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May 13, 2009
Match Day reveals future for Rural Physician Program students
The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Rural Physician Program, a collaboration between Marquette General Health System and Michigan State University, and managed by the Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation, recently announced results of Match Day for seven students graduating this spring.
The Rural Physician Program, also known as the MSU College of Human Medicine - U.P. Campus, trains high-quality, committed physicians to serve in rural primary care. The U.P. offers an ideal practice setting with expert training at Marquette General Hospital and clinics throughout the Upper Peninsula to provide real-life small town experiences. The students work closely with physicians and are well prepared to enter residency programs, which are the next phase of their training and provide education specific to their medical specialty of interest.
Match Day is when medical students across the country find out at which residency program they will complete their medical education.
The residency placements are determined annually by the National Resident Matching Program, which uses a computer algorithm to match program preferences of students as closely as possible with residency training programs throughout the nation.
Results from this year’s MSU-CHM match are as follows:
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Dan Danczyk, of Jackson, Michigan, Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
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Davita Burkhead-Weiner, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, Psychiatry, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
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Jeff Wheeler, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Family Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, Minnesota. |
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Katie Kreft, of Traverse City, Michigan, Family Medicine, Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program, Marquette, Michigan. |
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Meredith Rumon, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York. |
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Rachel Plum, of Traverse city, Michigan, Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin. |
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Tihele Walkosky, of Ketchikan, Alaska, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Program, Lansing, Michigan. |
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Through 2009, the MSU-CHM U.P Campus has graduated 200 physicians. Of those, 82 are from Upper Peninsula communities. Additionally, by summer 2009, 41 Rural Physician Program graduates and 68 residency graduates will be practicing in the Upper Peninsula.
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