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White Coat Ceremony

for the
Class of 2026

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Prelude, 1:00 PM
Ceremony, 1:30 PM

Glenn Memorial Auditorium
Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia 30322

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“For this is the day you know too little
against the day when you will know too much

For you will be invincible
and vulnerable in the same breath
which is the breath of your patients

For their breath is our breathing and our reason…

For there will be days of joy
For there will be elevators of elation

and you will walk triumphantly
in purest joy
along the halls of the hospital
and say Yes to all the dark corners
where no one is listening
For the heart will lead
For the head will explain
but the final common pathway is the heart
whatever kingdom may come
For what matters finally is how the human spirit is spent
For this is the day of joy
For this is the morning to rejoice
For this is the beginning
Therefore, let us rejoice
Gaudeamus igitur.”

Excerpt from “Gaudeamus Igitur” by John Stone, MD
in “On Doctoring: Stories, Poems, Essays”
Richard Reynolds, MD and John Stone, MD
New York, New York,
Simon & Schuster, 2001 (3rd Edition)

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Class of 2026


Harvey Society Lister Society

Alexander Abdollahzadeh Meghan Elizabeth Acheson
Iris D. Abrahantes Morales Akiirayi Adetula Ademoyo

Temiloluwa Adekunle Paridhi Agarwal
Jillian Cynthia Balser Natalie Lynn Albright
Owen Charles Cooper Shreya Bandlamudi
Emma Kate Costanza
Kaylyn Gabrielle Crawford Jaret Ryan Barr
Daniela Farchi Behar Wilson Battle
Anna Eden Fischer Katherine Chandler
Brian Hyun Chung
Meredith Fuchs Ruwanthi Nayanthara Ekanayake
Benjamin William Furman Andrew Elmer
Anne W. Emanuels
Margo Gerke Gabrielle Sara Gershon
Francesca Giraudo Nicole Louise Greene
Katharina Goebel Christopher Li He
Anna Louise Gorsky Mary Katherine Henry
Jonathan William Gunasti Dana Christine Herman
Evan Hoopingarner Rachel Holstein
Claire (Xinyue) Hu
Charles Hower Sana Kamboj
Danielle Marie Hunt Preksha Kukreja
David Reuben Gidon Kulp
Adam A. Jarvie Emily Lynn Laskey
Sarah Gyojin Jung Isabella Maria Le
Ian Michael Kusher Hannah Dorothea Mason
Arielle Michelle Lawson Jessica Grace McHenry
Abigail LeCates Sarah Anne McLaughlin
Chiemeka S. Njoku
Sonja Lehmann Leah Annette Phillips
Sydney Morrow Anna Pulminskas
Simosenkosi Nkomboni Brendan Harold Pulsifer
Jordan Prosky Nicolas Quiroga Gutierrez
Daughtry Grace St. John
Julia Rogers David Walker IV
Allison Jamie Schwartz Laurence Wechsler
James Mitchell Sherrer Maya Nicole Younker
Julia Evelyn Shuford
Paul Idimmachukwu Stephen

Jasmin Strong
Semaj’ Nikia Testamark
Cherise Jonelle Thomas

Rylea Trudeau
Vega Walke

Catherine Yang

Class of 2026

Osler Society Semmelweis Society

Simone Akua Adjei Afriyie Benjamin McDowell Borron
Rafae Alam Avery Brown

Angella Ampadu Appah Julia Christine Byrnes
Britney Elizabeth Beckett Emily Liu Chen

Drake Berry Jacqueline Rose Charly Comiter
Helena Huong Bui Megan Dahl
Dominique Renee Carlo Franceschi
Alexa Caroline Clark Natalie F. David
Lucie Anne Duffy Karen Emefa Dordor
Samantha Aroy Eco Lily Dianna Dresner
William Roarke Dunne
Zoë Ariana Fort Julia (Gigi) Grigorian
Natalie Givens
Khushi Gupta
Riya Goel Preethi Karnam
Jasmine Marie Herd
Ruby Ladd
Daniel Kelly Molly Yasmine Lavaud
Benjamin Eric Kieff
Kathleen Len
Jessy Kline Ryan Masotti
Bo Hyun (Allen) Kong Bryan Zanetti Médilien
Rachel Sophia Lazris Giovanni Mella-Velazquez
Myles Marcellus Morgan
Ari Levine Brandy Amedtina N’jai
Kuhan A. Mahendraraj Kasthuri Nair
Vivek Anand Pisharody
Jennifer Mansour Sheila Shanta Rajagopalan
Basil Aston Alexander McIntosh Jillian Rankin
Kierra Regis
Mina Milosavljevic Maxwell Baker Richardson
Jonathon Moss Monroe Nikkia Schady
Phillip Joseph Sumardi
Julian L. Moran Sydney Taylor
Angela Mieko Riggins Lina Anwar Tewala
Lily Caroline Vigtel
Tamia Lenee Ross Booth D. Vogel
Sarah G. Samaranayake Bria Alexis Ward
Matthew David Steinberg
Ayahiro Daiana Takashima

Alice L. Treuth
Julia Tully

Olivia A. Veira
John Zhizhong Wang

Mollie Westrick

Program

Musical Prelude

Procession of Students
Marilane Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA
Associate Dean for Medical Education

Welcome
Ira K. Schwartz, MD
Associate Dean, Medical Education & Student Affairs
Dean of Admissions

Vikas P. Sukhatme, MD, ScD
Dean, School of Medicine

Gregory L. Fenves, PhD
President, Emory University

The Medical School Experience
J. William Eley, MD, MPH
Executive Associate Dean,

Medical Education & Student Affairs

Presentation of the White Coats
Faculty of the MD Societies

Closing Remarks
Ira K. Schwartz, MD

Recitation of “The Oath of Hippocrates”
J. William Eley, MD, MPH

Please remain seated until the Class of 2026 has recessed.
Reception immediately following the Ceremony under the tent

on the School of Medicine Front Lawn

The Oath of Hippocrates

As the ancient Greeks swore by their pagan gods,
so do I solemnly affirm

that as a student in medicine at Emory University,
according to my ability and judgment,
I will keep this oath and stipulation.

I will consider dear to me those who have taught me this art
and will impart the precepts and instruction of the profession

to all those who qualify as students of the art
and agree to the standards of the profession.

I will follow that system of regimen,
which according to my ability and judgment

I consider for the benefit of my patients,
and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

Into whatever house I enter
I will go into it for the benefit of the sick,
and will abstain from every voluntary act

of mischief and corruption.
Whatever in connection with my professional practice

or not in connection with it,
I see or hear in the lives of men and women

which ought not be spoken of abroad,
I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.

While I continue to keep this oath inviolate,
may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art,

respected by all people in all times,
but should I trespass and violate this oath

may the reverse be my lot.

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We thank you for your support of the Class of 2026!

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