Match Day 2018 ushered in a new group of surgery residents, while saying goodbye to others who will soon leave UAB for different programs across the country. With 98 percent of students’ matching into residency positions, UAB students will continue their medical educations at 74 institutions across 27 states.

In an ongoing series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This week, learn about the Plastic Surgery Residency Program and its two new residents, as well as its three outgoing residents.

Incoming

This year, UAB celebrates a successful recruitment for residents in its 35 residency programs. A total of 214 new residents, representing 60 U.S. and 27 international universities, will begin this summer in programs at Birmingham, Huntsville, Selma and Montgomery. This year, the Plastic Surgery Residency Program welcomes two new residents: Pallavi Kumbla, M.D., from the University of Arkansas, and Ryan Restrepo, M.D., from the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Outgoing

Two graduating residents of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program, Joseph Zakhary, M.D., and Matthew Mino, M.D., will leave UAB to take positions in a private practice and a microsurgery fellowship, respectively. One resident, Prasanth Patcha, M.D., will stay at UAB to work as an instructor in the Division of Plastic Surgery.