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I grew up in rural Georgia (informally segregated schools, cotton and peanuts as prime economy, one traffic light in entire county). Youngest of three brothers. My oldest Brother had a best friend in high school. A country kid named B.J. To this day, he still talks about B.J. as the smartest person he knew. My Brother is a Internist, Nephrologist, and Critical Care specialist, and, did his internship at Mayo Clinic, fellowships at UCLA and Cleveland Clinic.My oldest Brother would tell me of he and B.J. talking about scientific paradoxes and their possible proofs and theorems in 9th and 10th grades (Possible errors, because I'm a lowly lawyer). B.J. took the S.A.T.'s and got a 1480 without studying (near perfect math score, verbal being lower). B.J. shaped him into the STEM guy he is now. My oldest Brother got all the accolades in our rural school, since B.J. dropped out in 11th grade for personal and family issues.Fast forward to today. B.J. is in jail for drug related offenses with my other older brother (alcoholic). They talk about my oldest Brother in jail, and I get the details from my Brother on visitations.Moral is, genius arises in the unlikeliest environments. Familial and nurturing issues arise, and destroy what could be a great gift to humanity and a peaceful life.Edit: To hopes of redemption for B.J., it’s unlikely. Formative years of emotional trauma and possible abuse living in problematic homes have probably removed any semblance of possible redemption or fulfillment of potential at this point. A problem with drugs, stimulating, euphoric, or, otherwise is that diminution of natural elevations or accomplishments to achieve that feeling is diminished with each delve into instant gratification, e.g. opiods, meth, etc. This observance and not so infrequent participation is an enlightening experience to me. Also, I am joyed that so many have deemed this experience in my life as relevant. Please continue to feel free to inquire into recent developments.Pleased to note that my Brother has been released and we enjoy a strong bond as fellow addicts of one stimulus or another. I monitored him for 48 hours during the throes of his destructive tendencies, and wrote a rough abstract of my studies regarding addiction and mental health. Please PM me for links if interested. I for one found the experience objectively fascinating and revealing. Subjectively, I reconnected with my Brother, and have a great and open relationship in contrast to the aggression, judgment, and accusatory relationship of the past 4 years.

Q. Is there any advantage to attending a top med school?A. My previous answer to the advantages of attending top medical schools in matching with top competitive residency programs. Bottom line, even though the best students in any medical school can match into their specialty choice, graduates from top medical schools regardless of class rank, tend to favor the more competitive specialties (less primary care) and match into the best residency programs in those specialties. This is particularly helpful if there is aspiration for an academic career and perhaps leadership in that specialty, the politics of that specialty and perhaps leadership in medicine/medical education (US and transnational) where pedigree matters. I analyzed the 2016 Match data from medical schools of various tiers.Q. Do med students who go to schools such as JHU, Stanford, UCLA, WashU, etc., have an easier time matching with the top competitive residency programs?A2A. From the 2016 match, top tier schools did very well in matching to the most competitive specialties. Many took their own students eg. Stanford matched Dermatology (6). There is disproportionate representation in the most sought after fields, like Wash U matching Orthopedics (10), JHU matching ENT (8), and Duke matching Opthalmology (9), despite class size of only 96. The programs they match into are top tier in their specialties as well. These schools have a high percentage not going into Primary Care, giving room for Caribbean/osteopathic graduates. Mid tier schools like Texas A&M (class size may be a factor) astoundingly matched Dermatology (10), Opthalmology (3), Orthopedics (8). Newly opened schools like Texas Tech El Paso matched Dermatology (1), Opthalmology (3), Orthopedics (3), and Neurosurgery (1). Even the