As the clock ticked toward noon, excitement and anticipation filled the room at Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM) at Tower Health.<\/p>\n
Berks County native Alexis Price-Moyer tore open her white envelope on Match Day and discovered she would begin her general surgery residency at Temple University Medical Center. This marks the second year that the College of Medicine at Tower Health celebrated Match Day and medical students have found their \u201cmatch\u201d at hospitals across the region and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed my time at the Tower Health campus. It\u2019s home and we created a family,\u201d Price-Moyer said. \u201cBut I\u2019m ready to hit the ground running and show Temple what I\u2019m capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Price-Moyer dreamed of becoming a doctor since the age of 9, inspired by the loss of her father to cancer. A United States Air Force veteran, she completed her entire educational journey \u2013 from preschool through college \u2013 within Berks County, graduating from Penn State Berks and Wilson High School. She was part of the inaugural West Reading campus class. She later completed a year of research through the prestigious Medical Research Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health before returning to medical school, where she served as class president each year.<\/p>\n
Match Day is an annual rite of passage for fourth-year medical students across the country, when they learn where they will complete their residency programs, which can last three to seven years. This year, 290 Drexel College of Medicine students participated in Match Day at the Philadelphia and West Reading campuses.<\/p>\n
Under the leadership of Wei Du, MD, and his team, Tower Health received nearly 20,400 applications and successfully filled all 110 resident and fellow match positions. Eight DUCOM students were matched with Tower Health and will join the system\u2019s high-quality care teams in emergency medicine, OB\/GYN, and psychiatry.<\/p>\n
During Match Day, friends and family gathered for the countdown and big moment. Dr. Charles F. Barbera, Reading Hospital President and CEO and a Temple University School of Medicine graduate, was among those cheering when the students revealed their matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttending Match Day is a privilege,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of Alexis for matching at Temple. \u201cShe represents what is truly special about our community, and I can\u2019t wait to see what her future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tower Health and the College of Medicine continue to strengthen their partnership. Since 2023, 31 Drexel medical students have joined residency programs at Tower Health, helping expand patient care and build the local medical workforce.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese individuals represent the future of medicine here at home and around the nation,\u201d said Michael Stern, Tower Health president and CEO.<\/p>\n
For Price-Moyer, the day marked the culmination of years of dedication and hard work, as well as the beginning of the next chapter in her journey to make a difference in patients\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the clock ticked toward noon, excitement and anticipation filled the room at Drexel University College of Medicine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-154745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}