Texas Tech University hosts 2024 Match Day Friday at Hodgetown

Brianna Maestas, Amarillo Globe-News
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The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine hosts its 2024 Match Day on Friday, March 15 beginning at 10:45 a.m. For the first time, the event is being held at Hodgetown, located at 715 S. Buchanan St.

Beginning at 11 a.m., medical students from across the nation, as a part of TTUHSC, will open their envelopes simultaneously, revealing matching assignments and, depending on their specialty, their residency for the next three to seven years with the hospitals that choose them.

Texas Tech University medical students show off their assignments at the 2023 Match Day in Amarillo.
Texas Tech University medical students show off their assignments at the 2023 Match Day in Amarillo.
A TTUHSC medical student receives his assignment from a family member at the 2023 Match Day, held in downtown Amarillo.
A TTUHSC medical student receives his assignment from a family member at the 2023 Match Day, held in downtown Amarillo.

According to TTUHSC, Match Day has been an annual event for graduating medical students for their residency programs since 1952.

Last year, TTUHSC medical students from Amarillo matched at residency programs across the country, including TTUHSC, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, LSU School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine, Stony Brook Teaching Hospitals, Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania and many others.

Nikita Sankoonrikkal gets a hug from her mom as she finds out her residency assignment at the 2023 TTUHSC Match Day held in downtown Amarillo.
Nikita Sankoonrikkal gets a hug from her mom as she finds out her residency assignment at the 2023 TTUHSC Match Day held in downtown Amarillo.
Lois Mendez shows off her residency assignment in her hometown of El Paso at the 2023 Match Day, held in downtown Amarillo.
Lois Mendez shows off her residency assignment in her hometown of El Paso at the 2023 Match Day, held in downtown Amarillo.

For the opening of the envelopes, the TTUHSC School of Medicine administration will share a few words, followed by student, staff and family photo opportunities.

For more information about the upcoming day, follow TTUHSC on their socials.

This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Texas Tech University to host 2024 Match Day at Hodgetown