inaugural class of U of South Carolina Greenville matched into Orthopedics (2), Neurosurgery (1), and Urology (1).General Surgery is in decline.In the end, if you performed well in any US medical school and have commendable USMLE scores, you have a good chance of matching into your desired specialty.Harvard matched Dermatology (10), Opthalmology (6), Neurosurgery (2), OMFS (3), Orthopedics (4), Otolaryngology (3), Rad Onc (8), Urology (3), Vascular Surg (2).Stanford matched Dermatology (7), Opthalmology (2), Neurosurgery (2), Orthopedics (3), Otolaryngology (2), Rad Onc (2), Vasc Surg (1).Yale matched Dermatology (4), Opthalmology (4), Neurosurgery (2), Orthopedics (6), ENT (4), Rad Onc (4), Urology (3).JHU matched Dermatology (1), Opthalmology (4), Neurosurgery (4), Orthopedics (5), ENT (8), Urology (3).Wash U matched Dermatology (6), Opthalmology (3), Orthopedics (10), Otolaryngology (1), Rad Onc (2), Urology (3), Vascular Surg (1).Duke matched Dermatology (2), Opthalmology (9), Neurosurgery (3), Orthopedics (8), Otolaryngology (1), Rad Onc (2), Plastic Surg (3).Texas A&M matched Dermatology (10), Opthalmology (3), Orthopedics (8), Otolaryngology (2), Plastic Surgery (2), Urology (2), Vascular Surg (1).Texas Tech El Paso matched Dermatology (1), Opthalmology (3), Orthopedics (3), Neurosurgery (1).U South Carolina- Greenville (inaugural class) matched Neurosurgery (1), Orthopedics (2), Urology (1).Touro California / TUCOM-CA matched AOA programs in Opthalmology (1), Orthopedics (1), ENT (1), Neurosurgery (1).Ross University - Primary Care 2016 Ross University ResidencyHMS 2016 Match ListAnesthesiology (5) MGH, BWH (3), BIDMCDermatology (9) UCSF, NYU, Harvard (3), Stanford, NYP-Columbia, Duke, UPMCMed-Derm (1) HarvardEmergency Medicine (9) Harvard BWH/MGH (2), NYU, Stanford, UNC, HopkinsDuke, Georgia Regents, Rutgers RWJMSFamily Medicine (4) Contra Costa, Brown/Memorial Hosp, Swedish Med Center/First Hill, Harbor-UCLAGeneral Surgery (6) BWH, U Washington, Stanford, BIDMC, UCSF East Bay, BMCInternal Medicine-Primary Care (8) UCSF, BWH (2), MGH (3), CHA, BIDMCInternal Medicine (34) JHU (2), MGH (7), BWH (8), UCSF (2), NYP-Columbia (2), U Washington (2), Stanford (3), Brown (3), NYP-Cornell (research), UCLA (2),BIDMC, NYU, OHSUChild Neuro (1) CHBNeurology (6) (BWH/MGH) (4), NYP-Columbia, Mt. SinaiNeurological Surgery (2) MGH, UCLAOB/GYN (12) UCSF, Northwestern, Hopkins (2), Duke, Brown, Yale, U Washington, Einstein/Montefiore, BIDMC (3)Ophthalmology (6) MEEI (2), USC, UCSD, BMC, IEEIOMFS (3) MGH (3)Orthopedic Surgery (4) Harvard (2), UCSF, Naval Medical Ctr, PortsmouthOtolaryngology (3) Hopkins, MEEI, UCSFPathology (2) MGH, BWHPediatrics (5) Boston Combined - CHB (3), U Washington, MGHPediatrics-Primary Care (1) UCSFPlastic Surgery (2) U Washington, Einstein/MontefiorePsychiatry (11) MGH/McLean (3), UCSF, Harvard Longwood, Stanford (2), Stanford (research), U Washington, Penn, Case Western/MetroHealthRadiation Oncology (8) MD Anderson, Harvard (3), U Washington, Jefferson, NYP-Cornell, City of HopeRadiology (4) UCSF, Penn/HUP, NYP-Cornell, Maine MedUrology (3) BWH, MGH, Mt. SinaiVascular Surgery (2) U Penn, MGH=======Non-Clinical (3) JP Morgan, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, FilmmakerTransitional Year (5) Santa Clara Valley, BIDMC/Brockton (2), Cambridge Health Alliance, Steward CarneyPrelim surgery (5) U Washington, MGH, St Lukes-Roosevelt, BWH, Mt SinaiPrelim medicine (25) BIDMC (4), BWH (10), Duke, MGH (4), Mt Auburn (3), Presbyterian Hosp, Dallas, St Lukes-Roosevelt, UT HoustonStanford University Match List 2016Anesthesiology (2) Stanford, UCSFChild Neurology (2) Stanford (2)Dermatology (7) NYP Hosp-Columbia Univ Med Ctr, Stanford (6)Emergency Medicine (3) UCSF, MGH (2)Family Medicine (1) U ColoradoGeneral Surgery (3) BWH, MGH, Stanford (2)Internal Medicine (16) BIDMC, BWH (3), Case (Phys-Sci), UPenn, MGH (3), NYP Hosp-Columbia, NYU (Clin Invest Track), Stanford, UC Riverside, U Colorado, Yale-New Haven Hosp, Yale-New Haven Hosp (Phys-Sci)Medicine-Primary (7) BU (Preventive), BWH (3), Dartmouth, MGH, UCLANeurology (1) UCSFNeurological Surgery(2) U Utah, StanfordObstetrics-Gyn (3) BWH, Stanford, White Mem Med CtrOphthalmology (2) New York Eye & Ear Infirm, StanfordOrthopedic Surgery (3) Baylor, GWU, Hosp For Special Surg-NYOtolaryngology (2) Johns Hopkins Hosp, U Texas Southwestern