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Early matches announced for medical students

Feb. 16, 2026


Residency Match Day is Friday, March 20. That’s when most students graduating from the College of Medicine will find out where they will take the next step in their training as physicians. Students matching into urology and ophthalmology, however, have already been notified of their placements.

Military matches were announced in December.

Congratulations to the following students on their matches:

Urology

  • Leo Puhalla, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Ophthalmology

  • Marcella Hegarty, The Ohio State University
  • Jessica Lee, The Ohio State University
  • James Raynor, University of North Carolina

A composite image of four individual headshots showing students in professional attire against neutral studio backgrounds.

From left are Marcella Hegarty, Jessica Lee, Leo Puhalla and James Raynor.


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