Elliott Chen, MD '19 graduated from AUC with not only his top choice residency placement, but also a heightened sense of empathy and an expanded worldview.

Alumna Dr. Valerie Garden discusses her journey from AUC student to ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon.

The Class of 2019 graduate was one of the founding members of the Family Medicine Interest Group at AUC and looks forward to starting her career as a family physician.

In 2018, 37,103 medical school seniors and graduates entered the U.S. National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) to compete for a post-graduate residency position.

While many aspiring physicians take their spare time during high school and college to shadow local doctors in their community, Sydne Vogel McKechnie, MD ’15 spent her earlier years making the rounds of skating rinks across the United States.

By traveling to underserved regions in the state, Bal Sharma, MD '84 is able to provide consultative psychiatric services at nursing homes that otherwise wouldn’t have a psychiatrist available.

We’re pleased to recognize the following AUC graduates who have matched into fellowship positions for the upcoming year.

Dr. Cazorla, a plastic and reconstructive surgery fellow at the University of Virginia, discusses how she sees the gender gap in her field narrowing and her career journey since graduating.

Alumna Hilary Linzie, MD (Class of 2017) discusses her research during residency and how her AUC experience has been an asset to her.

This year, just 35 fellowship positions were offered in interventional pulmonology—a specialty that focuses on staging lung cancer and managing other complex airway and pleural diseases. AUC graduates earned three of those positions: Sandip Saha, MD ’10, Dhaval Thakkar, MD ’11; and Amit Borah, MD ’10.