A record number of soon-to-be physicians applied to join the JPS Family Medicine Residency this year and on Friday 22 of them got the good news: They’re in. Match Day revealed the names of a total of 76 doctors embarking on post-graduate medical education at JPS.
“This year was an all-time record,” said Daniel Casey, MD, the Family Medicine Residency’s program director. Applicants this year came to 670, up from 147 the year Casey arrived at JPS (2005). “It doubled, then tripled and now has quadrupled,” he said. Nearly 200 got in-person interviews. The academic credentials of applicants has risen, as well. This year’s incoming class tied last year’s all-time-high scores on the United States Medical Licensing Exam.
The Family Medicine Residency is the nation’s largest and is the largest post-graduate medical education program at JPS. JPS sponsors 10 programs and is home to residents in three additional programs sponsored by academic institutions in Dallas.
The Emergency Medicine Residency at JPS also attracted unprecedented interest — 900 applicants, according to Ryan Kirby, MD, program director. Emergency Medicine filled 13 slots from among 140 candidates who got in-person interviews.
Match Day is an annual event — closely watched as an indicator of future physician workforce supply, according to the National Resident Matching Program. This year’s Match is the largest ever, with 37,103 applicants submitting program choices for 33,167 positions. At Match Day events across the country, medical school seniors open letters indicating where their lives are headed next.
Some of Family Medicine's current residents, faculty and staff gathered to unveil the names of incoming interns and offer an electronic welcome.
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Coming this summer will be: 13 Emergency Medicine interns 22 Family Medicine interns 4 Obstetrics and Gynecology interns 5 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery interns 4 Orthopaedic Surgery interns 2 Podiatry interns 12 Transitional program interns 3 Geriatric Medicine fellows 7 Sports Medicine fellows |
Among the incoming Family Medicine residents, known as interns for their first year, nearly half are coming from medical schools across Texas, with 12 coming from out of state. Here’s Family Medicine’s roster of incoming interns, with their medical schools:
Dana Bullock, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Joshua Chapman, University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
Allison Coy, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Steven Dayton, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Richard Eby, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Codi Ehrlich, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Ashley Finch, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Jose Garcia, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Geoffrey Hogan, Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Jonathan Kerr, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
John Lehew, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Lance Montgomery, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Meredith Norfleet, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Chris Parlee, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Audrey Sampson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Brooke Schutte, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Jonathan Shumway, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Riley Stair, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Paul Strickland, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Eric Wandschneider, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Brett Wee, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Christian Williams, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine