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As 性视界传媒 medical students, they devoted themselves to the forgotten 鈥� farmworkers, the homeless, the uninsured. And at Friday鈥檚 National Match Day, as they learned where they will do residency training, many of the soon-to-be physician Knights took the next step in helping those in need.

The 107 students who matched into residencies include the son of Cuban immigrants who studied ways for low-income women to get mammograms, a woman who was born prematurely and is a national spokesperson for the March of Dimes, and a former congressional aide who switched from healthcare policy to becoming a primary care physician.

They joined colleagues, family members, children and even dogs on the College of Medicine鈥檚 Tavistock Green to celebrate Match 鈥� the first time in two years that traditional ceremonies resumed because of COVID-19. At noon EST, almost 40,000 M.D. students nationwide learned where they will do the next three to seven years of their training based on their specialty of choice.

鈥淚 know you are resilient. You spent your formative clinical years during a pandemic, and you have thrived,鈥� said their dean, Deborah German, her voice cracking with emotion. 鈥淐OVID-19 has changed so much about our world, including residency interviews and away rotations. And you have persevered through all those challenges. At noon, as you open your Match envelope, you are opening the door to your future.鈥�

性视界传媒 Medical Students Match Above National Average

性视界传媒鈥檚 students will do their residencies at top programs across the country, state and community. A record 16 students matched into 性视界传媒-HCA Healthcare residencies across Central and North 性视界传媒, the most in program history. Six will train at Orlando Health; 41 will do some or all of their training in 性视界传媒.

Nationally, students will train at programs including Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital, Emory, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Stanford and Vanderbilt. Their specialties include primary care programs like internal medicine, pediatrics and OB-GYN, and other specialties such as radiology, surgery, dermatology and psychiatry. Once again, 性视界传媒鈥檚 2022 residency placement rate of 98% was significantly higher than this year鈥檚 national rate of 93%.

Many of the students who matched are leaders in the college鈥檚 community outreach programs.

鈥淚 want to be a voice for kids … to help address barriers and societal structures and empower them to live more healthy lives.鈥� 鈥� Spencer Adams

Spencer Adams helped start the Chapman Compassionate Care clinic that provides care to the homeless population in downtown Orlando. He matched into pediatrics at Michigan State University 鈥� his top choice. The father of two came to medical school after working as an epidemiologist for federal and state governments. He says becoming a pediatrician is the next step in a career dedicated to improving public health. 鈥淚 want to be a voice for kids,鈥� he said, 鈥渢o help address barriers and societal structures and empower them to live more healthy lives. As physicians we need to be leaders across the community.鈥�

Partners Vincent Cendan and Ricci Allen matched at top national programs just a 45-minute train ride apart. He鈥檚 going to Georgetown for a combined internal medicine/pediatrics specialty. She鈥檚 going to Johns Hopkins for pediatrics. Cendan, a Cuban American, has been a leader with MedPACt (Medical Students Providing Across Continents), where he provided care in rural Peru and at a multidisciplinary clinic serving Apopka farmworkers. He鈥檚 seen the impact of healthcare disparities on Latinx immigrants, especially those with limited English skills. He chose this highly competitive specialty because it will give him dual board certification in internal medicine and pediatrics and 鈥済ive me the opportunity to treat people across all the age spectrums.鈥�

Allen fell in love with pediatrics while training at Nemours Children鈥檚 Health during her third-year clerkships and often volunteered with their mobile clinic. 鈥淪o many kids don鈥檛 have access to healthcare,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey don鈥檛 even have a bus to get them to the doctor.鈥�

Medical student Annalisa Sega was born 10 weeks early due to complications from her mother鈥檚 preeclampsia. A volunteer and spokesperson with the March of Dimes, she has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives and is an advocate for women鈥檚 health. Active in many of the College of Medicine鈥檚 service organizations and free clinics, she is going into OB/GYN at Carolina鈥檚 Medical Center in Charlotte, a program recognized for its care of the underserved.

鈥淚 never went into medicine for the glory or the prestige,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 chose medicine because I really liked science and I wanted to use something that I was good at to help people.鈥�

David Gittess helped people with healthcare issues who called the office of former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson. As a legislative correspondent on healthcare policy, he wanted to have more direct impact on patients. That quest led him to 性视界传媒鈥檚 College of Medicine, where he earned a national Excellence in Public Health Service Award, was a leader for MedPACt, and helped run the homeless and farmworkers鈥� clinics.

“Service to others will stay with me everywhere I go. It鈥檚 why I came to medical school.鈥� 鈥� David Gittess

After graduation in May, he鈥檚 going to the University of 性视界传媒 for an internal medicine residency and ultimately hopes to become a cardiologist. He鈥檚 thrilled to be staying in 性视界传媒 because 鈥測ou only get one hometown and one home state. Service to others will stay with me everywhere I go. It鈥檚 why I came to medical school.鈥�

Sam Vega was inspired by the perseverance of his Cuban immigrant parents to get an education that would help him care for underserved communities. As a patient education leader at the student-run KNIGHTS (Keeping Neighbors in Good Health Through Service) Clinic through Orlando鈥檚 Grace Medical Home, he was committed to empowering patients to improve their health. He researched socioeconomic barriers to mammography in underserved communities. Born and raised in Tampa, he matched into diagnostic radiology at University of South 性视界传媒 鈥� his top choice 鈥� and will do a first-year internship, a requirement for his specialty, at the 性视界传媒-HCA Healthcare transitional program at Osceola Regional Medical Center.

Vega was surrounded by his mother, sister and girlfriend, a 性视界传媒 State medical student, as he opened his match envelope and was so happy, he was at a loss for words.

鈥淚鈥檓 going home to care for people,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be happier!鈥