MedPathology (1) BWHPediatrics (5) Childrens Hosp-Philadelphia, Stanford(2), UC Davis, U WashingtonPlastic Surgery (3) Stanford (2), U WashingtonPsychiatry (4) Stanford Univ (3), U IowaRadiology-Diagnostic (3) MGH, Stanford, U UtahRadiation-Oncology (2) MSK, StanfordThoracic Surgery (1) StanfordVascular Surgery (1) StanfordYale 2016 Match ListAnesthesiology (1) StanfordDermatology (4) Northwestern, Walter Reed, Case, UCSFDiagnostic Radiology (2) UCSF (2)EM (6) Carolinas Med Ctr, UCSF, Penn, Icahn, Harbor-UCLA, NYPH - Columbia & CornellFamily Med (1) BUInternal Medicine (19) UCSF, Penn, Duke (3), Mayo - Rochester, Northwestern, NYPH-Columbia, MGH (2), U Wash (2), UCSF, Penn, BU, JHU,Albert Einstein/Montefiore, BWH, Madigan ArmyInternal Medicine / Primary Care (4) Penn, U Wash, BU, BWHNeurology (2) Yale, StanfordNeurosurgery (2) MGH, YaleOBGYN (6) Penn, UCLA, Northwestern, NYPH - Columbia, Yale (2)Ophtho (4) UCSF, NYU, Mayo - Rochester, Harvard - MEEIOrtho (6) Barnes-Jewish, Case, Yale, HSS, Penn, RushENT (4) Stanford, Icahn (2), Harvard - MEEIPathology (2) Penn, StanfordPediatrics (3) U Wash, Stanford (2)Plastic Surgery (2) Yale, UT Medical BranchPsychiatry (4) Yale (3), Cambridge Health AllianceRad Onc (4) MSK, Yale, JHU, UCLAUrology (1) IcahnJohns Hopkins 2016 match listAnesthesia (2) U Penn, U WisconsinDermatology (1) JHUENT (8) HMS/Mass Eye and Ear (2), JHU, USC, CCF, Mayo, Barnes-Jewish, UCSDEmergency Medicine (10) Icahn, BU, NMC Portsmouth, NYU, Alameda Health Systems – Highland (2) , UNC, U Conn, JHU (2)Family Medicine (3) Swedish Medical Center, Sutter Med Center, BUInternal Medicine (20) JHU (8), MGH (3), UCSF (3), BWH, UTSW, U Penn, UColorado, NYU, IcahnMed-Peds (1) JHUPediatrics (4) UCLA, CHOP, Stanford, ColumbiaNeurology (2) UCSF, BWHNeurosurgery (4) NYU, JHU, Duke, U WisconsinOBGYN (5) UCSF (2), UCSD, Yale, ColumbiaOphthalmology (4) JHU (2), U Iowa, U MichiganOrthopedics Surgery (5) JHU (3), U Conn, UNCPathology (4) JHU, UCSF, BWH, MGHPsychiatry (9) JHU (4), MGH (2), Yale, UCSF, NYUPM&R (2) JHU, StanfordRadiology (5) Albert Einstein (Diagnostic), BWH (IR), MGH, Florida – Orlando,JHU (Nuclear)General Surgery (12) BWH (2), Duke, NMC San Diego, JHU, Morehouse, Yale, UCSF, UCLA, U Iowa, Washington Hospital Ctr, JHU (Prelimary), Wash Med CtrThoracic Surgery (1) U PennUrology (3) Stanford, JHU, EmoryColumbia University College of Physicians & SurgeonsAnesthesiology (9) MGH, Columbia (5), U Michigan, Vanderbilt, YaleBusiness (3)Child Neurology (2) Columbia, StanfordDermatology (8) U Penn, Columbia (2), NYU, U Chicago, U Colorado, UCLA, YaleEmergency Medicine (13) Alameda Health System, Duke (2), Einstein/Jacobi Med Ctr (2), Icahn (3), Maimonides Medical Center, MGH (2), NY Methodist, UCLAFamily Medicine (3) Institute for Family Health-NY, UCSF, U MontanaInternal Medicine (36) BU, BWH, Einstein/Montefiore (2), Harbor-UCLA, U Penn,Icahn, JHU, MGH, Mayo, Northwestern, Columbia (12), NYU (3), Stanford, U Colorado, U Mich, UTSW, UCSF (3), Vanderbilt, Yale (2)Neurological Surgery (7) Emory, Northwestern, Columbia, Rutgers-New Jersey, U Cincinnati, USC, Wash U/ BarnesNeurology (5) BWH, Columbia (2), NYU, YaleObstetrics & Gynecology (7) Christiana Care (2), U Penn, Columbia, NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell, NYU (2)Ophthalmology (6) CCF, MEEI/Harvard, Nassau University, Northwestern,NYP Hosp-Columbia, SUNY UpstateOral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2) Columbia (2)Orthopedic Surgery (5) Madagan Army, Columbia (2), USC, UCSDOtolaryngology (5) U Penn, Columbia, Stanford, U Cincinnati, U UtahPathology (5) JHU, Columbia (2), NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell, StanfordPediatrics (23) Children's LA, Children’s Boston, CHOP, Cincinnati (2), Einstein/Montefiore, Emory, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, JHU, Nationwide Children’s, Columbia (7), Stanford, U Massachusetts, U Pitt (2), U Vermont, UCSFPsychiatry (14) U Penn, MGH (2), Columbia (3), NYP Weill Cornell (3), NYU,Thomas Jefferson, USC, U Washington (2)Radiation Oncology (2) Emory, NYURadiology – Diagnostic (4) U Penn (2), NYP-Columbia, NYP-Weill CornellSurgery – General (7) Albany Med Ctr, U Penn, NYMC-Westchester, Rutgers-RWJ, U Mich, U Wash, VanderbiltSurgery – Preliminary (2) Hofstra NSLIJ, ColumbiaSurgery – Thoracic (1) ColumbiaWashington University Match List 2016Anesthesiology (5) Barnes-Jewish, New York-Presbyterian, Rush, UCLA, U PittsDermatology (6) Barnes-Jewish (2), Baylor, JHU, U Mich, U PittsEmergency Medicine (4) Barnes-Jewish, Baylor, JHU, UCSFFamily Medicine (1) U CincinnatiGeneral Surgery (2) Northwestern, U ConnInternal Medicine (20) Barnes-Jewish (10), Hofstra North Shore-LIJ, JHU (2), MGH (3), Northwestern, Oregon (2), U ArizonaNeurology (4) Barnes-Jewish, BWH, U Penn, UCSFObstetrics and Gynecology (4) Case, Montefiore/Einstein, Tulane, UCSDOphthalmology (3) UCLA, U Mich, Wash UOrthopaedic Surgery (10) Barnes-Jewish, Cedars-Sinai, HSS, Ohio State,Oregon, Thomas Jefferson University, UCLA, UCSF, U Iowa, U RochesterOtolaryngology (1) NYUPathology (4) Barnes-Jewish (2), Stanford, UCLAPediatrics (10) Children's Boston (2), Medical College of Wisconsin, NYU, St. Louis Children's (3), UCSF, Baylor, Children's NationalPlastic Surgery (2) Barnes-Jewish, U MichiganPsychiatry (4) Barnes-Jewish (2), UTSW, YaleRadiation-Oncology (2) Baylor, U WisconsinRadiology-Diagnostic (2) MGH, UCSDUrology (3) Barnes-Jewish, Oregon, U PittsVascular Surgery (1) IndianaWake Foresthttp://www.wakehealth.edu/uploadedF...ervices/Documents/2016 HO List (External).pdfNorthwesternhttp://www.feinberg.northwestern.ed...ring/Summer+2013&utm_campaign=Ward+RoundsSUNY Downstatehttp://sls.downstate.edu/student...VCUhttp://www.medschool.vcu.edu/med...Columbiahttp://ps.columbia.edu/education...Georgetownhttps://som.georgetown.edu/prosp...Coloradohttp://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/c...MatchDay2016/Documents/2016 Match Results.pdfEVMShttps://www.evms.edu/media/depar...American University of the Caribbeanhttp://www.aucmed.edu/alumni/res...Brown Universityhttps://www.brown.edu/academics/...Eastern Virginia Medical School:http://www.evms.edu/media/depart...George Washington University:http://smhs.gwu.edu/academics/md...Ohio State University:http://medicine.osu.edu/students/li...Documents/Match Results by Specialty 2016.pdfRoss University:http://www.rossu.edu/medical-sch...Southern Illinois University:http://www.siumed.edu/news/Relea...St. George:https://postgrad.sgu.edu/Residen...UIC-Chicago:http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/...UIC-Peoria:http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/User...tudent Affairs/2016 Residency Assignments.pdfUIC-Urbana-Champaign:http://www.med.illinois.edu/sa/m...University of Buffalo:http://medicine.buffalo.edu/matc...University of Cincinnati:https://comdo-wcnlb.uc.edu/emos/...University of Florida:https://osa.sites.medinfo.ufl.ed...University of Iowa:http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uploa...s/Registrar/Table 6 - Specialty - Publish.pdfUniversity of Miami:http://admissions.med.miami.edu/...University of Nevada:http://medicine.nevada.edu/stude...University of North Carolina:https://www.med.unc.edu/ome/student...ments/senior-placement-by-specialty-2016/viewUniversity of North Dakota:http://www.med.und.edu/student-affa.../docs/2016-match-assignment-report-032116.pdfUniversity of Rochester:https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/Medi...016/documents/Match-Day-2016-Website-List.pdfUniversity of South Alabama:http://www.usahealthsystem.com/workfiles/com_docs/studentaffairs/match_results_2016.pdfUniversity of Wisconsin:http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-eve...University of Vermont:http://www.uvm.edu/medicine/mede...University of Virginia:https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/...Vanderbilt University:https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu...West Virginia University:http://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/stud...Wright State University:https://medicine.wright.edu/comm...TTU HSChttps://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/stude...UTMBhttps://www.utmb.edu/iutmb/artic...UTSWhttp://www.utsouthwestern.edu/ne...Baylor College of Medicine 2016Duke Medical Students Celebrate Match Day 2016!Friday, March 18, 2016Each year, fourth year medical students across the country view the third week of March as the start of their future. Match Day is a unified event organized by the National Resident Match Program. On March 18, medical students at Duke University School of Medicine opened their envelopes and learned where in the country they will begin their residency programs.A total of 96 students participated