Media advisory: March 14, 2008

Contact:  Anne McMillin, APR                                                                                      
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School of Medicine Class of 2008 to learn residency 'Match' results

Students to celebrate 'Match Day' at Thursday, March 20 event

WHAT:          Fourth-year medical students at the University of Nevada School of Medicine will learn where they will receive their residency training on Thursday, March 20 at 9 a.m. when students in both Reno and Las Vegas will learn the results from the National Resident Matching Program. The National Resident Matching Program is a private, not-for-profit corporation that provides an impartial venue for matching applicants’ and programs’ preferences for each other by reviewing their individualized rank order lists.

                         Media are invited to attend the announcement ceremony.

WHEN:         Thursday, March 20 at 9 a.m.

WHERE:      Pennington Medical Education Building Foyer
                         University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno campus

                         Sixth floor conference rooms E & F
                         2040 West Charleston Boulevard
                         University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas campus

WHY:             Residency training location is a strong indication of where physicians will set up their practice following completion of residency and has significant implications for the availability of future healthcare professionals in a given area.

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As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.