📰BIDDEFORD & PORTLAND | UNE Announces New Doctor's Match to Medical Residencies, 84 Entering Primary Care

By Alan Bennett, Assistant Director of Communications, UNE

March 20, 2026, The University of New England announced today that 166 graduating physicians have matched to residencies in Maine, New England, and beyond, with over 50% heading to primary care posts amid a national shortage of primary care providers.

The Match Day celebration was held at UNE’s Portland Campus for the Health Sciences, which is home to Maine’s only medical school located in the recently inaugurated Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for the Health Sciences (June 2025).

By the Numbers:

• Total students matched to residencies: 166

• Maine placements: 13

• New England placements: 69

• 84 students entering primary care

• Family Medicine: 21

• Pediatrics: 20

• Internal Medicine: 43

• Emergency Medicine posts: 28

“You have chosen one of the most noble callings to pursue,” remarked UNE President James Herbert. “Our world needs more physicians, especially the kind of physicians that are trained right here in Maine.

“Wherever the world takes you, I know you are going to do amazing work,” Herbert added. I salute you for the profession you have chosen to undertake, and the work you do gets to the heart of UNE’s mission of taking care of individuals, communities, and the planet.”

UNE is Maine’s top provider of health care professionals, home Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts. Visit www.une.edu.