NYITCOM Military Matches Command Attention
Old Westbury, NY (01/12/2021) — Five members of the Class of 2021 from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine's (NYITCOM) Long Island campus have matched into U.S. military residencies.
Upon graduating from medical school, physicians must complete a residency training program and obtain a medical license to practice medicine in the United States and become board certified in a specialty. Medical residencies last three to five years for primary care physicians, with other specialties requiring additional years. While the "civilian" match will take place on March 19, 2021, medical students who have committed to military service for their residency are matched early in the year.
"Military physicians play a critical role in defending our freedom, providing timely and skilled care to those making the ultimate sacrifice for our country," said Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., dean of NYITCOM. "We salute our student doctors who have voluntarily taken the charge to support and care for the service members that protect us all."
Military physicians deliver health care services to military personnel and their families and work in a variety of settings, including hospital ships and international medical centers, among others. Physicians enlisted in the military may also participate in international relief and humanitarian efforts, helping to care for the victims of natural disasters and other events requiring medical stability operations.
U.S. Army matches include:
Steven Camacho, who will complete a family medicine residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Zai Ganesh, who will complete an internal medicine residency at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.
Jessica Gregory, who will complete a psychiatry residency at Walter Reid National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
U.S. Air Force matches include:
Benjamin Tartter, who will complete an emergency medicine residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
U.S. Navy matches include:
Craig Mills, who will complete a transitional year/flight surgery residency in Portsmouth, Va.
After graduation from NYITCOM, the future physicians will begin their Graduate Medical Education (GME) in conjunction with service to their country. NYITCOM-Arkansas, the medical school's other location in Jonesboro, Ar., also had two military matches with the U.S. Army: Kimberly Fletcher, who will complete a psychiatry residency at Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas, and Danny McIntyre, who will complete a transitional year residency program at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, Ga.
