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Match Day 2008

The Class of 2008 gathered at the Bolling-Haxall House

to learn where they are headed for the next phase of their training. 

Click here for a list of the students' residency destinations.

Click on images for larger view.

Match Day

Gifts to the Annual Fund make possible several milestone events in the medical school, including Match Day.

This year's Luau theme inspired students to don flowered dresses, shirts and leis.  Pictured above: Cheryl Anderson and her husband Dave.

Shakun Gupta and Archana Mehta drop a dollar into the bowl -- it's tradition for the money to go to the student whose name is called last.

Dr. Ike Wood, Associate Dean for Students Affairs, called the names one by one. 

Students went forward as their names were called to get the envelope that held their residency destination.

Family and friends gathered with the students to celebrate Match Day.

This year, Match Day fell on Janet Mundie's birthday, and the students serenaded her.

Students mark their residency destination on a map of the US.

Alina Robert's was the last name called, so she won the bowl of money.

Family Medicine's Cynthia Messmer, Ph.D., was on hand with Dean of Medicine Dr. Jerry Strauss and Dr. Jim Messmer, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education.

Shakun Gupta celebrates with her Mom and Dad.

Tony Nguyen and Jennifer Nguyen waited to open their envelopes with their good friends Denise Canonizado and David Alcantara.  Both couples, who are getting married in May, participated in the couples match.

Bella Gabice is president of the Class of 2008.

Patty Peters with her little boy Jacob.

Kenneth Wong, a vice president in the Class of 2008.

Cameras in hand: Kenneth Wong, Piyumi Fonseka and Mark Ratanasen.

Gaurav Bhatia and his father Kishori Bhatia.

Kerri Simpson and Shalon Nienow, with Shalon's baby Kendall.

Christine Picco reacts to learning to her match.

Tony Nguyen gets his envelope.

A doctor in the making?  Adelaide is the daughter of fourth-year students Georgia and Benjamin Ferrell.

Giza High is president of the MCV Campus Student Government.

Jon Schmitz, Charles Bongiorno and Damien Parker.

Tony Nguyen, Piyumi Fonseka, Shakun Gupta and Danielle Miranda.

Fourth-year student Richard Lee.

Kunal Karia receives his envelope.

Fourth-year student Ahad Yousef with Amanda Medders.

Fourth-year student Hitesh Patel with Shraddha Patel.

Quincy Tran and his son Tristan.

Elizabeth Koutoufas, Myo Myint and Therese Kirsch-Krueger.

 

Ross Dodge pinpoints his destination.

 

Photos by Cabay Fine Photography/ Nancy Parker.

 

 

Match Results - Class of 2008

 

 

 

