UNSOM Students: 4th Year Class: Early Match and Military Match

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Early Match

A select number of residency programs require applicants to go through the Early, or San Francisco Match program. These are competitive and the early process allows applicants to participate in the regular match as well, if they do not match successfully through the early process. The following specialties are included in Early Match:

Child Neurology

Neurosurgery

Neurotology

Opthalmology

Plastic Surgery (selected programs)*

ERAS Plastic Surgery programs

The Office of Admissions and Student Affairs assists students with this process. Please contact Brandi Taylor, btaylor@medicine.nevada.edu, for more information.

*Many plastic surgery programs participate in the regular match process through ERAS.

Students should research programs and the process through both ERAS and SF Match.

Military Match

The military, Air Force, Army, and Navy, coordinate their own residency matching program. The

process of application is simliar for each branch and includes:

• registration with the organization;
• application to the individual residency program;
• interviews;
• submission of final list of preferred residency programs;
• match results.

Timelines and deadlines vary for each military branch, but the information below provides a general guide for students.

Registration:  Students in military programs are automatically registered for the military match.

Letters of Recommendation:  Students begin to request letters the summer and fall of residency application.

Army/Navy:  ERAS application begins mid-July.

Air Force: uses its own application process. Follow instructions on the Air Force website for application procedures.

Interviews: beginning of 4th year; follow individual military branch instructions and deadlines.

Timeline:

     Fall:  Student submits final residency choices

     December:  Match results

Military Residency Websites:

Army Match Information

Navy Match Information

Air Force Match Information

UNSOM graduates who have completed this process are a valuable resources. Contact Brandi Taylor or Ann Diggins for information on graduates who have gone through the military match process. The Office of Student Affairs assists students with this process.