Match Day 2014 guaranteed that once again St. George’sUniversity School of Medicine doctors will have a long-term impact on health
care in the United States. On March 21, SGU students and graduates took the
next step in their medical careers through the 2014 National Residency Matching
Program (NRMP), which assigned many of them to their top-choice residencies medicine,
internal medicine/pediatrics, neurological surgery, neurology, obstetrics &
gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, pathology, pediatrics, pediatrics/emergency
medicine, pediatrics/psychiatry/child & adolescent psychology, physical
medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, and surgery. Residencies were secured
in 45 states as well as the District of Columbia. In addition, 17 students
matched through the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) in March.
“We congratulate our fourth-year students who have proven to
have tremendous knowledge, skill, and dedication both here in Grenada and in a
clinical setting,” said St. George’s University Chancellor Charles R. Modica.
“Programs across the United States will be very pleased with the quality of
doctors who enter into residency this summer.”
SGU students’ patient care responsibilities will begin on or
around July 1 after a two-week orientation process. Among those set to report
is Russell Davenport, who will join the Department of Anesthesiology at the
University of Virginia. He chose anesthesiology because it combines many of his
interests, including critical care medicine, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and
procedures.
“I'm really excited to have matched into such an incredible
program,” Mr. Davenport said. “SGU prepared me for this residency by
challenging me during the basic science years with high academic standards, and
the University gave me exposure to an incredibly diverse patient base in New
York City hospitals during the clinical years. As a result, I feel extremely
confident in my knowledge base, and I feel equally prepared to navigate through
both difficult and routine clinical scenarios as I advance into residency.”
Like many, Kimberly Lally landed her first-choice residency:
a highly competitive pathology position at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles. Originally from Southern California, Ms. Lally began with SGU’s Keith
B. Taylor Global Scholars Program, spending her first year in the UK at
Northumbria University before continuing her medical education in Grenada.
“I immediately felt that Cedars-Sinai was the perfect fit
for me in terms of training and work/life balance, and of all the hospitals I
interviewed at in California, it was the only program where I had that ‘gut
feeling,’” she said. “I was ecstatic when I found out I matched there. I was
with my family and we were jumping up and down and hugging and celebrating. It
was a beautiful moment knowing I was coming home for good.”
Since opening in 1977, St. George’s University has graduated
more than 11,000 physicians who have gone on to practice in all 50 US states
and more than 50 countries worldwide. According to published information, SGU
has placed more doctors in first-year postgraduate positions than any medical
school in the last three years.
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