Residency Match Destinations of MD-PhD Grads

The MD-PhD Class of 2008 represents 25 trainees, including 3 who joined the program during the clinical years as PhD-MD students from MIT.   All but one chose to pursue residency training. Of these 24 graduates starting residency programs, 13 (54%) will go to Harvard teaching hospitals (5 to Brigham and Women's; 3 to Beth Israel Deaconess; 3 to Children’s; 1 to Mass General; 1 to Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary). Other hospital destinations include: 5 to Stanford; 2 to UCSF; 2 to U Pittsburgh; 1 to University of South California; 1 to Duke University Med Ctr.

Residency choices include 6 in medicine; 4 in pathology; 3 in pediatrics; 2 in neurology; 2 in radiation oncology; 2 in dermatology; and 1 each in anesthesiology, ophthalmology, radiology, orthopedic surgery, and urology.  The graduate who chose not to pursue clinical training has accepted positions in industry.

Residency Match Destinations of MD-PhD Grads:

1. *Aaron Aguirre, Internal Medicine – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 
2. Siraj Ali, Pathology – Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA 
3. Zarine Balsara, Prelim Surgery – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
   PGY2: Urology – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
4. Savita Dandapani, Transitional – Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr, San Jose, CA
   PGY2: Radiation Oncology – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
5. John Dekker, Pathology – Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA 
6. Amar Dhand, Neurology – UCSF, San Francisco, CA 
7. Anna Farago, Internal Medicine – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 
8. *Paul George, Preliminary Medicine – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA
   PGY2: Neurology – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA
9. John Greenland, Internal Medicine – Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA 
10. Nicholas Houstis, Internal Medicine – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 
11. Junne Kamihara, Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 
12. Joseph Ladapo, Internal Medicine – Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA 
13. Robert Meisner, Preliminary Medicine – Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA
    PGY2: Anesthesiology – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
14. Christina Mills, Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 
15. Robert Ohgami, Pathology – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA 
16. Carlos Paz, General Surgery – UCSF, San Francisco, CA 
17. Patrick Safo, Preliminary Medicine – Johns Hopkins/Bayview, Baltimore, MD
    PGY2: Dermatology – U Pittsburgh Med Ctr Medical Education Program, Pittsburgh, PA
18. Kevin Shapiro, Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
    PGY2: Child Neurology – Harvard Medical School/Mass General Hospital/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
19. Anna Stevens, Orthopaedic Surgery – U Pittsburgh Med Ctr Medical Education Prog, Pittsburgh, PA
20. Bryan Sun, Preliminary Medicine – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA
    PGY2: Dermatology – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA
21. Cullen Taniguchi, Transitional – Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr, San Jose, CA
    PGY2: Radiation Oncology – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA
22. Leo Tsai, Preliminary Surgery – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
    PGY2: Radiology – Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA
23. Ellen Yeh, Pathology – Stanford University Progs, Stanford, CA
24. Glenn Yiu, Preliminary Medicine – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
    PGY2: Ophthalmology – Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
25. *Martin Zalesak, Life Science Specialist – L E K Consulting, Boston, MA

* = PhD-MD affiliates of the program completing the MIT MEMP Program.