{"id":63367,"date":"2023-03-23T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=63367"},"modified":"2023-10-09T12:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:07:21","slug":"match-day-2023-welcome-to-the-class-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/match-day-2023-welcome-to-the-class-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day 2023: Welcome to the Class of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63716 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic-301x169.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/resident-group-graphic.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Years of hard work and dreams were folded into envelopes, decorative boxes and other means of message delivery. On March 17th, medical students discovered where their career journey would take them for residency.<\/p>\n<p>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill&#8217;s Internal Medicine Residency Program paired 27 categorical residents, two Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) residents, ten preliminary residents, and six Medicine\/Pediatrics residents.<\/p>\n<p>This curriculum teaches internists how to provide compassionate, team-based care while incorporating the ideals of life-long learning and teaching into clinical decisions. The program also has a 100 percent ABIM pass rate, which is calculated by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) utilizing annual reports from each Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited internal medicine residency program.<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the newest additions to our programs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Intern-2022-2023-Bios-.pdf\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Categorical Residents<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63368\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Ahearn-Olivia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Ahearn-Olivia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Ahearn-Olivia.png 326w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Ahearn-Olivia-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Ahearn-Olivia-301x442.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Olivia Ahearn, MD, MS <br \/>Temple University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63369\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Badal-Joyce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Badal-Joyce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Joyce Badal PharmD, MD University of Toledo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63370\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Blohm-Jonathan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Blohm-Jonathan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Blohm-Jonathan.png 320w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Blohm-Jonathan-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Blohm-Jonathan-301x445.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Blohm, MD, MS<br \/>University of Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63371\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Cookmeyer-David.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Cookmeyer-David.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Cookmeyer-David.png 339w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Cookmeyer-David-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Cookmeyer-David-301x423.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Cookmeyer, MD<br \/>Harvard University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63372\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Eavenson-Ben.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Eavenson-Ben.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ben Evenson, MD<br \/>Mercer University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63384\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Pedro-Escobar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Pedro-Escobar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Pedro Escobar, MD <br \/>Mercer University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63373\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Feahins-Kayla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Feahins-Kayla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Kayla Feagins, MD, MS University of Louisville<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63374\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Gandhi-Nimit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Gandhi-Nimit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Nimit Gandhi, MD <br \/>University of Pittsburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63376\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Hamburger-Emily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Hamburger-Emily.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Emily Hamburger, MD University of Maryland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 342px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 342px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 342px\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63377\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/hendrick-gus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/hendrick-gus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Gus Hendrick, MD <br \/>Dartmouth College<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 342px\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63378\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/kelly-gavin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/kelly-gavin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Gavin Kelly, MD <br \/>The Ohio State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 342px\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63379\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Lund-Merete.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Lund-Merete.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Lund-Merete.png 354w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Lund-Merete-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Lund-Merete-301x449.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Merete Lund, MD <br \/>Eastern Virginia Medical School<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63375\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Gonzalez-Angel-Miro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Gonzalez-Angel-Miro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Angel Miro Gonzalez, MD <br \/>Ponce Health Sciences University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63380\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Muthukkumar-Rashmi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Muthukkumar-Rashmi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Muthukkumar-Rashmi.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Muthukkumar-Rashmi-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Rashmi Muthukkumar, MD <br \/>University of North Carolina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63381\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Nichols-Austin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Nichols-Austin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Nichols-Austin.png 412w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Nichols-Austin-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Nichols-Austin-301x422.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Austin Nichols, MD, MA <br \/>East Carolina University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63382\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Oladuja-Amal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Oladuja-Amal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Oladuja-Amal.png 415w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Oladuja-Amal-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Oladuja-Amal-301x439.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Amal Oladuja, MD <br \/>Temple University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63383\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Owen-Mackenzie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Owen-Mackenzie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Mackenzie Owen, MD <br \/>The Ohio State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63385\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Petrson-Chip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Petrson-Chip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Petrson-Chip.jpg 403w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Petrson-Chip-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Petrson-Chip-301x411.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Chip Peterson, MD <br \/>University of North Carolina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63386\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Resweber-Clay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Resweber-Clay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Resweber-Clay.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Resweber-Clay-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Clay Resweber, MD <br \/>Temple University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63387\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Salisbury-Elizabeth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Salisbury-Elizabeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Salisbury-Elizabeth.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Salisbury-Elizabeth-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Salisbury, MD <br \/>University of North Carolina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63388\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Short-Sam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Short-Sam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Short-Sam.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Short-Sam-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Sam Short, MD <br \/>University of Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63389\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Song-Daniel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Song-Daniel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Song-Daniel.png 409w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Song-Daniel-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Song-Daniel-301x420.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Daniel Song, MD <br \/>University of Virginia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63390\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 205px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Vetter-Rachel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Vetter-Rachel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Vetter-Rachel.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Vetter-Rachel-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Rachel Vetter, MD <br \/>University of Nebraska<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63391\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Wike-Hunter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Wike-Hunter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Wike-Hunter.png 375w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Wike-Hunter-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Wike-Hunter-301x409.png 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Hunter Wike, MD <br \/>East Tennessee State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63392\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a 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height=\"334\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Manasi Malik, MD, PhD <br \/>Washington University in St. Louis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63403\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Zewdu-Abbie-PTSP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/Zewdu-Abbie-PTSP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Abbie Zewdu, MD, PhD <br \/>The Ohio State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Preliminary Interns<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63408\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 224px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PI-Diamond-Carrie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PI-Diamond-Carrie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Carrie Diamond, MD <br \/>Duke University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63411\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-patel-naishal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-patel-naishal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"286\" 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Carolina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63412\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 204px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-patel-pranalee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-patel-pranalee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-patel-pranalee.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-patel-pranalee-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Pranalee Patel, MD <br \/>Duke University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63410\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 186px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-Jiang-Simon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-Jiang-Simon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Simon Jiang, MD <br \/>Duke University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63413\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 225px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-Sibley-Lauren.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63413 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-Sibley-Lauren.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-Sibley-Lauren.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/PL-Sibley-Lauren-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Lauren Sibley, MD <br \/>University of North Carolina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Preliminary Interns: Ophthalmology<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63415\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/OPL-Kumar-Dipen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/OPL-Kumar-Dipen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/OPL-Kumar-Dipen.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/OPL-Kumar-Dipen-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/OPL-Kumar-Dipen-301x359.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dipen Kumar, MD <br \/>Wayne State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63416\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 216px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/03\/OPL-Lee-Karen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63416\" 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