Matches made in medicine

Ashley Black let a friend take a peek at her results, but she forced herself to wait until she was called onstage to open her envelope and find out where she would be headed for her residency. She wasn’t disappointed. Not only did she get one of her top choices, Black made history by becoming the first UF medical student to match in cardiothoracic surgery, a relatively new residency program, at Stanford University. Black is one of 127 medical students graduating May 11 who found out where they matched for their residency training during the college’s annual Match Day ceremony, held March 15 at the J. Wayne Reitz Union. — Melanie Stawicki Azam