For immediate release: Jan. 20, 2012
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Nevada medical student learns residency 'match' result early

LAS VEGAS/RENO, Nev.— Every March for the past 60 years, fourth-year medical students across the nation have eagerly awaited the results of the National Residency Matching Program, which tells them where they will spend the next few years of training in their specialty area beyond medical school.

However, a few learn where they will spend the next several years in residency training early. Students who learn the results of their match prior to the traditional March date are part of an elite group who place in either the San Francisco Match or the Military Residency Match.

Charles “C.J.” Calvo, a member of the Class of 2012, placed with the San Francisco Match into the ophthalmology residency program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Results from the National Residency Matching Program will be announced to the Class of 2012 on Friday, March 16. Celebrations will be held at University of Nevada School of Medicine campuses in Reno and Las Vegas.

The University of Nevada School of Medicine, a research-intensive, community-based, statewide medical school, has served Nevada for more than 40 years as its only public medical school. Our mission is improving the health of Nevada’s diverse population through world-class biomedical research, an innovative curriculum integrating basic and clinical sciences, and highly competitive residency and fellowship programs that complement a statewide network of urban and rural clinical facilities. Through targeted growth and investment in research, clinical services and education, we are a resource for improving health care regionally and across the country.