Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: The Virtual Doctor in the Room: How Tele-Trach Evolved as a Catalyst for Safety and Quality

It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic’s first cases, and much has changed in the world of medicine. Virtual care, also known as telehealth, became routine, among other virtual adaptations such as iPad hook-ups to IV poles to connect families to say goodbye, and even Zoom classrooms. A lesser-known adaptation, the tele-consult, allowing a doctor at one hospital to oversee and guide care at another hospital, came about as hospitals swelled with patients and doctors were spread thin. Learn more.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: Justice in Healthcare: Experts Call for Action on Disparities and Accountability

Downstate hosted a Black History Month discussion on health equity, gathering experts to examine systemic barriers, historical injustices, and strategies for change. Advancing Health Equity Amid Uncertainty explored the root causes of disparities and steps to build a more just healthcare system. Opening the discussion, Moro Salifu, M.D., MBA, MPH, MACP, Chair of Medicine, called for ongoing dialogue, collaboration, and concrete action to ensure high-quality healthcare for all. Learn more.

Match Day

Albany Medical College: Fourth-Year Medical Students Celebrate Match Day

Fourth-year medical students around the country, including 123 at Albany Medical College, learned where they will continue their medical training. The event, called Match Day, is a career-defining moment in a medical student’s life. Forty-one students were matched to programs in New York State. Forty percent of this year’s class will pursue primary care specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, medicine/pediatrics, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology. Fourteen students will stay at Albany Medical Center to complete their residencies. Learn more.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Class of 2025 Celebrates Match Day

Albert Einstein College of Medicine fourth-year medical students learned where they will begin the next phase of their training as residents and interns at medical centers and hospitals around the nation. More than 150 students and hundreds of friends and family members packed Robbins Auditorium and broke out in joyful cries as the students discovered their residency matches in the annual celebration that is one of the most significant professional milestones of a physician’s life. Learn more.

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Class of 2025 Celebrates Match Day

On March 21 at exactly noon, 136 medical students at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons opened the envelopes containing their match letters, and learned where they will continue their medical training after graduation. Match Day is a nationwide event when all residency applicants across the United States and worldwide who have successfully matched to a clinical training program learn which residency program they will begin in the coming months. Learn more.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Match Day 2025: This Is Where It Begins

With their medical school journey nearly over, students gathered at the Annenberg Building lobby on Friday, March 21, for an important reason: Match Day. It is when fourth-year students learn where they will complete their residency training. For the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Class of 2025, 118 students matched to 27 different specialties across the country. Learn more.

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo to Welcome Influx of New Residents from Across the Country, World

This year, 190 new residents will begin their training in Western New York at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. In addition to many Jacobs School graduates, trainees from not only around the country but around the world have chosen to pursue residencies at the Jacobs School, underscoring the appeal of the exceptional training programs in the area. Learn more.

New York Medical College Students Shine on Match Day 2025

While the weather was blustery on March 21, the atmosphere outside the Medical Education Center, at noon on Match Day was joyous as the School of Medicine (SOM) Class of 2025 celebrated where they would continue their medical training as family and friends looked on proudly. The Class of 2025 will go on to train in 24 states and the District of Columbia at 103 different institutions. Learn more.

Norton College of Medicine at Upstate Medical University Students Find Their Match on Match Day

At noon March 21, 160 fourth-year students from Upstate Medical University’s Norton College of Medicine joined graduating medical students from across the country in learning where they will spend their first year of training (or residency) in their chosen specialty. Learn more.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine Match Day Reveal: Class of 2025 Takes On Residency

Match Day, a nationwide event during which medical students learn their residency assignments simultaneously, continues an ongoing tradition as NYU Grossman School of Medicine students match with top programs across the country. This year, on March 21, all 96 students matched with residency programs, and 44 are remaining at NYU Langone Health locations. The most popular specialties include internal medicine and primary care (22), psychiatry (10), pediatrics (9), orthopedics (6), and neurosurgery (6). Learn more.

NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine: Couple Who Found the Perfect Match in Medical School Find Matching Residencies

When Tony Asfour was accepted into the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine and its tuition-free medical program, he couldn’t believe, nor could he ever imagine, he would also meet the love of his life. The aspiring physician sat next to Katie Goldrick class after class during their first year of medical school, where they fell in love. Now engaged, they are the first students in the school’s history to enroll as a couple for Match Day to match to the same residency programs. Learn more.

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: “Match” Madness

On March 21, members of the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (NYITCOM) Class of 2025 gathered at events on Long Island and in Arkansas to receive small, white envelopes. Though the envelopes appeared unremarkable, each contained a letter with a major revelation: where the soon-to-be physicians will complete their residency training. Learn more.