in Match Day at Duke this year and are headed to some of the nation’s most prestigious programs.Among them,23 are staying at Duke University8 are going to John Hopkins University programs7 are going to Harvard University6 are going to University of California at San Francisco programs6 are going to University of Texas Southwestern programs6 are going to the York Presbyterian (Columbia/Cornell) programs4 are going to University of Washington, Seattle Programs3 are going to Stanford University ProgramsStudents matched in the following specialties:Anesthesiology (7)Dermatology (2)Emergency Medicine (3)Family Medicine (6)Internal Medicine (19)Medicine/Pediatrics (4)Medicine/Psychiatry (1)Neurology (1)Neurosurgery (3)Obstetrics & Gynecology (4)Ophthalmology (9)Orthopaedics (8)Otolaryngology (1)Pathology (1)Pediatrics (5)Plastic Surgery (3)Psychiatry (3)Psychiatry - Pediatrics - Child Psych (1)Radiation Oncology (2)Radiology (9)Urology (4)Dartmouthhttps://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/...Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine:Anesthesiology: (15) WVU, U Mass, UTMB (4), Baylor COM (3), Medical University of South Carolina, UTSW, U Texas San Antonio, Texas A&M (2), Naval Medical CenterDermatology: (10) Dartmouth, Texas A&M (2), Cooper Hospital University,Texas Tech, UTMB, Baylor U (2), U Mass, OregonEmergency Med: (13 )U Arkansas, U North Carolina, U Texas Houston, UTSW (2), U Cincinnati, U Florida - Jacksonville, John Peter Smith Hospital, U Kentucky (2), Texas A&M, Kaweah Delta Health Care District, VanderbiltFamily Med: (19) Conroe Regional Medical Center, Texas Tech (2), Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, North Colorado Medical Center, UC Davis, John Peter Smith Hosp, Baylor U, Utah Valley Regional, U Virginia, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Texas A&M BCS (2), Christus Santa Rosa, McLennan County Family Medicine, Darnall Army Medical Center, John Peter Smith Hosp,Christus Santa Rosa (2)General Surgery: (14) Texas Tech, U New Mexico, Baylor COM, Methodist Hospital, U Texas Austin Dell, Orlando Health, Baylor U, UTSW, Baptist Health System, Texas Tech - El Paso, U Colorado, U Texas Houston, Keesler Medical Center, U Texas San AntonioInternal Medicine: (44) U Texas San Antonio (2), Oschner (3), Texas A&M (5), U Texas Houston (5), Baylor U (2), Southern Illinois, U Hawaii, Henry Ford, Hofstra NSLIJ SOM- Lenox Hill, Providence Sacred Heart, Loma Linda, UTMB (3), Methodist Texas A&M, Cedars-Sinai (2), LSU Shreveport (3), Texas Tech - El Paso, U Texas at Austin Dell, U Nevada, U North Carolina, U Louisville, Wake Forest, Emory, Mayo Clinic, Methodist Hospital, Texas Tech - Permian Basin, Baylor COMNeurology: (3) U Alabama, Texas A&M, DukeOB/GYN: (10) U Colorado (2), UT Houston (3), U Texas Southwestern (2),Texas A&M (2), Texas TechOphthalmology: (3) Texas A&M, UTSW, Texas TechOrthopedic Surgery: (8) UTSW (2), Texas A&M, Baylor U Med Ctr (2), U Chicago, Mayo Clinic, John Peter SmithOtolaryngology: (2) U Mississippi, Texas A&MPathology: (2) U Arkansas, Wake ForestPediatrics: (14) U Texas Houston, Children's Los Angeles, Texas A&M, St. Louis University, U Missouri-Kansas City, U Texas Austin Dell (2), Baylor COM- San Antonio (2), UTSW, U Oklahoma - Tulsa (2), U Utah, UC IrvinePlastic Surgery: (2) U South Florida, Loma LindaPM&R: (3) Icahn/Mount Sinai, U Arkansas, Carolinas Medical CenterPsychiatry: (11) U North Carolina, U South Florida, UTSW, Texas A&M, U Mass (2), U Oklahoma - Tulsa (2), U Texas Austin Dell, UTMB, U MarylandRadiology-Diagnostic: (7) Baylor U (2), Baylor COM, Texas A&M, UC Irvine,NCC- Walter Reed, U Texas HoustonTransitional: (2)Urology: (2) Texas A&M, Mayo Clinic - JacksonvilleVascular Surgery: (1) EmoryTTUHSC El Pasohttp://elpasoheraldpost.com/medical-students-learn-match-resultsThe Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine class of 2016 learned the results of the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) during a celebration Friday, March 18.A total of 73 senior medical students at TTUHSC El Paso were successful in matching to excellent graduate medical education positions.Three students have been accepted to programs in El Paso and 47% will remain in Texas. Overall, 52% matched to primary care residency programs, including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, medicine/pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology.Two