Name

Program

Specialty

Adams, Barbara

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Surgery

Ahmad, Sumbul

Stanford Univ Progs-CA

Medicine

Ahmed, Hafeez

Henry Ford HSC-MI

Radiology-Diagnostic

Alcantara, David

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Phys Medicine & Rehab

Ally, Nishat

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Pediatrics

Amin, Sabina

Mercy Hosp-Pittsburgh-PA

U Texas SW Med Sch-Dallas-TX

Transitional

Radiology-Diagnostic

Anderson, Cheryl

Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT

Pediatrics

Awkal, Hanna

Baystate Med Ctr-MA

Pediatrics

Ayres, Natalie

Carolinas Med Ctr-NC

Emergency Medicine

Barrett, Daniel

U Southern California-CA

Plastic Surgery

Beck, Tiffany

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Becker, Robert

University of Virginia-VA

Medicine

Bennett, Kristen

Georgetown Univ Hosp-DC

Pediatrics

Bhatia, Gaurav

Hosp of the Univ of PA-PA

Anesthesiology

Bhavsar, Jennifer

Trident Medical Center-SC

Family Medicine

Bongiorno, Charles

Temple Univ Hosp-PA

Medicine

Brown, Cara

Baystate Med Ctr-MA

Emergency Medicine

Brueggemann, Daniel

VCU-Fairfax Family Med Res-VA

Family Medicine

Brusilovsky, Ilia

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Surgery-Preliminary

Campbell, LaChelle

John Peter Smith Hosp-TX

Family Medicine

Canonizado, Denise

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside-PA

Medicine

Chaudhary, Shawn

U Illinois COM-Chicago-IL

Medicine

Chen, Joseph

Long Island Jewish Med Ctr-NY

Psychiatry

Chin, Theresa

U Colorado SOM-Denver-CO

Surgery

Chiu, Erin

University of Virginia-VA

Pediatrics

Chon, Andy

Northwestern McGaw/NMH/VA-IL

Medicine

Clark, Aaron

UC San Francisco-CA

University of California, San Francisco-CA

Surgery-Preliminary

Neurosurgery

Cogbill, Meagan

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Psychiatry

Collins, Heather

Eastern VA Med School-VA

Pediatrics

Cooper, Tristan

Albany Med Ctr Hosp-NY

Emergency Medicine

Cox, Brandon

Lynchburg Fam Med Res-VA

Family Medicine

Crocker, Justin

U North Carolina Hospitals-NC

Medicine

Davis, William

U Rochester/Strong Mem-NY

Anesthesiology

Dawood, Farah

Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC

Medicine

Day, Krista

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Emergency Medicine

Depew, James

U Tenn Grad SOM-Knoxville-TN

Surgery-Preliminary

Deplatchett, Kathryn

U North Carolina Hospitals-NC

Medicine

Dill, Drew

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine-Preliminary

Dodge, Ross

Wright Patterson Med Ctr-OH

Internal Medicine

Doherty, Matthew

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiology-Diagnostic

Ellen, Elizabeth

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine-Preliminary

Farivar, Behzad

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Surgery-Preliminary

Ferrell, Benjamin

Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN

Medicine

Ferrell, Georgia

Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Fertig, Jaclyn

U Colorado SOM-Denver-CO

Medicine-Primary

Flint, Joan

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Emergency Medicine

Fonseka, Piyumi

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Pediatrics

Fox, Jenny

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Pediatrics

Fox, Paige

Stanford Univ Progs-CA

Plastic Surgery

Frye, Judson

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiology-Diagnostic

Frykberg, Brett

U Florida COM-Jacksonville-FL

Orthopaedic Surgery

Gabice, Bella

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Surgery-Preliminary

Gale, Seth

Caritas St. Elizabeths Med Ctr-MA

New England Med Ctr-MA

Medicine-Preliminary

Neurology

Geraymovych, Elena

Beth Israel Med Ctr-NY

University of Maryland-MD

Surgery-Preliminary

Ophthalmology

Gezen, Burak

Northwestern McGaw/NMH/VA-IL

Medicine

Gibbons, Rebecca

Univ of Chicago Med Ctr-IL

Surgery

Goldin, Michael

Tucson Hosps Med Ed-AZ

Stanford Univ Progs-CA

Transitional

Phys Medicine & Rehab

Goreczny, John

Chippenham Med Ctr-VA

Family Medicine

Graves, Ryan

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Orthopaedic Surgery

Greenwood, Carrilynn

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Pediatrics

Gupta, Shakun

Northwestern McGaw/CMH-IL

Pediatrics

Hartness, Christopher

Brooke Army Med Ctr-TX

Transitional Year

Helman, Tiffany

Excela Health Latrobe Hosp-PA

Family Medicine

Herrick, Benjamin

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr-NH

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center-NH

Surgery-Preliminary

Urology

High, Giza

U Massachusetts Med School-MA

Emergency Medicine

Holmes, Galen

Ventura Cnty Med Ctr-CA

Family Medicine

Hong, Young

Morristown Mem Hosp-NJ

Surgery

Huang, Emerald

UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA

VA Greater LA Hlth Sys-CA

Medicine-Preliminary

Phys Medicine & Rehab

Isenhower, Matthew

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Anesthesiology

Jafari, Haz

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Oregon Health & Science Univ-OR

