Upcoming Medicine Graduates Learn Residency Destination at Match Day

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Statue of Jesse Mercer on the Mercer campus.

Some 56 senior medical students at the School of Medicine took part March 19 in the annual Match Day rite of passage — a nationwide event that serves to tell upcoming graduates what residency programs they will enter following commencement on May 9. Until Match Day, senior medical students are unsure of where they will spend the next few years as residents.

Once again, Mercer Med School graduates will continue their aspirations of excelling in the medical profession at some of the premier institutions in the country.  The listing of the graduates, their program names and institutions of destination includes:

Zoeb Bootwalia                    Internal Medicine                 Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Nicole Briley                         Internal Medicine                 University of South Alabama Hospitals

Joseph Bryant                      Ostetrics-Gynecology         University of Tennessee COM-Chattanooga

Kala Cartwright                    General Surgery                    Mercer University SOM/Med Center of Central Ga.

Alexa Chai                             Surgery-Preliminary             University of Buffalo SOM-N.Y.

Raina Clemmons                   Obstetrics-Gynecology       FSU-Sacred Heart Hospital, Fla.

Jennifer Davis                       Emergency Medicine           Yale-New Haven Hospital-Ct.

Amanda Evans                     Pediatrics                               Emory University SOM

Jennifer Ford                         Obstetrics-Gynecology       University of Louisville SOM, Ky.

Heather Friedman                 Internal Medicine                 Carolinas Medical Center, N.C.

Ankur Goel                            General Surgery                    Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

Matthew Golden                  General Surgery                    University of Louisville SOM, Ky.

Maria Gorokhov                   Obstetrics-Gynecology       Orlando Health, Fla.

Meghan Gossett                  Pediatrics                               Carolinas Medical Center, N.C.

Bradley Hobbs                     Otolaryngology                    University of Arkansas, Little Rock

George Hotz                          Internal Medicine                 University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham

Nasira Hussain                     Internal Medicine                 Morehouse School of Medicine

Saima Hussain                      Pediatrics                               Greenville Hospital System, University of S.C. SOM

Jack Johnson                        Medicine-Preliminary          Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah

Jack Johnson                        Ophtalmology                       Medical College of Virginia, Richmond

Daniel Jones                         Internal Medicine                 Mercer University SOM/Med Center of Central Georgia

Daniel Jones                         Radiation-Oncology            University of Minnesota Medical School

Paul Jones                             Anesthesiology                   University Hospitals, Columbia, Mo.

Geri Justice                            Obstetrics-Gynecology       Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah

Charles Kemp                       Medicine-Primary                 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, N.C.

Tricia Lee                               Medicine-Pediatrics             University of Louisville SOM, Ky.

Robert Lott                            Internal Medicine                 Mercer University SOM/Med Center of Central Georgia

Aubrey Jane Maddox          Pediatrics                               Palmetto Health Richland, S.C.

Ricky McCullough               Internal Medicine                 Mercer University SOM/Med Center of Central Georgia

William McRae                     General Surgery                    Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah

Nicholas Misulia                  Trans/Anesthesia Prelim.   University of Tennessee SOM, Knoxville

Nicholas Misulia                  Anesthesiology                   University of Tennessee SOM, Knoxville

Audra Morabito                   Emergency Medicine           Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Baron Mullis                         Emergency Medicine           Palmetto Health Richland, S.C.

Brooke Newman                   Trans./Anesthesiology       Mayo School of Grad. Med Education, Fla.

Brooke Newman                   Anesthesiology                   Mayo School of Grad. Med Education, Fla.

Amanda Newton                  Pediatrics                               Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah

Sarah Oddsen                       Medicine-Pediatrics             Rush University Medical Center, Ill.

Timothy Osborne                 Emergency Medicine           University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham

Charles Ouzts                       Medicine-Pediatrics             University Hospitals, Jackson, Miss.

Neal Passante                       Medicine-Preliminary          Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech, Roanoke

Neal Passante                       Radiology-Diagnostic         University of Florida COM, Jacksonville

Misty Poole                          Internal Medicine                 Mercer University SOM/Med Center of Central Georgia

Rachel Pope                          Psychiatry                             University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham

Anna Powell                         Family Medicine                   Anderson Area Medical Center, S.C.

Thomas Riddell                    Internal Medicine                 Emory University SOM

Samuel Robinson                 Surgery-Prelim./Urology     Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Melissa Rosa                        Emergency Medicine           Palmetto Health Richland, S.C.

Solomon Ross                      Medicine-Preliminary          Palmetto Health Richland, S.C.

Solomon Ross                      Ophthalmology                    University of South Carolina, Columbia

Jonathan Rutledge               Otolaryngology                    University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Beverly Sanders                   Internal Medicine                 Mercer University SOM/Med Center of Central Georgia

Carrie Sidwell                        Obstetrics/Gynecology       Mountain Area Health Ed. Center, N.C.

Matthew Singer                    General Surgery                    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Calif.

Claire Slocumb                      Psychiatry                             Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

Brandon Smith                      Internal Medicine                 University of Tennessee SOM, Chattanooga

Clyde Smith                           Pediatrics                               Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

Steven Spires                        Internal Medicine                 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tenn.

Thomas Street                      Transitional                           Baptist Health Systems, Ala.

Thomas Street                      Anesthesiology                   University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham

Benjamin Thomas                Internal Medicine                 University of Hawaii

Narayana Varhabhatla         Anesthesiology                   University of Virginia

(SOM=School of Medicine; COM=College of Medicine)

Rick Cameron is senior associate athletic director for communications, overseeing athletic media relations, including management of mercerbears.com, the official website of Mercer Athletics, while also maintaining his broadcasting responsibilities as Voice of the Bears.