Jumping in at a time of need

More than two-thirds of M.D. Class of 2020 graduated early; some stepping into residency training early to help

By Erin Hoover Barnett March 27, 2020 Portland, Oregon

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2020 Alt Match Day

Alix Cooper, M.D., hiking above Upper Klamath Lake, March 20, 2020, to mark not only matching to Cascades East but also graduating early from the OHSU M.D. program, among 104 members of the Class of 2020 who are graduating early (68 percent). (Photo courtesy Alix Cooper)

Early grads

From left, Alix Cooper, M.D., and German Ferrer, M.D., are among a small group of OHSU M.D. Class of 2020 students graduating early and stepping straight into residency training to serve during COVID-19. They will train at Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program in Klamath Falls with program director Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, M.D., right. (OHSU)

Early grads

Newlyweds Steve and Ashley Moran, M.D. will serve together on the COVID-19 front lines. Steve Moran is a firefighter-paramedic for Eugene Springfield and Ashley Moran graduated from the OHSU School of Medicine M.D. program early and will begin residency in the OHSU emergency department in April. (Photo courtesy Ashley Moran)

(Photo courtesy Ashley Moran)