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MARQUETTE – The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Upper Peninsula Region recently announced results of Match Day for 11 graduating medical students.
The MSU College of Human Medicine U.P. Region is a medical education collaborative between the MSU College of Human Medicine and UP Health System – Marquette, a Duke LifePoint Hospital.
Match Day is when medical students across the country find out the residency program at which they will complete their medical education.
The medical residency interview and selection process allows each applicant to rank their top choices of medical residency programs, while the programs in turn rank their top applicants.
Then, all of the rankings and results are computed by the National Resident Matching Program with a computer algorithm to most effectively link students to their preferred program.
The process culminates on “match day” – when the results are revealed, and the new residents find out where they “matched” and where they will attend residency for the next phase of their medical training.
Results from this year’s match are as follows:
– Kurt Bjorkman of Kingsford, Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut.
– Sarah Bjorkman of Caro, Mich., Obstetrics-Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut.
– Alison Case of Dublin, Ohio, American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Education and Advocacy Fellowship, Sterling, Virginia. Will enter 2016 match.
– Megan Heinlein, Negaunee, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
– Leah Heron of Marquette, Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak.
– Mike Kulju of Ishpeming, Surgery-preliminary year, Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners, Grand Rapids.
– Chelsey McNabb of Gwinn, Pediatrics, Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners, downstate Grand Rapids.
– Stephanie Rutterbush of Oxford, Mich., Family Medicine, Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program, Marquette.
– Eric Sturos of Laurium, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
– Brigham Voigt of Mount Pleasant, Anesthesiology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
– Drue Webb of Albuquerque, NM., Family Medicine, McKay-Dee Hospital Center, Ogden, Utah.
As part of the MSU College of Human Medicine U.P. Region, these students took part in the Rural Physician Program that offered them the unique opportunity to experience hands-on medical care in a rural setting while training at clinics and hospitals throughout the Upper Peninsula.
“The one-on-one collaboration these students experienced with physicians in the Upper Peninsula during their training is excellent preparation for their upcoming residencies,” said Bill Short, MD, chief executive officer and community assistant dean of the MSU College of Human Medicine U.P. Region.
“They have developed an affinity for our region and it’s our hope that once they complete their residency training, we see many of them return to care for the people of the Upper Peninsula.”
Through 2014, the MSU College of Human Medicine U.P. Region has graduated 234 physicians. Of those, 100 were from Upper Peninsula communities.
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