UCLA holds first in-person ‘Match Day’ since COVID began
Medical students Eden Patton, center, and Ryan Ine Woodson, left, celebrate Patton’s acceptance for residency at UC San Francisco on Friday at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.
UCLA hosted its first in-person “Match Day” ceremony since 2019 on Friday.
Medical students got to discover where they’ll live and work during the next stage of their careers. Some 150 students opened their acceptance letters in front of a crowd of friends and family. Students were matched in programs including hospital residencies, advanced training and clinical specialties.
Gary Coronado was a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times from 2016-24. He is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature photography for images of Central Americans risking life and limb as they jump aboard the trains from southern Mexico bound for the United States and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news photography for team coverage of hurricanes. He began freelancing for the Orange County Register and relocated to South Florida in 2001, when he was awarded a fellowship through the Freedom Forum. Coronado grew up in Southern California and graduated from USC.