Press Release

March 9, 2006
Contact: Kaylyn Kendall Dines
Phone: (973) 972-3000
dineskd@umdnj.edu

Fourth-Year Medical Students Will Learn Where
They Will Pursue Residency Programs after Graduating from UMDNJ

NEWARK—On Thursday, March 16, more than 300 medical students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will receive sealed envelopes containing locations where they will work after becoming physicians. This scene will be replicated at medical schools throughout the country, as medical students simultaneously open their letters at noon.

There will be cheers, screams and tears as the students learn of the residency assignments that will be determined by the National Resident Matching Program in Washington, D.C. Annually, the NRMP matches students with residency openings.

Following the ceremonies, administrators will be on hand to answer questions about Match Day, and discuss placement results.

For more information, please call Kaylyn Dines at 973-972-5000 to arrange to speak with a medical student who resides in your coverage area, and to make arrangements to cover the event on Thursday, March 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at one of the three locations. They are:

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Medical Science Building, Grand Foyer
185 South Orange Avenue, Newark

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Clinical Academic Building, First Floor Conference Room
125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Education and Research Building, Room 240
401 Haddon Avenue, Camden