Albert Einstein College of Medicine graduating medical and M.D./Ph.D. students will learn Friday, March 20, 2026, where they will begin the next phase of their training as residents and interns at medical centers and hospitals around the nation.

Students and their families, friends, and mentors will gather on campus for the annual Match Day celebration, one of the most significant professional milestones of a physician’s life. As a noontime gong sounds, students will open their envelopes, displayed on a long line stretching across the campus central courtyard, and discover their training locations.

“Match Day is a moment of excitement, anticipation, and relief as years of dedication culminate and launch our students into the next stage of their training,” said Yaron Tomer, M.D., the Marilyn & Stanley M. Katz Dean at Einstein and chief academic officer at Montefiore Einstein.

Speakers at the event will include Philip Ozuah, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Montefiore Einstein, Dr. Tomer; Yoon Kang, M.D., vice dean for education and the Ruth L. Gottesman Chair in Education at Einstein; Jeremy I. Nadelmann, M.D. ’85, assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and a noninvasive cardiologist at Yale Medicine; Amanda Raff, M.D. ’98, senior associate dean for medical education and professor of medicine; and Mimoza Meholli, M.D., assistant dean for student affairs and associate professor of medicine.

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) conducts the match using a computerized mathematical algorithm to align the preferences of applicants with the preferences of U.S. residency programs seeking new trainees.

Residency training for most graduates will begin about seven weeks after Einstein’s May 20 commencement ceremony.