MD/PhD Class of 2024 students find out their residency matches

Several Penn State College of Medicine MD/PhD students graduating this year received their residency destinations as part of Match Day 2024.

Many students participated in an in-person ceremony March 15 to find out where they will continue their medical training.

Match Day, which takes place at medical schools across the country on the same day, is the culmination of a process that began months ago as students visited and evaluated residency programs, while programs simultaneously evaluated them.

MD/PhD students and their matches

Gregory Brown

Gregory Brown

GloCal Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco 

Gregory Brown conducted his research in the lab of Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD. Brown is from Wyomissing, Pa. He earned his BS in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia in 2016 and his PhD in engineering science and mechanics from Penn State in 2022. During his training, Brown was successful in securing external NIH funding for his F30 titled, “The Striatum And Hippocampus: ‘Hubs’ of White Matter Connections in Parkinson’s Disease Cognitive Decline.”

Chachrit “Poom” Khunsriraksakul

Chachrit “Poom” Khunsriraksakul

Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Chachrit “Poom” Khunsriraksakul conducted his research in the lab of Dajiang Liu, PhD. Khunsriraksakul is from Bangkok, Thailand. He earned his BS in biomedical engineering, applied mathematics and statistics from Johns Hopkins University in 2016 and his PhD in bioinformatics and geonomics from Penn State (Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences) in 2022. Khunsriraksakul was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 2023, an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service.

Kristen Manto

Kristen Manto

Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Kristen Manto conducted her research in the lab of John Elfar, MD. Manto is from Fairless Hills, Pa. She earned her BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2017 and her PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2022. Manto was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 2023, an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service. Manto was elected to Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2023, a national honor society that recognizes senior medical students, residents, physicians and nurses for excellent clinical and classroom skills.

Kyra Newmaster

Kyra Newmaster

Child Neurology,Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

Kyra Newmaster conducted her research in the lab of Yongsoo Kim, PhD. Newmaster is from Ickesburg, Pa. She earned her BS in biochemistry from Shippensburg University in 2016 and her PhD in neuroscience from Penn State College of Medicine in 2022.

Ernest Wang

Ernest Wang

Diagnostic Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Ernest Wang conducted his research in the lab of Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD. Wang is from Pittsford, N.Y. He earned his BS in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University in 2012 and his PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2022. Wang was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 2023, an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service. During his training Wang was successful in securing external NIH funding for his F30 titled, “Effects of HFE H63D on Brain Mn Accumulation and Neurotoxicity.” Wang is a military veteran, having served in Jordan with the United States Army as an engineer and public affairs officer while also pursuing his MD/PhD.

Eric Yau

Eric Yau

Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Eric Yau conducted his research in the lab of Zissis Chroneos, PhD. Yau is from Anaheim, Calif. He earned his BA in chemistry and public health from Johns Hopkins University in 2013 and his MS in molecular microbiology and immunology in 2015, and his PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2022.

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