Successful Matches
This year, 184 students matched to a residency. The largest group of students from the Class of 2023 matched to Internal Medicine, with 45 students going into the field. Coming in second this year was Anesthesiology with 20 matches—about twice as many students as in a typical year. Rounding out the top 10 were Diagnostic Radiology (15), Pediatrics (13), Psychiatry (13), Surgery (11), Obstetrics and Gynecology (10), Emergency Medicine (8), Ophthalmology (8) and Neurology (7). Forty-one will join a Montefiore Einstein residency program.
“I’m super relieved and happy—everything you work for in medical school is for this day,” said Brooke Nosratian, who recalled a special moment four years ago when her father, Farshad Nosratian, MD ’83, helped her into her white coat during orientation. Brooke Nosratian matched to a psychiatry residency at Montefiore Einstein. “I love it here because these doctors are really passionate about their patients and the community, social justice and combatting inequalities in healthcare.”
Training During a Pandemic
COVID-19 upended the Class of 2023’s first year of medical school, when the pandemic hit the Bronx in March 2020. While Einstein quickly adjusted by offering classes online, the students were on their clinical rotations when the delta and omicron variants emerged and led to surges in cases.
“You’re here today and so successful,” said Joshua D. Nosanchuk, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, and Professor, Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “During that time in 2020, so many of you did incredible things and volunteered for our community. I’m so grateful to you all.”
“This class demonstrated their deep commitment to medicine as well as their resiliency during this unprecedented time,” said Allison Ludwig, MD ’04, Hospitalist, Jacobi Medical Center, Montefiore Einstein, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and Associate Professor, Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “They are extraordinarily well-prepared to care for their patients, provide humanistic and evidence-based care and advocate for equitable treatment for everyone.”