Geisinger Commonwealth’s Class of 2017 celebrates successful Match Day
Today eighty-eight students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth), the largest class in the school’s history, learned their residency placements during the National Resident Matching Program. “Match Day” occurred simultaneously at medical colleges around the country in an exciting event in which all fourth-year MD students opened their envelopes to learn where they will spend the next three to seven years training in specialties. Residencies begin July 1.
“We are proud of the success of our Class of 2017,” said Steven J. Scheinman, MD, president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth. “Again this year, our students matched into both excellent local residency programs, as well as some of the most competitive programs and specialties in the nation. I am also glad that, once again, our students chose primary care in large numbers,” Dr. Scheinman said, pointing out that 50 percent (44 of 88) of Geisinger Commonwealth’s Class of 2017 matched into a primary care specialty – family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics/gynecology.
Of the 44 students who matched into a primary care area, 15 are from northeastern Pennsylvania. Of the 44, 18 matched with residencies in internal medicine. In addition, 10 matched in pediatrics, six in family medicine and 10 in obstetrics/gynecology.
The dean proudly noted that 32 members of the Class of 2017 matched into a Pennsylvania-based program, including 13 local students. “Matching into a Pennsylvania-based residency is an encouraging indicator, because physicians tend to end up practicing in areas close to where they trained,” Dr. Scheinman said, adding that Pennsylvania-based residencies comprised more than one-third of Geisinger Commonwealth’s total match.
Two students will remain in Scranton for residency training in programs offered by The Wright Center. “I am particularly pleased that, of the two students who will train at The Wright Center, one will be training in psychiatry, a specialty greatly needed in our region. The program our student will begin in July is a new one and is a direct result of the partnership between our Behavioral Health Initiative and The Wright Center to address the most pressing health needs of our community.”
Dr. Scheinman also observed that Geisinger Commonwealth applicants matched into some of the most competitive specialties in American medicine, including dermatology, radiation oncology, plastic surgery, urology and orthopedic surgery. In addition to the large number of Geisinger Commonwealth students who will train at leading community-based programs, several students will go to residencies at highly competitive teaching hospitals, including those associated with Brown University, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins and Harvard.
According to the National Resident Matching Program, the 2017 Match included 43,157 total registrants competing for 31,757 positions. Among them were 18,539 fourth-year MD students who submitted their program preference lists, including the 88 from Geisinger Commonwealth.
View the residency matches for Geisinger Commonwealth’s MD Class of 2017.
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Geisinger Commonwealth Match Day by the numbers
Specialty
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
ENT
Family Medicine
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Medicine Pediatrics
Neurology
Obstetrics
Orthopedic Surgery
Pathology
Pediatrics
Physical & Mental Rehabilitation
Plastic Surgery
Preliminary Surgery
Psychiatry
Radiation Oncology
Urology
Total
Primary Care
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Medicine Pediatrics
Obstetrics
Pediatrics
Total
No. students matched
2
1
5
9
2
6
5
18
1
4
10
3
1
9
1
1
2
6
1
1
88
No. students
6
18
1
10
9
44
50% of the our MD Class of 2017
(47% nationally)
Local students by county:
County
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Lycoming
Monroe
Schuylkill
Total
32 matched to Pennsylvania residencies; 13 of the 32 are local students
No. students
10
7
2
2
3
24
About Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) is a member of the Geisinger family. Geisinger Commonwealth offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Danville, Doylestown, Scranton, Sayre and Wilkes-Barre. Geisinger Commonwealth offers Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) degrees. The school’s innovative curriculum, focused on caring for people in the context of their lives and their community, attracts the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its region in northeastern and central Pennsylvania, as well as from across the state and the nation. The school also has over 440 graduate medical students in 24 residency programs and 19 accredited fellowships. Geisinger Commonwealth is committed to non-discrimination in all employment and educational opportunities. For more information, visit www.geisinger.edu/gcsom, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is among the nation’s leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the nonprofit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 126 care sites — including 10 hospital campuses — and Geisinger Health Plan, with more than half a million members in commercial and government plans. Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals annually and conducts more than 1,400 clinical research studies. With 26,000 employees, including 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania’s largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $15 billion to the state’s economy. On March 31, 2024, Geisinger became the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit charitable organization created to expand and accelerate value-based care across the country. Learn more at geisinger.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.