The energy on both Kansas City University campuses was electric as cheers, laughter and happy tears echoed through the halls with the arrival of Match Day 2025. Osteopathic medical students gathered on KCU’s campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, surrounded by family, friends and faculty members, sharing smiles, hugs and shrieks of joy as they learned where their residencies will take them following commencement in May. Others Zoomed in from across the country to take part in the celebration and share their exciting news.
KCU student doctors placed in programs across the nation, representing a broad range of specialties. As of March 24, over 99 percent have secured post-graduate placement. Reflecting KCU’s standing as the ninth most impactful medical school in the U.S. for primary care, nearly 50 percent of graduates matched into primary care fields comprised of family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. Other placements include anesthesiology, orthopedic and general surgery, urology, otolaryngology, diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, ophthalmology and dermatology.
“I was thrilled! It’s a long journey of uncertainty and waiting, but luckily, I had my family, my wife’s family and some of my best friends here,” remarked Student Doctor Donald Keating, who placed in anesthesiology at Duke University. “Opening up that envelope, I think I started to get some tunnel vision. I saw Duke and was just over the moon! KCU does a tremendous job with their clinical education department. I have had incredible support over the last two years,” he added.
Not only is Match Day a time of excitement for students and their families, it is a moment of intense pride for the faculty and deans who have guided students throughout four years of rigorous academic preparation.
“Residency placement marks both a major milestone and a significant achievement,” said W. Joshua Cox, DO, FACOFP, executive dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine. “We are proud to celebrate our student doctors as they take the next step in their medical journeys. Soon, they will graduate and join a network of more than 10,000 KCU alumni fulfilling our mission of improving the well-being of the communities we serve.”
KCU is the fourth-largest medical school in the nation, the leading producer of physicians in Missouri and the second-leading producer for the state of Kansas.
A full list of residency placements can be viewed here. Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2025 will take place on May 4 and May 9 in Joplin and Kansas City respectively.
About Kansas City University
Kansas City University, founded in 1916, is a fully accredited, private not-for-profit health sciences university with Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Biosciences and a developing College of Dental Medicine. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is the eighth largest medical school in the U.S., the ninth most impactful medical school for primary care for the nation, the tenth most affordable of private medical colleges, and the leading producer of physicians for the State of Missouri. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has two sites strategically located on the University’s campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, Missouri, to address the growing needs of both urban and rural populations. The University offers multiple graduate degrees; a doctor of osteopathic medicine; a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology; a master of arts in bioethics; a master of science in the biomedical sciences; a master of business administration in partnership with Rockhurst University; a new master of public health in partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center; and plans to seat the first doctor of dental medicine students in 2023.
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