neo brand internal medicine University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson [Applause] Devon O'Conner [Music] [Applause] general surgery at st. Joe's Amy P Coney so banner University Medical Center Phoenix Aniston family medicine Ravi Patel I'll be doing my prelim here at been a university medical center and then radiology at Maricopa urban Kate's on [Applause] prelim year at Benner University Medical Center for surgery and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine Houston [Applause] [Music] Mitchell Rohrback orthopedic surgery Austin Texas [Applause] kaitlin Royce were you doing pediatrics at UC San Francisco erielle Elise Ruben [Applause] hi so I'll be going into psychiatry at UT Southwestern in Dallas [Applause] Jeff slaughter [Applause] everyone this is cool I will be doing ob/gyn at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington North Carolina [Applause] Mary Savage and Alona Sukeena [Music] we're going to be pediatricians at Phoenix Children's Hospital Erin Stockwell orthopedic surgery at the University of Nebraska Casey Smith I'll be doing emergency medicine at UC San Diego Kendall Smith a psychiatry at University of Texas and Tyler y'all Sophie son I'm doing meth Pizza Loma Linda University Alisha toss a banner University in Phoenix surgery [Applause] ELISA Thomas are we doing emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center [Applause] just a little happy Kate Townley I'll be doing emergency medicine at Maricopa Medical Center meet Shaw what's up everyone I'm at you Akon Phoenix psychiatry jennifer Vico [Applause] I'm doing Family Medicine at the University of Arizona Tucson campus [Applause] Kimberly widen Bock I'm doing emergency medicine at Maricopa Medical Center [Applause] Brandon well born [Applause] last and also least I'll be doing a preliminary year in internal medicine at st. Joe's and then I'll be doing radiology at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital let's give all of our students a big round of applause [Applause] although we're sad to see you all leave us it's reassuring to know that many of you are staying here in state and that our alumni continue to be a part of our community it's truly awesome to have you scatter and promote our culture across the United States as you exit the Grand Canyon you're going to be given a sheet that has this information please know that not all students wanted to have their names on the public list also please note that the simulation center is on the fourth floor and it is available until 11:00 a.m. today for tours we're looking forward to seeing you all at commencement so mark this date Monday May 7th 2018 thank you so much for coming and have a great day [Applause]

Channel: UA College of Medicine - Phoenix

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Keywords: University, Match Day, Residency, Medical Students, Medical School, Celebration, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Phoenix, Downtown Phoenix, Event, Physicians

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Length: 62min 22sec (3742 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 16 2018