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Former Navy officer/current Stanford med student looks forward to Match Day

...find out their second bit of news -- where Carter will go for her internship year starting this summer -- on Friday, the nation's official Match Day. That day, she and...

...find out their second bit of news -- where Carter will go for her internship year starting this summer -- on Friday, the nation's official Match Day. That day, she and...

My mommy is a doctor: A children’s book (and love story)

Moises Gallegos, MD, admits both he and his then 1-month-old son had tears in their eyes the morning they watched his wife, Flora Nuñez Gallegos, MD, drive away on her first day...

Moises Gallegos, MD, admits both he and his then 1-month-old son had tears in their eyes the morning they watched his wife, Flora Nuñez Gallegos, MD, drive away on her first day...

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Sports stats may help cancer clinicians predict outcomes

...rely on my bumbling interpretations of the game to guess at the outcome. Instead there are actual qualified sports professionals experienced in integrating all the nuances of a match into...

...rely on my bumbling interpretations of the game to guess at the outcome. Instead there are actual qualified sports professionals experienced in integrating all the nuances of a match into...

I carry a part of my dad with me — in my lower right abdomen: Part II

...one that lasted not just the first few days but for years after -- would be greatly improved by having a closer biological match. It was not certain it would work...

...one that lasted not just the first few days but for years after -- would be greatly improved by having a closer biological match. It was not certain it would work...

Medical school is over but I’m not done learning – or writing

...I repeated those words to myself when I finished my second board exam. And then again when I finished my last residency interview and once more after Match Day. But...

...I repeated those words to myself when I finished my second board exam. And then again when I finished my last residency interview and once more after Match Day. But...

Halfway through med school: Looking back and moving forward

In the blink of a weary eye, I finished my pre-clinical coursework. I'm halfway done with medical school. This milestone pales in comparison to big moments like Match Day or...

In the blink of a weary eye, I finished my pre-clinical coursework. I'm halfway done with medical school. This milestone pales in comparison to big moments like Match Day or...

An ode to those who Matched

Match Day is arguably the most important ceremony in medical school, perhaps even more meaningful than the white coat or the graduation ceremony. This year, during the ides of March,...

Match Day is arguably the most important ceremony in medical school, perhaps even more meaningful than the white coat or the graduation ceremony. This year, during the ides of March,...

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A medical student’s thoughts on Match Day

...us, and he guessed that it'd arrive a few days before our first day as interns. But I reached my inflection point yesterday: I received an email from my residency...

...us, and he guessed that it'd arrive a few days before our first day as interns. But I reached my inflection point yesterday: I received an email from my residency...

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Fate and festivity: Match Day 2019

The future was concealed in a stack of 85 red envelopes. At Stanford Medicine, those envelopes were the center of Match Day, the day when graduating medical students around the...

The future was concealed in a stack of 85 red envelopes. At Stanford Medicine, those envelopes were the center of Match Day, the day when graduating medical students around the...

The wait is over: It’s Match Day for U.S. medical students

Today is an extra special day. It's the third Friday in March -- and for graduating medical students across the country -- that means Match Day is finally here. If...

Today is an extra special day. It's the third Friday in March -- and for graduating medical students across the country -- that means Match Day is finally here. If...

Scientists use magnets to detect cancer

If I told you there was a magic wire that could one day detect cancer cells floating in your bloodstream, you might think it's science fiction. Well — it's not....

If I told you there was a magic wire that could one day detect cancer cells floating in your bloodstream, you might think it's science fiction. Well — it's not....

Elevating everyone at the Big Data in Precision Health conference

Over the course of the two-day Big Data in Precision Health conference hosted by the Stanford Medicine, which began Wednesday, speakers from academia, government, and industry are dialing in on...

Over the course of the two-day Big Data in Precision Health conference hosted by the Stanford Medicine, which began Wednesday, speakers from academia, government, and industry are dialing in on...

Meet your match: A bone marrow transplantation leads to an international friendship

...his siblings weren't deemed a fit. So, Arai and Gross turned their sights to the Be the Match Registry, where they eventually found a matching, unrelated donor who lived outside...

...his siblings weren't deemed a fit. So, Arai and Gross turned their sights to the Be the Match Registry, where they eventually found a matching, unrelated donor who lived outside...

Tackle opioid addictions at the onset, the doctor’s office, Stanford researchers urge

...opioids," Peltz and Sudhof write. A single day of opioid use spells nearly a 1-in-16 chance of becoming a chronic user (still on opioids a year later). Eight straight days...

...opioids," Peltz and Sudhof write. A single day of opioid use spells nearly a 1-in-16 chance of becoming a chronic user (still on opioids a year later). Eight straight days...

“Yes!!!” Video captures the loud cheers and excited energy of Match Day

...our soon-to-graduate medical students on Match Day and providing an insider's look at what happens just before and after the envelopes are opened. Check out the excited energy of twins...

...our soon-to-graduate medical students on Match Day and providing an insider's look at what happens just before and after the envelopes are opened. Check out the excited energy of twins...

Phone calls at dawn and a final countdown: Reflections on the residency application process

...for ophthalmology residency. For everyone else, Match Day was last Friday, March 16th. While I knew where I was going for ophthalmology, I still had plenty at stake - I...

...for ophthalmology residency. For everyone else, Match Day was last Friday, March 16th. While I knew where I was going for ophthalmology, I still had plenty at stake - I...