SIU Med Students Meet Their Match

Senior medical students in the graduating Class of 2017 at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine received results from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) on Friday, March 17, at the same time other U.S. medical students learned their matches to postgraduate training programs. Sixty-two SIU seniors have secured residency positions.

Eleven students (18%) will begin residency training in internal medicine. Ten students (16%) will enter pediatrics, nine (15%) will enter family medicine, seven (11%) will enter emergency medicine and five (8%) will specialize in psychiatry. Anesthesiology, dermatology, general surgery and radiology each attracted three (5%) students. Medicine-pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology and preliminary surgery each attracted two (3%) students, and neurology, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation and plastic surgery each attracted one student.
Six students (10%) will begin their residency training in SIU programs. An additional seven (11%) students will be training in other programs located in Illinois.

“I’m so proud of every one of our medical students as they enter the next phase of their career, post-graduate training in residency and fellowship programs,” said Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, SIU Medicine dean and provost. “Today’s Match Day ceremony for the Class of 2017, their teachers, colleagues, family and friends, was brimming with vigor and optimism. Our students matched into many excellent training programs across the United States. We’re looking forward to following their careers as clinicians, teachers, researchers and leaders.”
The Class of 2017 at SIU School of Medicine will graduate on Saturday, May 20. New physicians begin their residency training in July.

Match results also were announced Friday for SIU’s residency programs in Springfield, based at the School’s two affiliated hospitals – Memorial Medical Center and HSHS St. John’s Hospital. Seventy-one starting positions in Springfield were filled. The first-year residents will join more than 200 senior residents and fellows already in training at SIU programs in Springfield.

Fifty positions were filled in the following specialties: general internal medicine (13), family medicine (10), general pediatrics (7) obstetrics/gynecology (4), preliminary medicine (1), psychiatry (4), radiology (3), dermatology (2), medicine-psychiatry combined (2) and neurology (4). Twenty-one positions were filled in the eight surgical programs – emergency medicine (6), general surgery (4), neurological surgery (1), orthopaedic surgery (3), otolaryngology (2), plastic surgery (2), urology (2) and vascular surgery (1).

“SIU and its affiliated hospitals continue to attract strong residents as indicated by our excellent match results again this year,” said Karen Broquet, MD, associate dean for graduate medical education. “SIU residents are integral members of the health care teams that provide quality care to patients in central and southern Illinois, and we are thrilled to welcome this talented and diverse group of residents.”
SIU also has affiliated family medicine residency programs in Carbondale, Decatur and Quincy, each three years in length. Seventeen first-year positions have been filled for next year through the NRMP match and a similar program held last month for osteopathic physicians. These residents will join 36 senior family medicine residents and fellows at SIU’s affiliated hospitals – Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur and Blessing Hospital in Quincy.

Established in 1970, the mission of SIU School of Medicine is to assist the people of central and southern Illinois in meeting their health needs through education, patient care, research and community service. An international leader in medical education, the School is based in Carbondale and Springfield and is specifically oriented to educating new physicians prepared to practice in Illinois. Since opening, more than 2,700 physicians have graduated from its program.

SIU School of Medicine Matches

Lindsey Atwood of Springfield will specialize in medicine-pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

Carolyn Ayers of Bloomington will specialize in medicine-pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

Jeala Barnett of Birmingham, Ala. Will specialize in psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga.

Benjamin Beggs of Harrisburg will specialize in family medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Belleville.

Michael Bernhardt of Bloomington will specialize in pediatrics at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash.

Mitchell Binkley of Marion will specialize in family medicine at Quad Cities Genesis in Davenport, Iowa.

Brittany (Koch) Blaise of Carbondale will specialize in dermatology at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Erica Bohmer of Granite City will specialize in pediatrics at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.

Stephen Brandt of Bloomington will specialize in neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio.

Ashley Byrd of Granite City will specialize in psychiatry at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Sofia Candel of Burr Ridge will specialize in obstetrics-gynecology at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in Maryland.

Alex Cavender of Momence will specialize in emergency medicine at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, Minn.

Judith Chatto of Rosiclare will specialize in pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Ky.

Samantha Cravens of Geneseo will specialize in general surgery at Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Va.

Erik Curry of Reynolds will specialize in psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis

Shawn Curry of Bridgeport will specialize in internal medicine at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash.

Kathleen Ehlers of Dunlap will specialize in emergency medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison.

Christopher Felchlia of Patoka will specialize in anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.

Patrick Fitzgerald of Godfrey will specialize in internal medicine at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Jacksonville, Fla.

Michael Ginnetti of Bloomington will specialize in dermatology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Jenna Goeckner of Effingham will specialize in pediatrics at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Jason Han of Bloomington will specialize in anesthesiology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Frank Hurd of Morton will specialize in diagnostic radiology at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.

Markesha Jones of Jackson, Miss. will specialize in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Tyler Jones of Salem will specialize in anesthesiology at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, Minn.

Brock Kabat of Scheller will specialize in internal medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky.

Thomas Kates of Herscher will specialize in internal medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine/Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago.

Kristen Kirby of Richmond, Va. will specialize in pediatrics at Vident Medical Center/East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

Alexander Kurdi of Urbana will specialize in diagnostic radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and its affiliated hospitals in Milwaukee.

Alex Lane of Edwardsville will specialize in internal medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri.

Jordan Lange of Champaign will specialize in pediatrics at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

Mary Lowe of Bloomington will specialize in pediatrics at the University of Illinois St Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

Cory Malone of Columbia will specialize in diagnostic radiology at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.  

Kyle McCullough of Decatur will specialize in general surgery at the University of California San Francisco in Fresno.

Danielle Miller of Germantown Hills will specialize in emergency medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City.  

Hossain Mesbah of Springfield will specialize in family medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Belleville.

Alejandro Montoya of Elmwood will specialize in family medicine at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, Ind.

Jacquelyne Mool of Peoria will specialize in family medicine at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Jasmine Moreno of Chicago will specialize in pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.

Kyle Morgenstern of East Peoria will specialize in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.

BreeAnna (Groves) Murphy of Springfield will specialize in emergency medicine at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Sean Murray of Lake Villa will specialize in emergency medicine at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Evyn Neumeister of Springfield will specialize in plastic surgery at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

T. Lydel Newsome of Silver Spring, Md., will specialize in internal medicine at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in Maryland.

Max Nutt of Springfield will specialize in internal medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Jordan Orr of Reddick will specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor.

Nitin Rao of Decatur will specialize in internal medicine at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, Ga.

Abbey Rocco of Springfield will specialize in pediatrics at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri.

Katherine Schlepphorst of Quincy will specialize in family medicine at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Robert Schnietz of Edwardsville will specialize in dermatology at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Rachel Segal of Rock Island will specialize in pediatrics at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Jantsen Smith of Harrisburg will specialize in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque.

Matthew Soltys of Springfield will specialize in internal medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Daniel Summers of Nashville will specialize in emergency medicine at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio.

Alan Sutton of Oak Park will specialize in internal medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine/Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago.

Laura Swale of Bourbonnais will specialize in obstetrics-gynecology at SIU School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Kristin Terry of Marissa will specialize in family medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa.

Christopher Tookey of Washington will specialize in family medicine at La Crosse Mayo Clinic in La Crosse, Wis.

Benjamin Voss of Mascoutah will specialize in general surgery at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, Minn.

Erik Wright of Freeport will specialize in emergency medicine at the University of Illinois St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

Aishah Yanssaneh of Silver Spring, Md. will specialize in psychiatry at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.