Match Week Reveals Future of D.O. Students

Downers Grove IL

25 March, 2021

11:33 AM

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During the third week of March, students from Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine eagerly checked their emails for long-anticipated news of these students' medical futures. After four years of rigorous studying, osteopathic medical students participated in the 2021 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Main Residency Match and found out where they will perform their residencies and in what specialty field. "I matched Emergency Medicine at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL," said Erika Danelski (CCOM 2021). "CCOM has prepared me for this next step by providing me with a strong academic knowledge base and great clinical experience in the Chicago region. I'm most looking forward to taking care of a diverse patient population at a Level 1 Trauma Center and getting to know my new co-residents." This is the second year that Midwestern University students participated in the fully integrated single residency match program which organizes placements for all osteopathic (D.O.) and allopathic (M.D.) graduates. Students' specialty choices in the match often align with the osteopathic profession's long-standing emphasis on careers in primary care, which includes family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and OB/GYN. Other specialties include emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery, neurological surgery, ophthalmology, radiology, psychiatry, and anesthesiology.