TUNCOM Celebrates Match Day 2025
The College of Osteopathic Medicine at Touro University Nevada is proud to share a 99.4% match/placement into residencies for the 169 soon to be graduates.
Notably, 55 medical students will be staying in Nevada, which is more than the year before to help reduce the physician shortage happening in our community. For 55 graduates, home will remain in Nevada. Out of these 320 available residency openings, Touro Nevada filled nearly 20% of the openings.
“This is what we were founded to do, to graduate the highest quality graduates that will make Nevada a healthier community,” said Dr. Wolfgang Gilliar, Dean of The College of Osteopathic Medicine. “For all the students participating in match day this is the most exciting day of their educational lives, and it is truly the moment of going from dream to reality.”
Match Day is a traditional rite of passage for medical students who have finished their four years of medical education at The College of Osteopathic Medicine and now embark on their next step as residents. Students in their fourth year rank their desired specialties at hospitals and programs who then rank their choices to find a match. This nationwide event occurred on March 21 at nine in the morning, where the 163 medical students opened their envelopes to find out where they will be continuing their education journey. Additionally in December 2024, six students successfully matched to military residencies with specialties in psychiatry, internal medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, anesthesiology, and family medicine.
Fifty four percent of the class of 2025 matched/placed into primary care, with the leading specialties being internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine, and psychiatry. Internal medicine, which focuses on treating adults, stands out as the primary specialty for students who will remain in Nevada to practice. Twenty-two states will welcome a Touro Nevada osteopathic medicine graduate with Nevada keeping the most followed by California, Texas, and Arizona.
“This is the only day that matters in the lives of our medical students," shared Dr. Irene Gutierrez, Associate Dean of Clinical Education.
