Match Day, when graduating seniors at medical schools across the country simultaneously find out where they will be doing their residency training and in what field, was held in mid-March this year, with more than 16,000 U.S. medical school seniors participating.

"The 2007 class is well represented in the primary care fields and in surgery, continuing strong trends we have experienced over recent years," said H. Hughes Evans, MD, PhD, associate dean for students.

Of the 2007 graduates, 40 percent will enter residencies in one of the primary care fields of internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, or obstetrics/gynecology with 23 percent pursuing training in surgery, while the remainder serves in other specialties.

Nearly 75 percent of the UAB School of Medicine graduating class matched residency programs in the southeast, with 43 percent of the graduates remaining in Alabama. 97 percent of UAB's graduates matched to a residency position, beating the national average of 93.4. The following UAB students will be doing Alabama residencies.

UAB Health System
Akhtar, Rizwan Smeer:
Preliminary Medicine
Allen, Abby Morris:
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics
Ananyev, Sergey Sergeevich:
Surgery and Urology
Backer, Matthew Wayne:
Diagnostic Radiology
Barefoot, Matthew Reed:
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Barnhart, Melanie Rose:
Emergency Medicine
Barton, William Heflin, III:
Emergency Medicine
Beatrous, Stephanie Elizabeth:
Preliminary Medicine
Bryant, Shannon Alise:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Cary, Barrett Patrick:
Preliminary Medicine
and Diagnostic Radiology
Chambers, James George, IV:
Surgery
Corbett, David Thomas:
Anesthesiology
Doty, Walter Jefferies, IV:
Internal Medicine
Engelkemier, Dawn Renae:
Preliminary Medicine
Flanagan, Brian Dent:
Internal Medicine
Fujio, Heather Liane:
Pediatrics
Golden, Joseph Blake:
Otolaryngology
Good, Jennifer Michelle:
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Grostick, Laura Alan:
Pediatrics
Hanson, Elizabeth Lynn:
Pathology
Hightower, Hannah Buchanan:
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics
Hoang, Diem Huong Thi:
Preliminary Medicine
Houser, Grace Harrington:
Pediatrics
Hughes, Stephen Arthur:
Psychiatry
Jacobs, John Clinton, V:
Emergency Medicine
Leslie, Kierstin Cates:
Pediatrics
Martin, Justin Parish:
Surgery
Martin, Robert Andrew:
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
McArthur, Tatum Adams:
Diagnostic Radiology
Reddy, Nipun Baleed:
Internal Medicine
Rhodes, Sarah Bailey:
Pediatrics
Sanders, Ronald Darrell:
Pathology
Sanders, Sharman Ringland:
Neurology
Savage, Albert Jameson, IV:
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sheils, Steven Guy:
Anesthesiology
Solomon, George Martin:
nternal Medicine
Speeker, Virginia Kathleen:
Surgery
Tatum, Stacey Davis:
Pediatrics
Turner, Joseph Ryan:
Opthalmology
Vu, Mary Anna:
Internal Medicine
Wakefield, Dara Noelle:
Pathology
Weathington, Nathaniel Myer:
Internal Medicine
Whisenhunt, Thomas Randolph, Jr:
Surgery
Whitley, Kevin Jackson:
Psychiatry
Wilson, Trenton Jacobs:
Orthopaedic Surgery
Zhuang, Qian:
Anesthesiology
Zouhary, Lena Anna Nolin:
Internal Medicine

University of South Alabama Hospital
Binkerd, Jon Eric:
Preliminary

UAB-Huntsville Family Medicine
Burnes, Daniel Clayton:
Family Practice

Physician's Medical Center Carraway
Corbett, David Thomas:
Preliminary Surgery
Craven, Daniel Andrew, Jr.:
Transitional
Jacobs, John Clinton, V:
Preliminary Medicine
Phillips, Margaret Elizabeth:
Transitional
Seale, Jason Randall:
Surgery
Turner, Joseph Ryan:
Transitional
Widick, Shana LeAnn:
Preliminary Surgery
Zhuang, Qian:
Transitional

Baptist Health System
Dobbs, Matthew David:
Transitional
Hyland, Julia Anne:
Diagnostic Radiology
Lee, Lyndon Byong-Keun:
Transitional
Mann, James Chadwick:
Preliminary Medicine
McArthur, Tatum Adams:
Transitional
Mims, Kimberly Nicole:
Preliminary Medicine
Sheils, Steven Guy:
Transitional
Shirah, Stirling Kendal:
Preliminary Surgery

Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residence Program
Hornsby, Jeb Stuart:
Family Practice
Luther, Michael Weston:
Family Practice
Maxwell, Deanah Darnell:
Family Practice
Stewart, Earl Ray, Jr.:
Family Practice

Montgomery Family Medicine Residence Program
Sanders, Bobby Stephen, Jr.:
Family Practice