‘Amazing!’: Class of 2026 celebrates ‘inspiring’ Match Day at OUWB
One hundred twenty-one members of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Class of 2026 now know where they will begin clinical training following an “inspiring” Match Day Friday.
The fourth-year medical students participated in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), the annual event that reveals where most graduating medical students will begin residency training. About 44,000 medical students from across the U.S. were offered residency positions in more than 6,800 programs across the U.S., according to the NRMP.
The future physicians from OUWB celebrated the moment at noon at Oakland University’s Oakland Center, where they collectively learned they are headed to 23 states across the country.
That includes 51 (42%) who will complete their residency training in Michigan. Seventeen are headed to residency programs throughout the Corewell Health system in Michigan.
Others matched at places like Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Stanford Health Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Michigan Hospitals, and University of California Irvine Medical Center. The match rate for the class was 98%. (See Match Day results here.)
Christopher Carpenter, M.D., Stephan Sharf Dean, OUWB, called the results “inspiring.”
“To see our students reach the finish line after all of their hard work and sacrifice is inspiring,” he said. “Their matches truly represent their commitment to excellence, service, and everything else that represents OUWB. I couldn’t be more proud.”
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