Match Day Reveals 50% of LSU School of Medicine Graduates will Stay in Louisiana for Residencies
188 students participated in the National Resident Match Program this year
On Friday, March 21, 188 SOM graduating students gathered at the Audubon Tea Room
to discover the results of the annual National Resident Match Program (NRMP). Match
Day results revealed that 50% of graduates will remain in Louisiana for residency
training. Of those, 80% will enter an LSU Health residency program.
Established in 1952, the NRMP is the primary system that matches applicants to residency programs with available positions at U.S. teaching hospitals and academic health centers. More than 37,000 students across the country found out on the same date and time where they matched and where they will spend their years of residency training, starting this July.
“Match Day is a day our students look forward to throughout their medical school careers,”
says Dr. Richard DiCarlo, dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine. “Our
medical graduates are in demand and the high percentage that choose to remain not
only in Louisiana, but with LSU Health New Orleans for residency training is a testament
to the quality of our programs and the dedication of our faculty.”
The graduates who matched residency programs in other states will be attending some
of the most prestigious out-of-state programs like Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Duke, Yale,
Emory, Vanderbilt, Stanford, UC San Diego, and NYU among others.
“More than 57% of physicians providing care to the citizens of Louisiana are LSU Health-trained
doctors,” said LSU Health New Orleans Chancellor Dr. Steve Nelson. “We are proud and
honored to train the next generation of Louisiana’s doctors.”
LSU Health has 74 accredited residency and fellowship programs and received more than 15,000 applications this year. Of those programs, 35 had available positions and participated in the NRMP in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and Bogalusa. All 222 positions were filled.