Match Day marks a milestone for soon-to-be doctors like Vyom Sawhney preparing to enter their specialties.
Photo: Karsten Moran
At exactly 12:00PM on Friday, March 17, graduating students from —all filled with anticipation—eagerly tore open envelopes that revealed the near and far cities and towns where they will continue their medical training. Match Day is an annual tradition where students graduating from medical schools across the country learn—on the same day and at the same time—the residency programs where they will begin their postgraduate training as doctors.
Following a rigorous application and interviewing process, matches are made through a mutual selection process run by the National Resident Matching Program. Students and residency programs each rank their preferences, and a computer algorithm uses that data to generate the best possible match.
“The Class of 2023 will move into their residencies as skilled, accomplished, empathetic physicians who will offer great benefit to the communities they go on to serve,” said , associate dean for student affairs. “We are proud that all 111 graduating students have matched with an impressive list of programs, including 46 students who will continue their training at ٺƵ Health.”
Students Meet Their Matches
Vyom Sawhney, a fourth-year student born in New Delhi, India, and raised in East Brunswick, New Jersey, is among those who will be continuing their training at ٺƵ. Thanks to an early match program for his chosen specialty, he found out his placement in February, but he and his family still celebrated at the March 17 event.
“I’m thrilled that I got into my top choice and that I’ll be continuing here at ٺƵ,” Sawhney said. “I was drawn to the strength of clinical training and opportunity to work with leading experts in the field and the chance to make an impact on prostate cancer screening and prevention.”
NYU Grossman School of Medicine graduating students, including Maya Graves, matched to some of the nation’s top residency programs.
Photo: Karsten Moran
Maya Graves, a fourth-year student from Indianapolis, Indiana, learned she matched with Weill Cornell. Graves, who has served as director on the executive board of the , is pursuing psychiatry.
“I could not be more excited to stay in New York City and continue in this incredibly important field,” Graves said. “I would love to make an impact in the Black and Brown community in terms of access to psychiatric services and knowledge about what treatment is out there and what can be done. No one needs to suffer alone.”
Class of 2023 by the Numbers
Twenty students in the Class of 2023 participated in the , an accelerated track for a select group of eligible students who have already been guaranteed acceptance into an NYU Grossman School of Medicine . Also of note, 24 students completed a :
- 12 students in our
- 5 students in our with NYU Stern School of Business
- 1 student in our with NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
- 1 student in our with NYU College of Global Public Health
- 5 students in our with ٺƵ’s
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