students will begin their service to our country through the military match.The NRMP oversees a computerized process that links choices of graduating medical students with preferences of residency program directors.Orthopedics (3)Dermatology (1)Neurosurgery (1)Opthalmology (3)Gen Surg (7)U South Carolina- Greenville Inaugural class of 2016Anesthesiology (3) U Louisville, U Wisconsin, VanderbiltEmergency Medicine (4) Albany Medical Center, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, U Virginia, VanderbiltFamily Medicine (8) Anderson Area Med Ctr, Bayfront Med Ctr- FL, U So Carolina,Palmetto Health COLUMBIA SC, Self Regional Healthcare-SC (2), Spartanburg Reg Healthcare-SC, Utah HealthCare InstituteInternal Medicine (6) Georgetown, U So Carolina (4), U Alabama BirminghamInternal Medicine/Psychiatry (1) NCC-Walter ReedNeurological Surgery (1) Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NCObstetrics-Gynecology (7) Carolinas Med Ctr, NC, U So Carolina, Med Coll Wisconsin, Medical College of Georgia, San Diego Naval Medical Center, U Alabama Med Ctr, VanderbiltOrthopaedic Surgery (2) U S Carolina, VanderbiltPathology (2) B I Deaconess Med Ctr, Medical University of SCPediatrics (9) Carolinas Med Ctr-NC, Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, USo Carolina (3), Palmetto Health Richland (2), Tripler Army, U Arizona TucsonPsychiatry (2) LSU SOM-New Orleans, Wright Patterson AFB OHSurgery-General (3) U So Carolina, Spartanburg Reg Healthcare, Medical University of SCUrology (1) U South FloridaTouro California / TUCOM-CA 2016 Match List:Anesthesiology (1) Washington U ACGMEEmergency Medicine (5) Kaweah Delta Health Care ACGME, Allegiance Health - Jackson, MI AOA, Genesys Regional - Grand Blanc, MI AOA, Botsford - Thomas Jefferson ACGME, Drexel/Hahnemann ACGMEFamily Medicine (40) U Wisconsin ACGME, Natividad - Salinas, CA ACGME, San Joaquin General ACGME, UCSF (2) - Fresno, CA ACGME, Valley Consortium - Modesto, CA ACGME, Marian Regional - Santa Maria, CA ACGME, Mercy Medical Center - Redding, CA ACGME, UCSD ACGME, Kaiser Permanente - Napa/Solano - Vallejo, CA ACGME, Long Beach ACGME, UC ACGME, Kaweah Delta Health Care ACGME, Kaiser Permanente - Anaheim, CA ACGME, Valley Consortium - Modesto, CA ACGME, Harbor-UCLA ACGME, Shasta Community Health Center ACGME, Valley Consortium - Modesto, CA ACGME, Community Memorial Health System - Ventura, CA AOA, Downey Regional, CA AOA, Marian Regional - Santa Maria, CA AOA, Community Memorial - Ventura, CA AOA, Downey Regional, CA AOA, Community Memorial - Ventura, CA AOA, Southeastern Regional - Lumberton, NC AOA, College - Long Beach, CA AOA, Naval Camp Pendelton, Chino Valley, CA AOA, Broward - Ft. Lauderdale, FL AOA, LSU New Orleans, LA ACGME, Hennepin County - Minneapolis ACGME, U Missouri - Kansas City ACGME, U Montana AOA, U Nevada - Las Vegas ACGME, MediSys - Flushing, NY AOA, Our Lady of Lourdes - Binghamton, NY AOA, Valley Medical Center - Renton, WA ACGME, MultiCare Good Samaritan - Puyallup, WA AOA, Mercy Medical Center - Redding, CA ACGMEFamily Medicine-Emergency Medicine PA Aria Health - Philadelphia, PA AOAGeneral Surgery (4) UCSF - Fresno, CA ACGME, Sky Ridge Medical Center - Lone Tree, CO AOA, St Anthony Hospital - Lakewood, CO AOA, MediSys Health Network - Flushing, NY AOAInternal Medicine (24) UC Riverside ACGME, UC Irvine ACGME, UCSF - Fresno, CA (2) ACGME, Kaiser Permanente - Oakland, CA ACGME, Scripps Mercy Hospital ACGME, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center - Colton, CA (2) AOA, College Medical Center - Long Beach, CA AOA, St. Joseph's Lakeland - Lakeland, FL AOA, Walter Reed, Mercy Health - Muskegon, MI AOA, CarePoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center - Bayonne, NJ AOA, Palisades Medical Center - North Bergen, NJ AOA, Hackensack UMC Palisades - Norht Bergen, NJ AOA, Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein - Bronx, NY ACGME, Christ Hospital (2) - Cincinnati, OH ACGME University Hospital - Parma, OH AOA, Wright Patterson Air Force, Legacy Emanuel/Good Samaritan - Portland, OR ACGME, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center - Corvallis, OR AOA, U Texas - Houston, TX ACGMENeurological Surgery (1) CA Arrowhead Regional Medical Center - Colton, CA AOANeurology (2) NY Hofstra NSLIJ School of Medicine - North