Match maker

Geisinger Commonwealth’s student-centered approach to medical education reaches its denouement in the fourth year. That’s when an abundance of resources is brought to bear to ensure our students make the best residency match possible. Geisinger Commonwealth’s collaborative advising model is intensive and effective. In fact, the school’s student affairs team presented on their approach at a meeting of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). The process begins with collaborative team meetings held weekly beginning in the second half of the third year. During the fourth year, the team continues to meet weekly to guide students through the application and interview season. Institutional match data are used to assist students in comparing their application to that of alumni who have successfully gained interviews and match status. Students receive strategic direction in regard to application submission, and alumni provide peer mentoring, as needed.

Student success

In 2020, Geisinger Commonwealth medical students participated in the match experience hosted by the NRMP. Students interviewed across the country with residency programs in a wide range of specialties and programs.

Fast fact:

32% of Geisinger Commonwealth’s Class of 2020 matched into a primary care specialty.

Anesthesiology

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA Geisinger, PA Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Icahn School of Medicine St Luke’s-Roosevelt, NY The George Washington University, Washington, DC University of Chicago Medical Center, IL University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY University of Maryland Medical Center, MD University of Southern California, CA Westchester Medical Center, NY

Child neurology

UPMC Medical Education, PA

Dermatology

Broward Health Medical Center, FL Geisinger, PA Loyola University Medical Center, IL

Emergency medicine

Baystate Medical Center, MA Christiana Care, DE (2) Crozer-Chester Medical Center, PA Geisinger, PA Guthrie/Robert Packer Hospital, PA Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA Kern Medical Center, CA Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University, GA Medical University of South Carolina, SC St. John’s Riverside Hospital, NY Thomas Jefferson University, PA University of Rochester/Strong Memorial, NY University of Virginia, VA UPMC Medical Education, PA West Virginia University School of Medicine, WV Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Wright State University, OH Zucker School of Medicine-Northwell NS/LIJ, NY

Family medicine

Guthrie/Robert Packer Hospital, PA Kaiser Permanente-Napa/Solano, CA Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine, ME UPMC Altoona Hospital, PA UPMC Medical Education-Susquehanna, PA Ventura County Medical Center, CA

General surgery

Bassett Medical Center, NY Christiana Care, DE Geisinger, Wilkes-Barre, PA Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans, LA Spartanburg Regional Healthcare, SC University of Rochester/Strong Memorial, NY University of Tennessee Health Science Center–Memphis, TN Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, VA

Internal medicine

Christiana Care, DE Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, NY HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani Graduate Medical Education-Trinity, FL Kaiser Permanente–San Francisco, CA Loyola University Medical Center, IL Massachusetts General Hospital, MA MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein, NY Orlando Health, FL Penn State Hershey Medical Center, PA Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, RI The George Washington University, Washington, DC University of Miami/Jackson Health System, FL UPMC Medical Education, PA Westchester Medical Center, NY

Medicine-pediatrics

Case Western/MetroHealth Medical Center, OH

Maine Medical Center, ME

Medicine-preliminary

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, CA Pennsylvania Hospital, PA

Medicine-primary

Virginia Mason Medical Center, WA

Neurodevelopmental disabilities

Baylor College of Medicine–Houston, TX

Neurology

Maine Medical Center, ME Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, FL Temple University Hospital, PA Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, VA

Obstetrics-gynecology

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital, NJ Geisinger, PA Lankenau Medical Center, PA Penn State Hershey Medical Center, PA Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD

Ophthalmology

Larkin Community Hospital, FL UT–Southwestern, TX West Virginia University Eye Institute, WV

Orthopaedic surgery

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA SUNY Upstate Medical University, NY University of Tennessee Health Science Center–Memphis, TN

Otolaryngology

Thomas Jefferson University, PA

Pathology/combined-anatomic & clinical

Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT

Pediatrics

Geisinger, PA (3) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY Jefferson Medical College/duPont Children’s, PA Medical University of South Carolina, SC UCLA Medical Center, CA UPMC Medical Education, PA

Zucker School of Medicine–Northwell Cohen Children’s, NY

Pediatrics/psychology/child psychology

Indiana University School of Medicine, IN

Preliminary

University of Chicago Medicine–NorthShore University Health System, IL

Psychiatry

Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA

Radiology-diagnostic

Boston University Medical Center, MA Geisinger, PA Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA West Virginia University School of Medicine, WV

Surgery preliminary

Medical University of South Carolina, SC MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, DC Temple University Hospital, PA

Transitional

Geisinger, PA (3) John Peter Smith Hospital, TX Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA Nassau University Medical Center, NY University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Holy Cross, FL West Virginia University School of Medicine, WV (2)

Urology

Penn State Hershey Medical Center, PA Westchester Medical Center, NY