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Match Day, March 2008
The Class of 2008 gathered at the Bolling-Haxall House to learn where they are headed for the next phase of their training. For Match Day results, see the list of students’ residency destinations.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 United States. | Alina Robert’s was the last name called, so she won the bowl of money. |
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| 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 participated in the couple’s match. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Fourth-year student Richard Lee. | Kunal Karia receives his envelope. | Fourth-year student Ahad Yousef with Amanda Medders. |
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| Fourth-year student Hitesh Patel with Shraddha Patel. | Quincy Tran and his son Tristan. | Elizabeth Koutoufas, Myo Myint and Therese Kirsch-Krueger. |
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| 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 |
