*RUSM has a first-time residency attainment rate of 96%, calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2025-26 residency position out of graduates or expected graduates in 2024-25 who were active applicants in the 2025 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. AUC’s first-time residency attainment rate for 2024-2025 graduates and expected graduates is 95%. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. As of July 17, 2025, they have not published their 2025 rates. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 94% pertains to graduates over five years from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of April 2025.
Andres Restrepo, MBBS, MS
Biography
Dr. Andres Restrepo joined Ross University School of Medicine in 2025 as Associate Professor of Pathology. He brings over two decades of clinical and academic experience in anatomical pathology, dermatopathology, and forensic pathology. He is a graduate of Universidad Libre and Universidad del Valle in Colombia. He previously worked as a Locum consultant Pathologist at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (Bermuda) and Horacio Oduber Hospital (Aruba), and served as Pathologist at Christus Health Pathology Laboratory in Colombia. Dr. Restrepo has held long-standing faculty positions at multiple Colombian medical schools, including Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali. In 2024, he was recognized among The Pathologist magazine’s “Top 20 Champions for Change” worldwide for his contributions to pathology education.
- Undergraduate Degree: Medical/Doctoral Degree: Doctor in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Universidad Libre, Cali, Colombia (1990-1996)
- Residency: Anatomical Pathology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia (2003–2006)
- Additional Training/Certifications:
- Master in Dermatopathology and Clinical Correlation, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain (2023)
- Visiting Fellow, Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Columbus, Ohio, USA (2006)
- Surgical Pathology
- Top 20 Champions for Change, The Pathologist Magazine, 2024
- Board Secretary, Colombian Association of Pathologists (ASOCOLPAT), 2018–2020
- Dermatopathology
- Oncologic pathology
- Forensic pathology
- Pathology education
- Quality assurance in histopathology
- Restrepo A. *Ecthyma gangrenosum of fungal origin: A case report.* Case Reports in Dermatology. 2024;16:240–247.
- Restrepo A. *Giant dysgerminoma with pelvic metastases at puberty: A case report and review of the literature.* Magna Scientia. 2023;3(2).
- Restrepo A. *Recommendations for certifying deaths due to COVID-19 in Colombia.* Revista Colombiana de Patología. 2020.
- Restrepo A. *Editorial: Challenges in Colombian pathology practice.* Revista Colombiana de Patología. 2019;1(5):4–6.
- Restrepo A. *Limitations of anatomo-pathologic studies in Colombia.* Revista Colombiana de Patología. 2019;1(2):23–26.
- Restrepo A. *Minimal retention times for pathology files: Recommendations.* Revista Colombiana de Patología. 2019;1(1):22–27.
- Restrepo A. *Chordoid meningioma: Case report and literature review.* Acta Neurológica Colombiana. 2018;34(1):40–44.
- Restrepo A. *Brain metastatic choriocarcinoma: A case presentation.* Spanish Society of Pathology Annual Meeting, Santander, Spain. 2015.
- Restrepo A. *Viral myocarditis as a cause of sudden death.* Revista Latinoamericana de Patología. 2009;204.
- Restrepo A. *Sensitivity of Toluidine Blue vs Hematoxylin-Eosin in detecting Helicobacter pylori.* Universidad del Valle Research Symposium. 2006.
- Restrepo A. *Reliability of Prostate-Specific Antigen in prostate cancer diagnosis.* Latin American Society of Pathology Congress, Quito, Ecuador. 2003.
- Colombian Association of Pathologists (ASOCOLPAT)
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9143-5031