The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine students who completed their clinical education at UA’s College of Community Health Sciences were selected for residency programs across the country.
CCHS serves as a regional campus of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine in the education of medical students, and clinical education consists of the third and fourth years of medical school.
The students learned of their residency placements during a commemorative event in March with the release of the National Resident Matching Program results.
Residencies provide in-depth training within a specific discipline of medicine.
The 32 medical students matched into residences in 11 different states.
“I am very proud of this incredible cohort of learners and their success in the NRMP Match,” said Dr. Dale Dickinson, director of Medical Student Affairs at CCHS. “These students began medical school during the initial height of COVID-19 and had to adapt to a new learning method while largely being separated from one another. This resilient group persevered, learned preclinical coursework and mastered clinical skills. These Match results are a testament to their hard work.”
The 32 students and the types of residencies they matched into: five into family medicine, five into obstetrics and gynecology, five into pediatrics, four into surgery, three into internal medicine, two into emergency medicine, two into neurology and two into anesthesiology. In addition, one student each matched into diagnostic radiology, orthopaedic surgery, psychiatry and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Medical students 2024 match results:
| Last Name | First Name | Specialty | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abshire | Jacob | Neurology | UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. |
| Bruce | Channing | Obstetrics-Gynecology | Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. |
| Bryan | Willow | Internal Medicine | University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| Butler | Thompson | Anesthesiology | University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville, Tenn. |
| Byramji | Cyrus | Phys Medicine & Rehab | UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. |
| Cao | Emma | Psychiatry/Research | UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. |
| Darwish | Collin | Internal Medicine | Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. |
| Davis | William | Surgery | WellStar Health System in Marietta, Ga. |
| Dykes | Elissa | Surgery | University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Ky. |
| Fagan | William | Family Medicine | University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences in Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
| Ferguson | Sara | Obstetrics-Gynecology | Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. |
| Girardi | Abdias | Orthopaedic Surgery | Naval Medical Center in San Diego, Calif. |
| Goldman | Camille | Pediatrics | Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. |
| Gorman | Claire | Pediatrics | Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. |
| Graham | Joshua | Emergency Medicine | Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Plano, Texas |
| Hooker | Emily | Pediatrics | UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. |
| Jones | Anna | Obstetrics-Gynecology | Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. |
| Kidd | Austin | Family Medicine/Urban | Cahaba Medical Care in Woodstock, Ala. |
| Kiszla | Benjamin | Neurology | Mount Sinai Morningside/West in New York, N.Y. |
| Kurtts | Eva | Pediatrics | Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. |
| Lalor | Fallon | Internal Medicine | UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. |
| Means | Kalissa | Diagnostic Radiology | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. |
| Price | Griffin | Anesthesiology | University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Ky. |
| Shiver | Rye | Family Medicine | UAB-Huntsville Family Medicine Residency Program in Huntsville, Ala. |
| Simmons | Jernell | Surgery | New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. |
| Spears | Ashley | Family Medicine | AnMed Health in Anderson, S.C. |
| Stidham | Gregory | Family Medicine | North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss. |
| Tinglin | Jillian | Obstetrics-Gynecology | New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center in New York, N.Y. |
| Ward | Emily | Emergency Medicine | Prisma Health-Greenville/University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, S.C. |
| Watt | Mykaela | Surgey | University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, Texas |
| Wolford | June | Pediatrics | University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn. |
| Wright | Cooper | Obstetrics-Gynecology | UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. |