Photos: Match Day for UA medical students
Smiles, hugs and happy tears flowed as 114 UA College of Medicine fourth-year medical students learned where they will head for residency during Match Day.
Photos by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Tiffany Pouldar, facing camera, leaps into the arms of fellow medical student Tijana Milinic after Pouldar learned she matched to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Milinic to the University of Colorado College of Medicine.
UA Match Day for medical students
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Fourth-year students grab their named bags bearing their residency fate.
UA Match Day for medical students
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Danielle Nahal, right, who matched to the University of California-San Francisco, congratulates fellow medical student Ajjya Acharya who matched to U.C.-Davis Medical Center.
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Melody Marouf, left, shares in celebration with Melissa Tran, right, as Tran learned she matched to Hofstra Northwell in New York.
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Fourth-year medical students, led by Vicky Khoury at bottom, count down until they open their match envelopes.
UA Match Day for medical students
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Tiffany Pouldar, top, leaps into the arms of friends after learned she matched to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
UA Match Day for medical students
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Balloons bearing the images of fourth-year medical students are tied to match envelopes.
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Friends, family and medical students laugh during the cohort's comic relief emcees take the stage to give a playful ribbing.
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Aamir Ahmad, right, shares a tender moment with proud mom Shaguffa Ahmad, after he learned he matched to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine for orthopedic surgery.
