2025 Match Day Results
Today is Match Day! The day when the National Resident Matching Program releases results to applicants seeking residency and fellowship training positions in the United States. We thank the faculty and trainees who participated in recruitment activities this year.
Committed to training the next generation of academic surgeons, our residencies provide rigorous training in the research laboratory so that future surgeon-scientists are prepared to deliver cutting-edge, compassionate care to patients and their families. As a land-grant University, rural track residents elevate our mission by training with experienced physicians of diverse backgrounds and interests - dedicated to serving all Minnesotans.
Let's welcome our new residents as they celebrate Match Day and look to the future with the Department of Surgery!
Sincerely,
Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, MHA
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Jay Phillips Professor
&
Daniel Kendrick, MD, MAEd
Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
General Surgery Residency
We received more than 1700 total applicants applying for eight categorical and one categorical rural position. We conducted 96 interviews this past fall. We are pleased to report we have attracted top candidates to our program, and we look forward to welcoming them to the Department in June.
The Surgery Education Office, under the direction of Program Director Daniel Kendrick, MD, MAED and Vice-Chair of Surgery Education Melissa Brunsvold, MD, FACS, FCCM, and supported by Surgery Education Manager Jessica Andersen, MBA, C-TAGME, and Program Administrator Sarah Erickson, JD, as well as all the faculty and residents who participated in the recruitment process, are to be congratulated for their incredible work recruiting this outstanding group of incoming residents.
PGY-1 General Surgery Preliminary Residents
Casey Deneen
University of Minnesota Medical School
Alyssa Pari Salamanca Ghajarieh
Creighton University School of Medicine-Omaha
Nicholas Weissman
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Melissa Quintanilla Anfinson
Medical College of Wisconsin
Karim Nathani - NeuroSx Prelim
Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan
PGY-1 General Surgery Categorical & Rural Residents
Samantha Bale
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Hui (Eli) Chen
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Kaya Mernitz
Indiana University School of Medicine
Ryan Monjazeb
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Sydney Moore
Harvard Medical School
Alyssa Pereslete
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Megan Pino
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Alexander Wu
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Kathryn Lane - Rural
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Integrated Residency
The Plastic Surgery faculty completed holistic reviews of over 350 applications to our program. Our faculty and residents interviewed a total of 38 applicants over the course of four in-person interview sessions to successfully match our two PGY-1 categorical positions.
We are very grateful for our dedicated Program Director, Christopher Hillard, MD, MS, and Associate Program Directors, Minh-Doan Nguyen, MD, PhD and Thomas Suszynski, MD, PhD, and to our faculty members who participated in the application review and interviews this year. Also, a special thank you to our Program Administrator, Kimberly Moorehead, and to all of our current residents, who played a vital role in showcasing our program during our virtual "meet & greet,” interviews, and our program socials!
Tiffany Bender
University of South Dakota
Sanford School of Medicine
Taylor Krivanek
University of Minnesota Medical School
Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
With 132 applicants applying for one position, the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program interviewed 26 applicants this past fall. We look forward to welcoming a seventh resident to our growing program in June.
The Division of Vascular Surgery and the Surgical Education Office, under the direction of Program Director Derrick Green, MD, MBA, are to be congratulated for their remarkable work recruiting an excellent incoming resident.
We want to thank all the faculty, fellows, and residents who participated in recruitment activities this year.
Michelle Kahng
University of Minnesota Medical School
