ETSU Quillen College of Medicine students celebrate Match Day

Fifteen graduates will complete their residency with ETSU Health across a variety of specialties. 

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine students found out where they will spend their residency training during Match Day on Friday, March 15, with many remaining in Tennessee and/or practicing in primary care. 

Of the 70 students who matched on Friday, 25 are remaining in Tennessee for their residency – more than quadruple the amount of those who matched in North Carolina, which had the second-largest number of residency placements with six.  

In total, the Quillen College of Medicine will send graduates to 21 states. More than half (42) will remain in the Southeast. Two students will complete their residency training through military service.  

Match Day is part of the National Resident Matching Program, which pairs graduating medical students with residency programs throughout the country.  

Those remaining in Tennessee will complete residencies at other institutions across the state, such as the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Vanderbilt University and TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.  

Fifteen graduates will complete their residency with ETSU Health across a variety of specialties, including family medicine, surgery, pediatrics, pathology, internal medicine, psychiatry, orthopedic surgery and obstetrics and gynecology. 

The College of Medicine has long been recognized for the number of graduates it sends to work in primary care. The Class of 2024 is no different, with 38 entering family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics and gynecology.  

In total, graduates matched into 14 specialties.  

In 2023, the Quillen College of Medicine ranked inside the top 40 nationwide for “Medical Schools: Primary Care” and “Medical Schools with the Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care” by U.S. News and World Report. The college also ranked inside the top 10 nationally for “Medical Schools with the Most Graduates Practicing in Health Professional Shortage Areas.”  

“Match Day is always an incredibly exciting day for our faculty, staff and, of course, our students who are learning where they will spend their residencies,” said Dr. Bill Block, dean of the Quillen College of Medicine and ETSU vice president for Clinical Affairs.  

“I know our graduates will be excellent representatives of Quillen wherever they end up, and we are excited to see what impact they will make in their communities.”   

For more information about the Quillen College of Medicine, visit etsu.edu/com/.