Matches Made: 135 RSOM Graduating Students Set for Their Residencies

Many students matched to Stony Brook Medicine residencies - 22 percent of the 135 matching to residencies. Four of those students hold up their assignment positions at the event.
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Two-thirds staying in NYS for training; one-third entering primary care specialties

STONY BROOK, NY, March 25, 2026 - Cheers and smiles filled the atmosphere as 135 graduating Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) students opened their envelopes and found out their residency assignments during the school's annual Match Day event. Match Days are a time-honored tradition held each year simultaneously at medical schools nationwide. Most residency assignments begin on or around July 1.

Excitement in the air: Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) graduating students shared the joyful news of their residency placements at the school's 2026 Match Day celebration.
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The RSOM's 2026 Match Day, held on March 20 in the Bauman Center at Stony Brook University, brought students, their family and friends, and faculty together to celebrate this major step toward becoming a physician. Collectively, the students matched to residencies in 19 states. Two-thirds will be staying in New York State for their training, and 22 percent will launch their careers as residents at Stony Brook Medicine.

In addition to the Stony Brook Medicine placements, the RSOM students landed residency positions at other leading hospitals and academic centers in New York and around the country. Examples include Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Yale New Haven Hospital, Georgetown University, Baylor College of Medicine, and University of California, San Diego Medical Center.

The top four specialties the students match to are Internal Medicine (32), Anesthesiology (17), and Psychiatry (14), and Emergency Medicine (11).

"Our students achieved an impressive 96 percent match rate, with one-third of our students matching into primary care specialties, which helps fill a critical community need around the country," says Peter Igarashi, MD, Knapp Dean of the RSOM.

Anthony Sochan, center, celebrates his residency placement at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York with his parents, Michele and Orest. Sochan matched to a coveted Cardiovascular Surgery residency, one of only two available at Mount Sinai.
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Dr. Igarashi pointed out that in addition to the students' matches, 100 percent of Stony Brook Medicine's total 162 categorical residency positions - offered at Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital - were filled.

"This result is a testament to the quality of our programs and the commitment of our faculty, staff and learners to graduate medical education," adds Dr. Igarashi.

More than 38,000 medical students matched to residency programs nationwide in 2026. This new crop of physicians will help with the continual need for more physicians to take care of our population, including a growing aging population.

Match Day is administered by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). For more information about the overall Match Day results, see this NRMP press release.