Jim Ahern, MD ’18, opened an envelope at Burt Kahn Court to find his top choice — Ventura County Medical Center in California — for a residency in family medicine.

“It felt like home when I visited there,” Ahern said. “I know they will push me to be the kind of doctor I want to be, and to practice the kind of medicine I want to practice.”

Dembowski and Brink were among six students who applied to The Match as a couple. Six future doctors connected with early match programs — two with ophthalmology, two with urology and two with the military match — and received their assignments in December and January.

Kelly M. Lucchesi, MD '18, met Gregory M. Chamberlin, MD '18, during their first year of med school. They went into The Match as a couple and were excited and relieved to learn they will be together at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She will train in neurosurgery and he in pathology.

The couple announced their engagement last June and are now looking forward to planning the wedding and finding a place to live.