As they near the end of their medical school journey, eight seniors at the UCF College of Medicine are ecstatic after learning they matched early into highly competitive ophthalmology and urology residencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was my dream program since I started researching residencies,\u201d said fourth-year medical student Molly Orban, who matched into the ophthalmology program at the Medical 海角直播 of South Carolina.\u00a0 \u201cI had so many dreams about this day that when I got the call I actually thought to myself, wait- if I am dreaming, I am going to be so mad!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it has kicked in yet,\u201d said Jae Kim, who matched into his first choice for ophthalmology \u2014 the Kresge Eye Institute at Wayne State 海角直播 in Michigan.<\/p>\n
\u201cRestoring vision is absolutely amazing and I am very grateful for this match,\u201d said Kim, who last year won a statewide award for his invention of a computerized imaging process to help diagnose eye diseases earlier and more accurately.<\/p>\n
Medical school graduates must complete a residency program in their chosen specialty before they are able to practice medicine. Depending on the specialty, residencies last three to seven years. In their final year of medical school, students apply for and interview with residency programs and then rank their choices. Residency programs do the same. A computerized service then matches top choices from both.<\/p>\n
National Match Day is March 17 this year, when the majority of the nation\u2019s medical students learn their residency match. But some specialties, including \u00a0urology, ophthalmology and military-based residencies announce matches early.<\/p>\n
Urology and ophthalmology are considered two of the most competitive residencies. Nationwide, there were 620 applicants for ophthalmology residencies this year, and 446 medical students matched. Urology had 422 applicants with 317 matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am incredibly excited to train at a place that is top notch in both urologic patient care and resident surgical training,\u201d said Arvind Krishnan who matched at the 海角直播 of South Florida.<\/p>\n
Dr. Marcy Verduin, associate dean of students, said she was thrilled about the students\u2019 success in early matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey continue to embrace the UCF motto by reaching for the stars in all they do,\u201d Dr. Verduin said.\u00a0 \u201cI have no doubt that they will be excellent ambassadors across the nation for the UCF College of Medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The seniors will graduate with the rest of the Class of 2017 on May 19.<\/p>\n
College of Medicine seniors who matched are: Tavya Benjamin – Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY<\/p>\n Eileen Grigson \u2013 海角直播 of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA<\/p>\n Arvind Krishnan – 海角直播 of South Florida, Tampa, FL<\/p>\n Ophthalmology <\/strong><\/p>\n Jae Kim – Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State 海角直播, Detroit, MI<\/p>\n Molly Orban – Storm Eye Institute, Medical 海角直播 of South Carolina, Charleston, SC<\/p>\n Austin Rohl – 海角直播 of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO<\/p>\n Bao Truong – William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As they near the end of their medical school journey, eight seniors at the UCF College of Medicine are ecstatic after learning they matched early into highly competitive ophthalmology and urology residencies. \u201cThis was my dream program since I started researching residencies,\u201d said fourth-year medical student Molly Orban, who matched into the ophthalmology program at the Medical 海角直播 of South…","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":67411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,12,17],"tags":[979,2958,15761],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-75746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-health","category-medicine","tag-college-of-medicine","tag-marcy-verduin","tag-pegasus-briefs"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nAlexander Anderson – 海角直播 of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO<\/p>\n