MD/PhD Class of 2025 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 2025.
Many students participated in an in-person ceremony March 21 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
Hannah Bennett
Hannah Bennett
Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Hannah Bennett conducted research in the lab of Yongsoo Kim, PhD. Bennett is from Santa Cruz, CA. She earned her BS in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology from Univ. If Calif-Santa Cruz in 2015, and her PhD in Neuroscience from Penn State in 2023.
Jasmine Geathers
Jasmine Geathers
Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Jasmine Geathers conducted research in the lab of Jeffrey Sundstrum, MD, PhD. Geathers is from Chester, PA. She earned her BS in Chemistry, Biology from Xavier Univ. Of Louisiana, and her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Penn State in 2023.
Vladimir Khristov
Vladimir Khristov
Pediatrics, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
Vladimir Khristov conducted research in the lab of James Connor, PhD. Khristov is from the District of Columbia. He earned his BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bioengineering from Penn State in 2012, and his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Penn State in 2023.
Natella Maglakelidze
Natella Maglakelidze
Dermatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
Natella Maglakelidze conducted research in the lab of Ryan Hobbs, PhD. Maglakelidze is from Fair Lawn, NJ. She earned her BS in Biology from The College of New Jersey in 2015, and her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Penn State in 2023. Maglakelidze was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 2024, an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service. During her training, Maglakelidze was successful in securing external NIH funding for her F31 titled, “Aire-dependent regulation of spontaneous auto-immune-mediated alopecia.”
Ganesh Shenoy
Ganesh Shenoy
Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Ganesh Shenoy conducted research in the lab of James Connor, PhD. Shenoy is from Danville, PA. He earned his BS in Chemistry from Univ. of Pittsburgh in 2015, and his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Penn State in 2023. Shenoy was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in 2024, an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service. During his training, Shenoy was successful in securing external NIH funding for his F30 titled, “Understanding the Role of Macrophages and Iron in the Tumor Microenvironment.”
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