She became a clinical research intern for Eko, a digital stethoscope company, and took pre-med courses at Johns Hopkins University, which offers a linkage program with the Warren Alpert Medical School. On Friday, Tiwari learned she matched to the University of Cincinnati’s combined family medicine and psychiatry residency program. She was attracted to both fields not only for the opportunity to build long-term connections with patients, but also because of her family’s experience as immigrants in Jersey City.

“We only had one general practitioner in the area, and when they closed down, we didn’t really have anyone else to go to,” she said. “As I got older, I realized the big gaps that existed in my own health care and my family’s. It’s so important to have someone who can navigate those things with you.”

Medical student Victoria Angenent-Mari, from Madison, Wisconsin, will train in family medicine at Kent Hospital in Rhode Island, which is affiliated with Brown, and specialize in obstetrics. She said she didn’t know the scope of family medicine until she shadowed a physician at his clinic during her third year. Angenent-Mari was struck by the level of trust he had with two patients in particular — a pregnant patient who repeatedly asked if the doctor would be the one to deliver their baby, and a palliative patient who shared their worries with taking certain medications prescribed by an oncologist.

“That day really did it for me,” she said. “I just thought it was so beautiful that at every stage of someone's life that the thing he seemed to be specializing in was a trusting relationship with his patients.”

Angenent-Mari looked back on the many opportunities for advocacy she had at Brown, including working with the Brown Human Rights Asylum Clinic, where she wrote pro bono medical affidavits for those seeking asylum, and serving as co-president of the Medical Student Pride Alliance during her second year.

“I didn’t realize how much medical-legal overlap there was in the field of medicine, and getting more involved in that made it clear I want it to be part of my practice in the future,” Angenent-Mari said. “I wish more physicians realized how easy it is to be able to advocate for patients legally and in various other ways.”

Residency matches across the nation

Bazif Bala came to Brown through the Program in Liberal Medical Education and is earning a master’s degree alongside his M.D. as part of the University’s Primary Care-Population Medicine Program. This summer he will begin his psychiatry residency at Stanford University Medical Center. Bala says he chose the field because of his experience as a South Asian and some of the stigmas associated with mental health care.

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“Even for people who recognize seeking out treatment is important, they generally want people who speak the same language as them and who look like them,” Bala said. “Beyond that, they want people who, even if they don’t speak the same language, know how to ask about their culture and their background.”

Bala’s research in language-based work culminated in his award-winning documentary short, “Migration and Medicine: Teaching Trauma-Informed Care for Refugees.” He hopes to continue focusing on the intersection of public and community psychiatry.

Kalyn Nix will train in general surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center. The Wilmington, Delaware, native and Princeton University graduate had originally aimed to pursue obstetrics and gynecology — however, a surgery rotation in her third year altered her course.

“In my fourth year, I was trying to figure out if I was going to dual apply to OB-GYN or general surgery,” Nix says. “I was very open about it with all the general surgeons, and they were so supportive with helping me and my decision-making.”

Over the past four years, Nix took on various leadership roles. As a head tutor at the medical school, she helped manage more than 100 tutors, and she served as co-president of the Student National Medical Association chapter. Nix also volunteered with Clínica Esperanza, a Providence clinic that provides care to uninsured patients, and traveled to Kenya for a global health rotation. She said she is looking forward to future international surgery experiences and may practice in Barbados, where her family is from. Thanks to her experiences at Brown, she also sees herself teaching in an academic setting.

“I’m really grateful for my time here,” Nix says. “If I could do it all again, I 100% would.”

The Warren Alpert Medical School is among medical schools across the country that participate in the National Resident Matching Program. The complete match list for the Warren Alpert Medical School’s soon-to-be Class of 2026 graduates is available on the school’s website.