Shore LIJ ACGME, UTSW ACGMEObstetrics & Gynecology (7) Kennedy U/Our Lady of Lourdes - Stanford, NJ AOA, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY AOA, Womack Army Medical Center - Ft. Bragg, NC, GWU ACGME, Boston U ACGME, Sparrow Hospital - Lansing, MI ACGME, Jersey Shore U ACGMEOphthalmology (1) Arrowhead Regional - Colton, CA AOAOrthopedic Surgery (1) NJ Inspira Health Network AOAOtolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery (1) Doctor’s Hospital - Columbus, AOAPathology (1) Stanford ACGMEPediatrics (14) U Arizona - Tucson, AZ ACGME, UCSF - Fresno, CA ACGME, Loma Linda (2) ACGME, USC A ACGME, Emory ACGME, Tripler Army Medical Center (2) - Honolulu, HI, U Kansas ACGME, Children’s Michigan (2) - Detroit ACGME, Detroit AOA, Children’s Mercy Hospital - Kansas City, MO ACGME, Case ACGME, OMECO Teaching Health Center - Tulsa, AOAPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation (8) UC Irvine ACGME, Larkin Community - South Miami, FL AOA, Marianjoy Rehab Hospital - Wheaton, IL ACGME, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital - Chicago, IL ACGME, Columbia/Cornell-New York Presbyterian - New York, NY ACGME, NYU ACGME (2), U Pitts ACGMEPsychiatry (6) U Arizona - Tucson, AZ ACGME, UCSF - Fresno, CA ACGME, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital - Park Ridge, IL ACGME, Harvard South Shore - Brockton, MA ACGME, Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Bethesda, MD, Oregon - Portland, OR ACGMERadiology-Diagnostic (2) Grand Rapids, MI ACGME, Geisinger - Danville, PA ACGMESurgical - Preliminary (1) Kern Medical Center - Bakersfield, CA ACGMEThoracic Surgery (1) CA UC Davis ACGMETraditional Rotating Internship (7) CA Hemet Valley Medical Center (2) - Hemet, CA AOA, McLaren Oakland - Pontiac, MI AOA, Peconic Bay - Riverhead, NY AOA, Adena Health System - Chillicothe, OH AOA, Clarion Hospital, PA AOA, Naval Medical Center - San Diego

When I was in college, I wanted to be a surgeon. Not just any surgeon—but a cardiac surgeon. For anyone who has worked in the surgical or medical field, you know there is a hierarchy in medicine (which I find highly ridiculous, btw). Neurosurgeons are the highest on the food chain with cardiac surgeons being next (not exactly sure what “rules” were used to come up with this hierarchy but it had been explained to me in this way by multiple surgeons over the years). My guess is it’s because when you harvest organs for a transplant, the heart and lungs go first (sorry if this is a bit TMI for some); it’s just that these organs are more sensitive than others and will not be viable for transplant after the shortest amount of time compared to other organs. It could also be because many used to believe the soul lived in the heart and thus being able to operate on such an organ made you a “god.” But I digress…One summer, I had saved up enough so I would not have to work and could do an unpaid internship in surgery. It was highly competitive & allowed pre-medical students to scrub in and even assist in some surgeries (like being the surgeon’s first assistant or right-hand-man if you’re familiar with the field). I was fortunate to be accepted into this internship and placed in one of the nation’s top pediatric cardiac surgery departments. I was stoked & felt on top of the world!The program was very legitimate & did its best to give you an accurate depiction of a surgeon’s life. We received pagers (so archaic, I know) and were paged anytime an emergency surgery occurred or there were organs to be harvested for transplant (because those on a transplant list are literally waiting for their life to be saved). Over that summer, I saw some of the most amazing medical events in my life. We flew to harvest hearts & lungs, performed transplants, operated on premature babies who were born with congenital heart conditions, and so much more and followed up with all these patients in clinic. No longer could I watch Grey’s Anatomy because well, it was just too d*** unrealistic. I had seen the reality and it was way f***ing cooler than anything on TV. I had found my passion—I knew more than anything I wanted to be a cardiothoracic surgeon! BUT I WAS ALSO EXTREMELY DEMORALIZED.During that summer, many sexist comments were made to me. One surgeon didn’t want to teach me how to tie knots (a very valuable skill for any surgeon to have) because I