Medicine-Preliminary

Neurology

Jeruzal, Joanna

U Kentucky Med Ctr-KY

Orthopaedic Surgery

Johnson, Bart

University of Virginia-VA

Emergency Medicine

Karia, Kunal

NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell Med Ctr-NY

Pathology

Kelley, Brian

Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT

Yale University-CT

Surgery-Preliminary

Neurosurgery

Kennett, Kelly

LSU SOM-New Orleans-LA

Pediatrics

Khan, Adnan

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Pathology

Khandker, Samiur

Johns Hopkins Hosp-MD

Emergency Medicine

Kidd, Jason

U North Carolina Hospitals-NC

Medicine

Kim, Caron

UCLA Medical Center-CA

Obstetrics-Gynecology

King, Ashley

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Surgery-Prelim/Urology

Urology

Kirsch, Therese

U Illinois COM-Chicago-IL

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Kleiman, Deborah

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Emergency Medicine

Knight, Jaime

Emory Univ SOM-GA

Pediatrics

Koutoufas, Bess

Univ Hospitals Case Med Ctr-OH

Pediatrics

Lahar, Nicholas

UCLA Medical Center-CA

Surgery

Laplante, Justin

Riverside Reg Med Ctr-VA

U Utah Affil Hospitals-UT

Transitional

Radiology-Diagnostic

Layne, Michael

Eastern VA Med School-VA

Medicine-Family Med

Leary, Jeffrey

University of Virginia-VA

Emergency Medicine

Lee, David

St Lukes-Roosevelt-NY

Surgery

Lee, Richard

University of Buffalo-NY

University of Buffalo-NY

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiation-Oncology

Lieng, Thanh-Truc

Chippenham Med Ctr-VA

Family Medicine

Linden, Noah

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Psychiatry/Sheppard Pratt

Little, Emily

Georgetown Univ Hosp-DC

Georgetown Univ Hosp-DC

Medicine-Preliminary

Anesthesiology

Long, Jason

Mercy Hosp-Pittsburgh-PA

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Transitional

Radiology-Diagnostic

Lovell, Blaise

Western Pennsylvania Hosp-PA

Western Pennsylvania Hosp-PA

Surgery-Preliminary

Anesthesiology

Ma, Janet

Loma Linda University-CA

Medicine-Pediatrics

Madsen, Keith

Carilion Clinic-VA

Family Practice

Mehta, Archana

NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell Med Ctr-NY

Pediatrics

Milliron, Matthew

Univ Hospitals Case Med Ctr-OH

Anesthesiology

Miranda, Danielle

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine

Mirkes, Melanie

Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr-NJ

Emergency Medicine

Mohiuddin, Sohaib

Harbor Hospital Ctr-MD

St Vincent Hosp-Worcester-MA

Transitional

Radiology-Diagnostic

Mooney, David

U Alabama Med Ctr-Birmingham-AL

Medicine

Mortenson, Ashley

Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr-NJ

Emergency Medicine

Mozingo, Willis

Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC

Medicine

Murtaugh, Heather

Stanford Univ Progs-CA

Emergency Medicine

Murthy, Arvind

NY Hosp Med Ctr Queens-NY

Caritas St Elizabeths Med Ctr-MA

Medicine-Preliminary

Anesthesiology

Myint, Myo

Tulane Univ SOM-LA

Peds/Psych/Child Psych

Nguyen, Susan

Univ Hosps-Columbia-MO

Otolaryngology

Nguyen, Jennifer

Kaiser Permanente-So CA Region-CA

Medicine

Nguyen, Khoa

Kaiser Permanente-Oakland-CA

Medicine

Nguyen, Kim-Anh

UC San Francisco-Fresno-CA

UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA

Medicine-Preliminary

Anesthesiology

Nguyen, Tony

UCLA Medical Center-CA

Anesthesiology

Nickerson, Michael

Tripler Army Med Ctr-HI

Walter Reed Army Med Ctr-DC

Transitional Year

Anesthesiology

Nienow, Shalon

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Pediatrics

Noto, Michael

Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN

Medicine

Paik, David

Georgetown Univ Hosp-DC

Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT

Transitional

Radiology-Diagnostic

Palumbo, Michelle

Rhode Island Hosp/Brown U-RI

Peds/Psych/Child Psych

Parker, Damien

Indiana Univ Sch of Med-IN

Pediatrics

Pasco, Hayden

Chippenham Med Ctr-VA

Family Medicine

Patel, Hitesh

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA

Medicine-Preliminary

Neurology

Pawlow, Lara

VCU-Fairfax Family Med Res-VA

Family Medicine

Pelkofski, Elizabeth

