Match Day: Class of 2025 Students Discover Their Residency Placements

By: Staff Writer | March 21, 2025 | 6 min. read |

Match Day Highlights

One hundred ninety-eight medical students from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine learned the locations of their residencies.
The Miller School continued its exceptional historical match rate, earning a second consecutive 100% placement rate.
The top match specialties were internal medicine (27), psychiatry (17), obstetrics and gynecology (15) and emergency medicine (14).

For the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Class of 2025, Match Day marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter. After years of rigorous study, hands-on clinical experience and mastering essential skills, the 198 medical students finally discovered where they will complete their training as resident physicians.

This year’s class was highly competitive and earned a 100% placement rate, matching in 24 specialties at programs throughout the country, including Johns Hopkins University, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Weill Cornell and Washington University. Twelve Miller School students matched into residencies in the Harvard medical system, which includes Boston Children’s Hospital, Mass General Brigham and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

The Miller School’s match rate is 97%, above the national average of 94.1%.

“Today is the most important day in your journey to becoming a physician,” said Henri R. Ford, M.D., M.H.A., dean and chief academic officer at the Miller School. “Go be the best residents, the best physicians and the best physician-scientists. We have prepared you well.”

Scenes from Match Day 2025

The top specialties were:

• Internal Medicine (27)

• Psychiatry (17)

• Obstetrics and Gynecology (15)

• Emergency Medicine (14)

• General Surgery (12)

“This day has been incredible. I matched into Harvard with my partner!” said Manya Saaraswat, who will be pursuing psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her partner, Konrad Kozlowski, will be completing an interventional radiology residency at Mass General Brigham. “I value my relationship with my patients, and I love how psychiatry gives me that option. I’m really excited for this next step.”

Each student will graduate with a scholarly concentration or a dual degree, a hallmark of the NextGenMD curriculum. More than 50 students will graduate with an M.D./M.P.H., 10 with an M.D./M.B.A. and 15 with other dual medical degrees.

“You represent the best of the best and you will become incredible physicians,” said Hilit Mechaber, M.D. ‘95, associate professor of medical education and senior associate dean for student affairs at the Miller School. “We are so proud of you!”

Thirty-one percent of the students will stay in Florida for residency, including 40 at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System. Other top locations are California, New York and Massachusetts.

“One of the best parts of my time at the Miller School was working alongside incredible role models — students, residents and faculty — who have shaped my path in medicine,” said Julia Telischi, who matched into ENT at Mass General Brigham. “I am especially grateful for the outstanding mentorship and teaching from the ENT department, where faculty consistently supported my goals and fueled my excitement for the field. I know I will continue to be inspired by them throughout my career.”

The Class of 2025 excelled in other national standards, as well. The United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 and Step 2 exams evaluate medical students’ comprehension of principles and mechanisms underlying health and disease, and their ability to apply their skills to clinical scenarios. The pass rate for Step 1 nationally is 92%. This class achieved a 96% pass rate. Step 2 is a scored exam, with a national mean score of 249. The Class of 2025 students scored a 250, above the national mean and with a pass rate of 99%.

“This is the best day for all of us,” said Latha Chandran, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., executive dean for education and policy at the Miller School. “How does this happen? Of course, it is the hard work of all of you. It is also the faculty who have taught you and advised you. And your incredible LCEs. My heart is filled with gratitude.”