The Future Unfolds for this Year’s Graduating Medical
School Class
by Liz Nelson
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Dean Allen S. Lichter (M.D. 1972) toasts
the Class of 2001, the members of which “will continue
to be a credit to the Medical School and part of the Michigan
family.”
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For the Class of 2001, Thursday, March 22, was a day filled
with exhilaration and nervous anticipation as classmates discovered,
one-by-one, their place on the Match Day map and what their
futures would hold.
While the annual celebration began with a reminiscence of the
class’s first Medical School days together and a look at
some of their favorite Smoker moments captured in the class
video, the focus was definitely on the future as students picked
up the envelopes containing their official acceptance to residency
programs.
Approximately 60% of the U-M students who participated in the
National Residency Matching Program matched with their first
choice, while 88% received one of their top three choices. In
selecting their specialties, 43% chose primary care, which includes
obstetrics and gynecology, while another 17% chose surgery.
Sponsored by MCAS, the Medical School Student Council and the
Dean’s Office, Match Day 2001 also held the announcement
of Doug Franzen as Class Speaker and Rachel Weiss and Richard
Dopp as the dual recipients of this year’s Niland Award.
Established by the Class of 1986 to honor class member Patrick
John Niland, who was killed in a 1985 automobile crash, the
Niland Award annually recognizes senior students who, in the
eyes of the graduating class, best exemplify the cheerful, friendly
demeanor and the patient, honest and compassionate approach
to medicine that were the shining traits for which Niland was
known and respected by his peers.
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