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White Coat Ceremony, August 2005

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Deborah German, M.D., chair of the Association of American Medical College’s group on student affairs, was the keynote speaker for the ceremony. First-year students Derrick Williams, Caroline Tran, Michelle Ng and Kim Tran. Senior faculty cloak the students go forward to be cloaked in their first white coats —a symbol of professionalism and empathy in the practice of medicine.
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Walter Lawrence, M.D, helps Aditi Dhakar into her first white coat. Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, M.D., helps Dimitrios Sismanis into his coat. Jerry Strauss, M.D., Ph.D., (center) the new dean of the School of Medicine, joined the students for the ceremony.
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Dean of Medicine Jerry Strauss, M.D., Ph.D., greeted the students as they came forward. Dean of Medicine Jerry Strauss, M.D., Ph.D., helps Scott Kim into his coat. Inova’s Associate Dean Craig Cheifetz, M.D., came to Richmond for the ceremony.
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Medicine Dean Jerry Strauss, M.D., Ph.D., led the students in reciting the Hippocratic Oath. (From right to left: Shifa Mohiuddin, Kim Ball, Tejas Patel, Aryan Aghevli and Shannon Miller.) After the ceremony, family and friends gathered for pictures and celebration. Here, Jennifer Buckley poses for a photo with her parents.  

Photos by Allen Jones, VCU Creative Services.

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