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The first match will be announced at 11 a.m. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. with a short program beginning at 10:30 a.m. You can watch the ceremony live at www.uab.edu/matchday.
Match Day is coordinated by the National Resident Matching Program, which provides an impartial venue for matching residency programs with more than 17,000 U.S. medical school students and more than 15,000 independent applicants—including graduates from international medical and U.S. osteopathic schools— who compete for available positions each year.