NYU Medical Students Open Their Envelopes

Students at NYU School of Medicine had their share of Oscar week drama at 12 Noon on March 22, when graduates learned where they would serve their residencies. Relief at Alumni Hall followed anxiety as 155 students simultaneously opened their envelopes to find out where they were matched.

Twin sisters Maria and Virna Lisi, opened their envelopes together, to learn that they would once again be training together as they did in medical school and college. “It didn’t matter to us to be together or not, but overall we’re happy because we got our number one choice for radiology residency programs. There were only eight available positions in this field and about 500 applicants competing for them.”

About 58 percent of the graduating class will carry out their residencies in the New York metropolitan area, with an overwhelming number remaining at NYU. The majority will specialize in medicine, followed by 16 percent in surgery; ten percent in pediatrics; five percent in emergency medicine; four percent in psychiatry; and the remainder in obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic surgery, family practice, and plastic surgery, among others.

“We are, understandably, incredibly proud of our students,” said Veronica Catanese, Associate Dean of Medical Education. “Having so many of them choose to stay right here for the next phase of their training, maybe, just maybe, means they are equally proud of us.”

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