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Students Match to Their Futures

Mike Sova is a fingerstyle guitarist who has played professionally and started the Music in Medicine Club in the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University. Alaba Danagogo came from Nigeria to the United States on a full scholarship to Syracuse University and ran creative writing workshops at RSOM that teach skills in anti-racism. Learn more.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Match Day: A Celebration of Service, Commitment, and Community

President Riley delivered this message on Match Day: “Every year, Match Day—coordinated by the National Resident Matching Program, which connects medical school graduates to residency training—brings a whirlwind of emotions: anticipation, excitement, joy, and even a few nerves that I remember well.” Learn more.

University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry: A Perfect Fit: Medical Students Discover Their Residency Destinations at a Nationwide Ceremony

In a time-honored tradition and rite of passage, the Class of ’62 Auditorium at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry buzzed with excitement and emotion on Friday, March 21. At noon, medical students in Rochester and nationwide opened envelopes, revealing the institutions where they would train as residents. Learn more.

Weill Cornell Medicine: Medical Students Celebrate Their Future With Match Day Successes

Abhinav Pandey started his education at Weill Cornell Medical College with an open mind, mulling potential careers in emergency medicine or critical care. But during his general surgery rotation he met a resident who suggested that he instead consider neurosurgery. The thought stuck with Pandey, who had previously worked in neurosurgeon Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield’s lab. He took an elective in the specialty and discovered a love for it. Learn more.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Celebrates Eleventh Match Day – Students Secure Residency Slots Across the Nation

On Friday, March 21, 2025, 102 students from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell gathered for their highly anticipated Match Day ceremony, eagerly awaiting the moment they would learn where they would be embarking on the next phase of their medical training. 102 students secured residency positions, matching into 21 specialty areas including anesthesiology, internal medicine, psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology, and 24 students matched into Northwell Health residency positions. Learn more.

Student & Alumni

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: Catherine Lawton: Rehab Journey Leading to Medical Degree

A freak accident nearly ended Catherine Lawton’s life. Not only did she survive, but the fourth-year medical student is now on the verge of becoming a doctor. A native of Lakewood, New York, in the Chautauqua Lake area, Lawton graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering. Learn more.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Inducts 2025 Class of AOA Honor Medical Society Inductees – Dr. Ajit K. Sachdeva, Visiting Professor, Delivers Special Lecture

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, nearly 40 fourth-year medical students, faculty, residents and fellows from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell were inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. AOA is a professional medical organization that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine. Learn more.

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Five CUIMC Faculty Elected to AAAS

For their contributions to science, four faculty members of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and one faculty member of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society. Learn more.

New York Medical College: Ivor S. Douglas, M.D., to Lead Department of Medicine

Ivor S. Douglas, M.D., has been appointed as the Barbara and William Rosenthal Chair of the Department of Medicine at New York Medical College (NYMC) and Director of the Department of Medicine at Westchester Medical Center (WMC). He will assume his new role in June. An internationally renowned critical care specialist, Dr. Douglas currently serves as professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, and chief of pulmonary and critical medicine at Denver Health Medical Center, where he has also directed the Medical Intensive Care Unit since 2002. Learn more.

Awards & Gifts

Weill Cornell Medicine: $50 Million Gift from the Weill Family Foundation Establishes the Weill Cancer Hub East

With a mission to understand how nutrition and metabolism impact the body’s ability to control cancer, four leading research institutions have united under the Weill Cancer Hub East, an innovative, collaborative partnership that aims to transform cancer treatment. The initiative connects world-class experts from Princeton University, The Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research to enhance a therapeutic strategy known as immunotherapy that harnesses a patient’s own immune cells to treat cancer. Learn more.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Student Wins Prestigious Scientific Society Award

Gabriel Bedard, an M.D./Ph.D. student in Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program, has won a Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)/Herbert Tabor Early Career Investigator Award. JBC is published by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Mr. Bedard was named one of six winners for his paper, “Combined inhibition of MTAP and MAT2a mimics synthetic lethality in tumor models via PRMT5 inhibition. Learn more.

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Stony Brook Bariatric Center Chosen Best of Long Island for Third Year in a Row

Stony Brook’s Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center, part of the Department of Surgery‘s Division of Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery, has been chosen as the Best Bariatric Practice on Long Island for the third consecutive year. The Best of Long Island (BoLI) awards are chosen by the Long Island public from 14 categories, including Health, Wellness & Beauty, in which Best Bariatric Practice is a subcategory. Learn more.