U Massachusetts Med School-MA

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Peters, Patricia

Massachusetts Gen Hosp-MA

Pediatrics

Picco, Christine

Stanford Univ Progs-CA

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Pomrenke, Stefan

U Minnesota Med School-MI

Family Med/St Josephs

Posey, Jannelle

Carilion Clinic-VA

Surgery-Preliminary

Pritchard, Jennifer

George Washington Univ-DC

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Medicine-Preliminary

Neurology

Pustilnik, Sean

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Psychiatry

Putney, Scott

U Florida COM-Jacksonville-FL

Surgery-Preliminary

Rabinowitz, Rachel

Mayo School of Grad Med Educ-Fl

Mayo School of Grad Med Educ-FL

Transitional

Anesthesiology

Ranck, Mark

Northwestern McGaw/ENH-IL

Univ of Chicago Med Ctr-IL

Transitional

Radiation-Oncology

Ratanasen, Rutt

UC Davis Med Ctr-CA

Pediatrics

Razavi, Ashkon

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Orthopaedic Surgery

Risser, Andreya

Bon Secours St Francis-VA

Family Medicine

Robert, Alina

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr-NH

Medicine

Saliba Zeina

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Psy-FamMed/St Margaret

Savage, Jennie

Oregon Health & Science Univ-OR

Oregon Health & Science Univ-OR

Medicine-Preliminary

Neurology

Schmitz, Jonathan

Indiana Univ Sch of Med-IN

Emergency Medicine

Seigel, Stuart

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Medicine

Semaan, Roy

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Medicine

Sharma, Amol

Temple Univ Hosp-PA

Medicine

Shaw, Eric

Eastern VA Med School-VA

Pediatrics

Sheehy, Conor

U Washington Affil Hosps-WA

Neurology

Sheth, Neil

U Michigan Hosps-Ann Arbor-MI

Medicine

Showalter, Brian

Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC

Plastic Surgery

Simcox, Thomas

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Medicine

Simpson, Kerri

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Pediatrics

Siri, Kris

Orlando Reg Healthcare-FL

Medicine

Smeltzer, Emily

Henry Ford HSC-MI

Surgery

Smith, Christie

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine

Solomon, Sabrina

Christus Santa Rosa-TX

Family Medicine

Somerville, Matthew

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Western Pennsylvania Hosp-PA

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiology-Diagnostic

Stander, Sally

U North Carolina Hospitals-NC

Surgery

Starkweather, Kathryn

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiology-Diagnostic

Stuart, Joni

Naval Hospital, Pensacola-FL

Family Medicine

Swinton, Brian

Childrens Mercy Hosp-MO

Pediatrics

Theobald, Cecelia

Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN

Medicine

Thomas, Arul

U Maryland Med Ctr-MD

Medicine

Thorn, Radhika

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Medicine

Tisnado, Jamie

Morristown Mem Hosp-NJ

Hartford Hospital-CT

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiology-Diagnostic

Toomey, Courtney

Good Samaritan Hosp-MD

Sinai Hosp-Baltimore-MD

Medicine-Preliminary

Phys Medicine & Rehab

Toor, David

UC San Francisco-Fresno-CA

Emergency Medicine

Tran, Quincy

George Washington Univ-DC

Emergency Medicine

Tuong, Mireille

U Illinois COM-Chicago-IL

Obstetrics-Gynecology

Vogan, Drummond

Darnall Army Med Ctr-Fort Hood-TX

Emergency Medicine

Wallner, Clare

UPMC Medical Education Prog-PA

Emergency Medicine

Weber, Brian

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Western Pennsylvania Hosp-PA

Medicine-Preliminary

Radiology-Diagnostic

White, Michael

Pitt County Mem Hosp/Brody SOM-NC

Surgery

Wong, Kenneth

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary-NY

Otolaryngology

Wong, Roger

St Lukes-Bethlehem-PA

Emergency Medicine

Woo, Wendy

Washington Hosp Ctr-DC

Loma Linda University-CA

Medicine-Preliminary

Anesthesiology

Wright, Harry

Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr-TN

Otolaryngology

Yousuf, Ahad

Virginia Commonwealth U Hlth Sys-VA

Drexel University COM-PA

Medicine-Preliminary

Anesthesiology


 

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