For students participating in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), or “The Match”, it is the culmination of a year’s work to secure a Match, which requires multiple applications, visitations, interviews, and evaluations. The students enter their choices into a computer, in order of preference. At the same time, residency program directors nationwide enter similar rank order lists for the students they have interviewed.

Lists from each group are sent to the NRMP headquarters in Washington DC, where a computer matches students and residency programs. The Match is programmed to give students their highest choice possible. Results are released simultaneously throughout the nation.

Future Xavier MD’s who were matched, their medical school, and place of residency were:

Nnanna Alozie ’11, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, emergency medicine residency at Hackensack (NJ) University Medical Center; Kristopher Boone ’10, Morehouse School of Medicine, internal medicine residency at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta GA; Chigozie Dike ’14, University of Texas-Houston McGovern School of Medicine, emergency medicine residency at the University of Texas-Houston McGovern School of Medicine in Houston TX; Jasmine Dillard ’13, Meharry Medical School, pediatrics residency at the Cleveland (OH) Clinic Foundation; Brandan Dotson ’14, University of California-San Francisco, internal medicine residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose CA; Mariah Dunbar ’14, St. Louis University School of Medicine, family medicine residency at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend IN; Dexter Graves ’11, Drexel University School of Medicine, emergency medicine residency at the University of Chicago (IL) Medical School; Mary Green ’06, LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine, pathology residency at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem NC; Stequita Hankton ’11, Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, family medicine residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago IL; Maura Jones ’14, LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine, OB/GYN residency at University of California-San Francisco Medical Center; LaDonna Kearse ‘14, Howard University College of Medicine, general surgery residency at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC; Alyssa Mercadel ’14, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, OB/GUN residency at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas TX; David Nguyen ’14, Tulane University School of Medicine, plastic surgery residency at the St. Louis (MO) University School of Medicine; 
Obinna Oko ’14, LSU-New Orleans School of Medicine, OB/GYN residency at the University of California-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento CA; Oluwadolapo Oyebadejo ’14, Baylor University College of Medicine, emergency medicine residency at the Baylor University College of Medicine in Houston TX; Courtney Royal ’13, University of Rochester School of Medicine, family medicine residency at the University of South Alabama Medical School in Mobile AL; Chavez Scott ’12, Meharry Medical College, emergency medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta GA; Kristin Signater ’12, Morehouse School of Medicine, internal medicine residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis TN; Ashley Sutherland ’08, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OB/GYN residency (active duty) at the Wright State University/Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton OH; Marleesa Thompson ’11, Meharry Medical College, emergency medicine residency at the University of Texas-Houston McGovern School of Medicine; Kaylise Trahan ’13, Morehouse School of Medicine, emergency medicine residency at University Hospital in Jackson MS; Stephanie Warfield ’08, William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, internal medicine residency at Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg MS; and Federica Williams ’08, Ross University School of Medicine, pediatrics residency at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport LA.

Xavier continues to rank first among the nation’s colleges and universities in the number of African American graduates who go on to complete medical school, according to data compiled by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).