Twenty-four medical students at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine learned on March 20 where they will begin their residency training after graduation. The event, known as Match Day, is a nationwide ceremony in which aspiring doctors open envelopes at the same time to discover their residency program assignments.
Match Day is significant because it determines where new doctors will continue their training and start their careers. It also highlights the outcomes of medical education programs and addresses the ongoing need for primary care physicians across the country.
Nicole Bryce, a 26-year-old student inspired by her mother’s work with children, accepted a guaranteed residency position at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island through the Education to Employment Pathway in Primary Care program. “My mom had a natural gift with children—a trait I hope to emulate as a physician,” said Bryce. Dean Gladys M. Ayala, MD, MPH said, “We are extremely proud of our soon-to-be graduates and hope they will become the next generation of physician leaders in primary care. Their dedication, compassion, and clinical expertise will be assets to each and every community they serve.”
The class of 2026 marks the fifth graduating class from NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, which offers a three-year tuition-free degree focused on primary care—the only such program in the country. This year’s Match Day celebration took place at noon on March 20 as students opened their envelopes together.
All twenty-five members of this year’s class matched to residencies for five consecutive years; fifty-two percent matched with NYU Langone locations while seventy-six percent matched to programs within New York State or in primary care specialties such as family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or general surgery.
NYU Langone Health is recognized for high patient outcomes and quality standards across its facilities including seven inpatient locations and more than three hundred outpatient sites throughout New York area and Florida. The system includes two tuition-free medical schools—one in Manhattan and one on Long Island—and offers postgraduate training in over twenty specialties.
