85 Graduates Begin Careers After Completing Degrees at Hackensack Meridian School Of Medicine

What You Need To Know

• Eighty-five students from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine have received their medical degrees and will now begin their careers.
• The commencement’s keynote was delivered by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, who commended the school for its continuing commitment to medical education in the state.
• Fifty-seven percent of the Class of 2023 (48 students) will train in New Jersey for the first year of residency. Of these, 39 of the students matched into a Hackensack Meridian Health program.
• Other residencies where this class has matched include: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital; Montefiore Medical Center, Einstein Campus; New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center; New York University, Grossman School of Medicine; Tufts University Medical Center; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and many others.

Watch a Recap of the Commencement

The specialties the students matched into include: Internal Medicine (21); Psychiatry and Psychiatry-Neurology (13); General Surgery (6); and Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, and Pediatrics (5 each), Neurology (4), Obstetrics and Gynecology (3), Internal Medicine - Pediatrics (2), Radiology - Diagnostic (2), Dermatology (1) ,Ophthalmology (1) Otolaryngology (1),Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (1), Plastic Surgery (1), Radiology - Diagnostic (2).

Congratulations to our new graduates!