Adam Tolar, SHS graduate, at left, will serve his residency in emergency medicine at UNM

In an effort to address the physician shortage in New Mexico, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque created a program called BA/MD in 2006. Adam Tolar was the first graduate from Silver High School to be admitted to this program in 2009.

Adam will graduate from UNM School of Medicine on May 12, 2017. During a GǣMatchGǥ ceremony that took place at UNM on Friday, March 17, Adam received notification to have matched at the UNM's hospital residency program. Adam will begin as an Emergency Resident Physician in July 2017.

Adam sent applications to 60 hospitals, throughout the USA, he interviewed in hospitals in El Paso, two in Tucson, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Michigan, Detroit and Albuquerque. His first choice was Albuquerque, and he matched in Albuquerque.

In Adam's own words, GǣStill feels like a dream! So blessed to be able to stay in Albuquerque and practice Emergency Medicine at such an awesome program.Gǥ His family and friends wish to congratulate and wish him success.

The National Residency Match Program (NRMP) is a system for the confidential selection of applicants to core residency programs. After registering for a Match at the NRMP and completing interviews, applicants submit a list of programs where they wish to attend, ranked in order of preference.

At the same time, program directors submit a list of applicants that they have interviewed and wish to train. It is the applicants and program directors' final preferences that determine the Match outcome.

In 2017 there were more than 43,000 applicants registered in almost 5,000 programs offering approximately 32,000 training positions in different specialties. Adam Tolar applied for Emergency Medicine along with 2,047 applicants nationwide. UNM offered 12 emergency medicine positions, one of which was filled by Adam.

http://www.nrmp.org/press-release-2017-nrmp-main-residency-match-the-largest-match-on-record/