MD/MPH Students Match into Residencies Across the Country on 2026 Match Day

On March 20, 2026, fourth-year medical students at UTMB's John Sealy School of Medicine gathered in Levin Hall to open their match envelopes and learn where they will spend the next phase of their medical training. Among them were students in the School of Public and Population Health's MD/MPH dual-degree program, who matched into 11 specialties at programs in seven states.

Match Day is one of the most anticipated events in medical education. After years of coursework, clinical rotations, and residency interviews, students simultaneously opened their results at 11:00 a.m. and discovered where they have been placed through the National Resident Matching Program.

The MD/MPH dual degree is built into the four-year medical school timeline, with 30 credit hours of graduate coursework in the Public Health Leadership track covering health systems financing and delivery, quality measurement, evidence-informed decision-making, and the social and behavioral factors that shape health outcomes.

That training shows up in this year's match results. Graduates headed into family medicine, psychiatry, and general surgery will carry formal preparation in population-level thinking into specialties where individual patient encounters intersect directly with community health needs.

Others matched into fields like interventional radiology and child neurology where systems-level understanding of access and resource allocation can influence how care reaches underserved populations.

The table below shows where each publicly listed MD/MPH student matched.

View the full Match Day ceremony details on the JSSOM website.

2026 MD/MPH Match Outcomes

† The student first completes a preliminary PGY-1 year in Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center–Dallas before starting the Anesthesiology residency at Northwestern.
‡ The student first completes a PGY-1 year in Medicine-Primary at UCLA Medical Center before starting the Interventional Radiology residency at NYU.
§ The student first completes a Transitional PGY-1 year at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth before starting the Interventional Radiology residency at UC San Diego.

This table includes only students who consented to having their match results shared publicly. Some students opted out of public posting; the list may not reflect the full number of MD/MPH matches.