School of Medicine Match Day Ceremony Is Friday
03/16/2022
Fourth-year students from Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine will participate Friday, March 18, in “The Match,” which is the culmination of placement into a residency position in the students’ preferred specialties. The Match is administered by the National Residency Match Program (NRMP).
After being virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event returns to its in-person format this year. Match Day will begin at 10 a.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The event will be livestreamed.
The ceremony will feature addresses from the class presidents Tajhshea Walden and Kristen Woody; Chad Miller, M.D., senior associate dean for undergraduate medical education; Christine Jacobs, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine; and Jamie Sutherell, M.D., associate dean of student affairs.
Students will be called up individually at 11 a.m. to receive their match envelope, which contains the name and location of the program they matched to. Students have selected "walk up songs" that will play when their name is called. At noon, all students will open their envelopes in unison as the celebration begins.
Prior to Match Day, medical students apply to and interview at residency programs in the specialty of their choosing. They then rank their preferences for medical institutions. Hospitals and other medical institutions also list their preference for residents. The rank lists are matched through the NRMP, which results in the selection of students for residency positions.
Established in 1836, Saint Louis University School of Medicine has the distinction of awarding the first medical degree west of the Mississippi River. The school educates physicians and biomedical scientists, conducts medical research, and provides health care on a local, national and international level. Research at the school seeks new cures and treatments in five key areas: cancer, infectious disease, liver disease, aging and brain disease and heart/lung disease.