SUNY Downstate Medical Students Excel in Annual National Residency Match Day
Mar 23, 2015
69 Percent of Graduates to Train in New York State; Downstate Surpasses National Average
Brooklyn, NY – Fourth-year students at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s College of Medicine had a strong showing on Match Day on March 20, at which future physicians learn where they will spend the next three to seven years receiving advanced medical training.
A total of 204 students – 99 percent of the graduating class – secured a residency slot through the National Resident Matching Program for 2015. The national average for United States medical schools was 93.9 %.
Residents of New York State will benefit from the students educated at SUNY Downstate. Sixty-nine percent of Downstate’s graduating medical students – a total of 141 graduates – have committed to pursuing their residency in New York State, with 99 students remaining in New York City and 43 students staying in Brooklyn, including 38 students who will train at Downstate.
John F. Williams, Jr., MD, EdD, MPH, FCCM, president of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, said, “We are proud of how well our graduating medical students have done on Match Day, and delighted that so many are staying in New York State and in Brooklyn, where as resident physicians they can serve the people of our City and State.”
Thirty-eight percent of the class matched to the primary care specialties of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. The balance of students will train in specialty fields. Twenty-three students matched to anesthesiology programs; 26 to emergency medicine; nine in urology; and six in diagnostic radiology programs. Students matched to programs at Harvard, Columbia, Cornell-Weill, Einstein, Mount Sinai, NYU, Johns Hopkins, and Yale, among others.
According to the National Resident Matching Program, the 2015 Match included 41,334 total registrants, the largest number on record. The program notes that the growth in the number of U.S. medical school seniors, 651 more than last year, is due to rising medical school enrollments and the many new schools being established. More than 30,000 total positions were offered in 2015, an all-time high. Match Day was established in 1952.
Please visit SUNY DownstateMatch Day 2015 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d6PBnTtavY
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.