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It was Match Day March 19 at Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM), as 136 physicians discovered where they will first practice medicine and continue their medical educations after graduation.
Match Day is special,” said BCOM Dean Bill Pieratt. “Iit not only marks the hard work and accomplishments that got our students to this point, but it also provides a clearer picture of the future and the next step of the journey to becoming a practicing physician.”
The Class of 2021 submit applications to residency programs across the nation. Matches included numerous respected matches, such as urology at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, emergency medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City, orthopedic surgery at University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals in Seattle, neurology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and internal medicine/pediatrics at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport.
About one third, 43 doctors, will remain in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, helping to alleviate the physician scarcity in the southwest United States.
Many graduates will stay and train closer to home, pursuing their residencies at Las Cruces’ MountainView Regional Medical Center and Memorial Medical Center, Albuquerque’s University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Gallup’s Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital, El Paso’s HCA Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare and Paul Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. Fifteen graduates will pursue residency training in Las Cruces, El Paso and Albuquerque.
“The exceptional outcomes of the Class of 2021 -- 136 student matches and placements -- are a testament to the hard work and determination of our students, said BCOM President John Hummer. “We are extremely proud to see our students competing on the national scale, placing in residency programs across the country. We are pleased to see such a large group of students match within the states of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, with so many of them placing in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, El Paso and Tucson.”
Nine graduating physicians will pursue neurology, 13 will practice emergency medicine and 34 will train in family medicine.
BCOM graduates also will pursue residencies in anesthesiology, general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, physical medicine/rehabilitation and psychiatry.
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