Photos by Eric Younghans, USF Health Communications

112 students participated in the University of South Florida College of Medicine’s Match Day ceremony at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, FL

USF College of Medicine Match Day 2011 attracted local and regional media. Dr. Stephen Klasko, dean of the medical school and CEO for USF Health does an interview with the local Fox News affiliate.

Everyone gets into the spirit of Match Day!  Christine Booth opens her envelope with her little one in one arm and some support  from Dr. Steven Specter, associate dean of student affairs for the USF College of Medicine. Booth will stay at USF to specialize in pediatrics.

Students wore green “Kiss Me, I Matched”  T-shirts for their St. Patrick’s Day Match, but hugs were plentiful too.

Whomever’s behind the green mustache, he’s pleased with his Match result.

L to R:  Holding masks of fellow medical student Danish Ahmad, Christian Perez, Samuel Lawindy and Hong Nguyen announce the match on behalf of Ahmad, who couldn’t make it to the ceremony at Skipper’s.  Ahmad will do his residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, specializing in internal and emergency medicine.

Woojin Chong is happy to find out she’s going to Einstein Montefiore Medical Center in NYC for her ob/gyn residency. Daughter Lilu, 5, is at her side.  Chong’s brothers in South Korea watched her match via the USF Health livestream.

A couples match!  Matthew DiVeronica, far left, and Meghan NeSmith, are both bound for Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR, where they will specialize in internal medicine.

Alyssa Brown chats on Facebook with her brother Dr. Vegas Brown (COM Class of 2005), an ER physician in Detroit who watched his sister open her Match Day envelope via the livestream.  Alyssa heads to Baylor College of Medicine for her ob/gyn residency.

The student at the end of the Match Day rainbow holds her pot of cash totaling more than $112.  Elisabeth Frei will conduct her general surgery residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

The USF Health Communications team helped students connect with family and friends across the country who could not attend the Match Day festivities by livestreaming the event  and through online technology (Facebook and Twitter).