was a woman. He said “Women don’t become surgeons in my country.” He was obviously not from the US; and it almost made me want to tell him to get the f*** out of mine. Another surgeon asked me why I was there spending my summer in an OR; he said I should be on a beach in a bikini. My blood was boiling. I had saved up all spring semester just so I could do this internship.There were times when I asked questions that went ignored; times where I was propositioned and accused of doing the internship to find a “sugar daddy.” It wasn’t just the surgeons—the nurses and scrub techs questioned my intentions, made rude comments, and made it clear I was unwelcome. I went home crying almost every day. I just couldn’t take much more. Never had I experienced such sexism AND this was the effing 21st century!For the record, at the time, this program had no female congenital heart surgeons on staff or in their residency or fellowship programs. When they saw me—a bouncy female with long hair and a multi-colored scrub cap coming in—I am sure they thought “Oh great, Barbie is here.” But I was not Barbie; I was there to learn, observe, and gain knowledge from the best! I felt like Elle Woods at Harvard Law School in Legally Blonde. Because of my looks and my gender, I was immediately brushed off and discounted as irrelevant. This was despite the fact that this surgical internship was extremely competitive, and I had made A’s in all of my pre-med courses, knew a hell of a lot more about medical topics than many second or third year medical students, and done countless hours with a female surgeon previously in another hospital. (That female surgeon is now at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and one of the top in her field, by the way.) But to these heart surgeons (and their staff), both she and I were irrelevant because we were both female and NOT heart surgeons.No pun intended, but those heart surgeons broke my heart. It was not their words which made me choose not to become a cardiac surgeon but rather the lifestyle of the job (e.g. NOT having much of a family life just did not sit well with me).I remember toward the end of the internship, my mentor called me in (he was one of the top surgeons in the department) and told me I needed to choose a field of medicine which was “better suited for women.” “Dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry…THESE are the fields for women,” he said. I just wasn’t buying it. This was bulls***. I finally got the one surgeon who refused to teach me how to tie knots to show me how to tie a few—but this was ONLY after I gave him recommendations on things to do around town for a date-night with his wife, offered to babysit his four kids, and made him homemade brownies a few time (yes, I know how to kiss a** when necessary).Looking back, I understand where these surgeons, my mentor included, were coming from. As little as 30 years ago, most female medical students did not go into a surgical residency and, as with any field, women going into the higher-paying, more lucrative fields (such as cardiac surgery) has taken time to become “normal.” Furthermore, with the work schedules many surgeons partake in, particularly cardiac surgeons, it is difficult to fulfill the traditional duties of a female (ie being a wife & mother). But that should be a woman’s choice if she wants to fulfill those roles. Not some person who deems these roles to be what she should do in life.Since this experience, I have learned a lot. Not just about surgery (and how it is still a “good ‘ol boys club” in this 21st century”) but also about myself. I don’t want a career where I have to overcome my looks and gender every day to be taken seriously. I don’t want to choose between having a family traditional style (i.e. being able to stay at home with my kids when they are younger) and a career I love but which does not love me back. And I don’t want to live in a world where women are still expected to fit into a certain mold.I am more feministic. A woman should be able to do whatever she d*** well pleases, even if she is the first in the field to do so. A woman should be able to not have a husband and/or kids if she so pleases. She should be able to have a career which is highly time-consuming and still have a spouse and children if she so chooses. No man (or woman) should choose for her. It is her choice.