{"id":29622,"date":"2019-04-08T09:34:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=29622"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:32:38","slug":"matchday2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/matchday2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day 2019 Welcomes New Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29711\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 377px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/2019_Match-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/2019_Match-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/2019_Match-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/2019_Match-600x242.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/2019_Match-301x122.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/2019_Match.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">UNC School of Medicine Match Day 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The UNC School of Medicine celebrated Match Day on March 5, 2019, a nationally recognized day when medical students open sealed envelopes to learn where they will spend the next several years as resident-physicians. The complex process matches program preferences\u00a0with the preferences of the nation&#8217;s graduating medical students, and the ceremonies are coordinated to occur on the same date at the same time throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Medicine welcomed 35 residents to the UNC Internal Medicine Program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Department of Medicine<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">2019-2020 Categorical Residents<\/h4>\n<table style=\"height: 546px;width: 860px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 87px\">\n<td style=\"width: 147px;height: 74px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29658\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29658 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Ahad_Abid-1-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ahad Abi South Carolina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 149px;height: 74px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29643\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29643 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Leslie_Appleton-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Leslie Appleton Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 132px;height: 74px;vertical-align: top\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29690\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 134px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Casey Birschbach<br \/>Wisconsin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 146px;height: 74px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29633\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29633 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Harish_Eswaran-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Harish Eswaran Baylor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 132px;height: 74px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29650\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 138px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29650 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Nick_Fabry-128x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Nick Fabry MCW<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 153px;height: 74px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29668\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29668 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Juan_Carlos-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Juan Carlos Ferre Martinez, Puerto Rico<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 247px\">\n<td style=\"width: 147px;vertical-align: top;height: 247px\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29670\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 154px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29670 size-thumbnail\" 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style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29653 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Samantha_Steinberg-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Samantha Steinberg South Florida<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"height: 247px;width: 747px\" width=\"549\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px\">\n<td style=\"width: 136px;height: 39px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29672\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 144px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29672 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Maura_Thornton-134x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Maura Thornton 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Eastern Virginia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 157px;height: 39px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29669\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 133px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29669 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Katie_Vogel-123x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Katie Vogel Tufts<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 157px;height: 39px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29638\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29638 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Justin_Woods-127x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Justin Woods Indiana<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Preliminary Residents\u200b<\/h4>\n<table style=\"height: 306px;width: 842px\" width=\"660\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"width: 134px;height: 34px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29656\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29656 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Toney_Dyer-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Toney Dyer South Carolina Radiology<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 134px;height: 34px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29683\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 146px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29683 size-thumbnail\" 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class=\"wp-image-29624 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Abigail_Lin-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Abigail Lin John Hopkins Radiology<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 135px;height: 34px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29634\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29634 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Helen_Powell-129x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Helen Powell UNC Dermatology<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 145px;height: 34px;vertical-align: top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_29655\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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The complex process matches program preferences\u00a0with the preferences of the nation&#8217;s graduating medical students, and the ceremonies are coordinated to occur &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/matchday2019\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Match Day 2019 Welcomes New Residents\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":29711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,104],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-29622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-residency","tag-84","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Match Day 2019 Welcomes New Residents | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/matchday2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Match Day 2019 Welcomes New Residents | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UNC School of Medicine celebrated Match Day on March 5, 2019, a nationally recognized day when medical students open sealed envelopes to learn where they will spend the next several years as resident-physicians. 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