Match Day Reveals Future for Rural Physician Program Students
Pictured above: Upper Left - Joseph Bettendorf; Upper Right - Kristin Busch; Lower Left - David Buzanoski; Lower Right - Jonathan Kukier
MARQUETTE, MI - Friday, March 18, 2011 - The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Rural Physician Program, a collaboration between Marquette General Health System and Michigan State University, and managed by the Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation, recently announced results of Match Day for nine students graduating this spring.
The Rural Physician Program, also known as the MSU College of Human Medicine U.P. Campus, trains high-quality, committed physicians to serve in rural primary care. The U.P. offers an ideal practice setting with expert training at Marquette General Hospital and clinics throughout the Upper Peninsula to provide real-life small town experiences. The students work closely with physicians and are well prepared to enter residency programs, which are the next phase of their training and provide education specific to their medical specialty of interest.
Match Day is when medical students across the country find out at which residency program they will complete their medical education.
The residency placements are determined annually by the National Resident Matching Program, which uses a computer algorithm to match program preferences of students as closely as possible with residency training programs throughout the nation.
Results from this year's MSU-CHM match are as follows:
- Joseph Bettendorf, of St. Cloud, Minnesota, Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital
- Kristin Busch, of Cicero, Indiana, General Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
- David Buzanoski, of Newport, Maine, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
- Maura Davenport of Marquette, Michigan, Family Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Junction, Colorado
- Jonathan Kukier, of Ferndale, Michigan, Internal Medicine, Legacy Emanuel/Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon
- Thomas Massie, of Ishpeming, Michigan, Family Medicine, Marquette Family Medicine Residency, Marquette, MI
- Louie Ostola, of Ishpeming, Michigan, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Michigan
- Michelle Seguin, of Iron Mountain, Michigan, Family Medicine, Marquette Family Medicine Residency, Marquette, MI
This year's match is especially exciting for the acting Community Assistant Dean, Dr. Bill Short. Dr. Short plays a dual role, as CAD of the UP Campus and Residency Director of the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program. Two students in the RPP have matched with the local residency program, and will be staying in the area for the next three years of training.
"I’m so pleased that all nine students matched, and am confident that they’ll be successful in their chosen medical fields," Dr. Short remarked. "And I'm delighted about Tom Massie and Michelle Seguin, as we'll be training them here at our own Family Medicine Residency Program in Marquette, and as physicians they'll be caring for the patients they've been seeing as medical students."
Through 2011, the MSU-CHM U.P Campus has graduated 219 physicians. Of those, 88 are from Upper Peninsula communities. Additionally, by summer 2011, 42 Rural Physician Program graduates and 70 residency graduates will be practicing in the Upper Peninsula.
For more information on the UP Campus of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, please visit www.mgh.org/uphec, or call Mary Tavernini at 906-228-7970.
