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Alumnus JD Byrd to lead Marianna program

Steven Spence, who has served as clerkship administrator for the College of Medicine's rural clinical training program since its inception in 2006, is relinquishing that role as of April 10. His replacement will be one of his former students - John D. (JD) Byrd (M.D., '14).

In addition to leading the clerkship for 14 years, Spence maintained his practice in internal medicine and taught students in that specialty. He also oversaw the College of Medicine's switch to a longitudinal integrated clerkship in Marianna.

Byrd, who came to medical school at Florida State from the small, Panhandle town of Graceville, was recognized at graduation with the college's Mission Award, honoring the student who most embodied the school's mission to care for the underserved.  Byrd also received the Internal Medicine Award, presented by the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians. He also was inducted into the Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Following completion of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of South Alabama, Byrd returned to Graceville to practice at Campbellton Graceville Hospital, where he has been teaching FSU medical students from the Marianna program.

 

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Graduating students in the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2020 were notified where they will enter residency training this summer. The traditional Match Day Ceremony just took place a little bit differently this year.

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Florida State University College of Medicine Announces Match Day Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Melissa Powell            
(850) 645-9699; melissa.powell@med.fsu.edu

March 20, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Graduating students in the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2020 were notified where they will enter residency training this summer. The traditional Match Day Ceremony just took place a little bit differently this year.

Due to concerns about the global COVID-19 pandemic, the medical school replaced its annual on-campus ceremony with a virtual event in which most students received their news at home.

“Our students continue to match with wonderful programs in Florida and throughout the country,” said College of Medicine Dean John P. Fogarty. “While we were not able to celebrate this outstanding news as one big family the way we traditionally do, we are very proud of what our students have accomplished and believe they are well prepared to enter a new and challenging medical landscape.”

Of the 114 graduating students who registered in the matching program, 67 (59 percent) matched in a primary care specialty, including internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology.

Other students matched today in anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, pathology, psychiatry, diagnostic radiology, general surgery, urology and vascular surgery.

Two students matched in Tallahassee, and five matched with residency programs sponsored by the College of Medicine.

Forty-four students matched in Florida, a state that ranks 42nd nationally in the number of available residency slots.

The residency match, conducted annually by the National Resident Matching Program, is the primary system that matches applicants to residency programs with available positions at U.S. teaching hospitals. Graduating medical students across the country receive their match information at the same time on the same day.

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For information about current and past Match Day results, visit http://med.fsu.edu/index.cfm?page=alumniFriends.whereTheyMatched

To see where past College of Medicine graduates are practicing, visit https://public.med.fsu.edu/com/directory/alumni/?degree=md&nav=37

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