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  • A Champion of Professionalism and Humanism

    August 24, 2016

    All things considered, it’s hard not to feel that Paul Lanken, MD, GME ’77, was the best possible choice to speak to this year’s incoming students of the Perelman School of Medicine. As Gail Morrison, MD, GME ’79, the senior vice dean for Education, put it at this month’s White...

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    Penn Med Students Celebrate Match Day 2016! (video)

    March 22, 2016

    On Friday, doctors-to-be from the Perelman School of Medicine gathered at the historical Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum, with its coffered dome and stone walls, to celebrate Match Day--the annual event where medical students from across the country find out where they're headed for residency training. There was a...

  • Match Day 2016: Feeling Grateful, One Day Before Match

    March 17, 2016

    Each year, medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a student's career. On Friday, March 18, the students will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell them where they are headed...

  • Match Day 2016: A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with the Match

    March 10, 2016

    Each year, medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a student's career. On Friday, March 18, the students will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell them where they are headed...

  • Match Day 2016: A Tale of Two Coasts

    March 07, 2016

    Each year, medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a student's career. Friday, March 18, they will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell them where they are headed for their...

  • Penn Med Students Celebrate Match Day (video)

    March 24, 2015

    This past Friday, students all over the country found out where they'd be completing their residency training at our annual Match Day event. Mark Attiah (M'15) says it best: "All the sweat, the blood, the tears, the late nights, the frustrations...all are coalesced into this one envelope that you see...

  • Match Day at Perelman: The University of Virginia. Home.

    March 23, 2015

    On Friday, March 20, 159 students from the Perelman School of Medicine found out, one by one, where they are headed for residency training during an emotional event filled with lots of cheering, hugs and more cheering. What an exhilarating day! For our last blog, Anna Jesus shares her Match...

  • Match Day at Perelman: 'Congratulations! You Have Matched!'

    March 18, 2015

    Each year, Perelman School of Medicine students and medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a medical student's career. Friday, March 20, students will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell...

  • Match Day at Perelman: Family and French Countryside Before the Big Day

    March 12, 2015

    Each year, Perelman School of Medicine students and medical students across the country count down to annual “Match Day,” which marks one of the most important days in a medical student's career. Friday, March 20, students will come together with their classmates and wait for the envelope that will tell...

  • Match Day 2014: "Episode IV: A New Hope"

    March 25, 2014

    "Match Day has come and gone." In his final post, medical student Karthik Muthuswamy tells us how Match Day played out for him, and where he's heading for his residency training. Congrats to Karthik and all the students! And if you've never experienced Match Day at the Perelman School Medicine,...

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