PHILADELPHIA —On Friday, March 18, 129 medical students from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will find out, one by one, where they are headed for their residency training for the next three or more years at the annual Match Day ceremony.
This year, it will take place at the Penn Museum in the Harrison Auditorium. Noble yet classic, the auditorium is a one-of-a-kind space. With its coffered dome and sunburst ceiling, it offers a dramatic and historic setting for lectures, meetings, live performances—and Match Day.
The event is the culmination of a process that began in the fall through the National Residency Matching Program, which helps pair graduating medical students across the country with the hospital or medical center of their choice.
"All the sweat, the blood, the tears, the late nights, the frustrations,” said one fourth year student at last year’s event, “all are coalesced into this one envelope that you see on that table. This determines what the rest of their life is going to look like."
Family, friends, and news media can also follow the excitement by using the #PSOMMatch hashtag and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) hashtags #Match2016 and #iMatched on social media.
| WHERE: |
Penn Museum
Harrison Auditorium
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(Press may enter at entrance of museum on Civic Center Boulevard, across from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) |
WHEN: |
March 18, 2016
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. (best to come cover: 12 to 12:20) |
WHO: |
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Gail Morrison, MD, senior vice dean for Education and director of the Office of Academic Programs, Perelman School of Medicine
Jon Morris, MD, associate dean for Student Affairs, Perelman School of Medicine |
**Medical students are also available for interviews
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.