Dayton Daily News: Nearly 120 new doctors find out residency placements during Wright State’s Match Day

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“You will never forget opening that envelope.”

Those were some of the parting words Dr. Raj Mitra, dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine, had for 119 future doctors on Match Day.

“This moment is bigger than all of us,” said Mitra, who is also chief academic officer at Premier Health. “We are so proud of you. You will be missed.”

Match Day comes every March when graduating medical students find out where they will be training in their specialty for the next 3-7 years.

“All of the fourth-year medical students have applied to programs and interviewed at different residency programs,” said Alexis Westrick, one of the graduating medical students, as well as one of the organizers for Friday’s Match Day event.

The students, along with other medical students nationwide, find out which residency program they got matched with together, she said.

“Today’s a really big deal because today we find out where we’re going,” Westrick said.

Students opened up those letters together at noon sharp, or some waited to announce their match on stage at Wright State’s Student Union.

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