(PHILADELPHIA) – 2007 marks the first year
that a Perelman School of Medicine graduating
class is comprised of more women (78) than men (77). Surgeon
and writer, Dr. Atul Gawande, will provide the Graduation Address
to these 155 graduating medical students, as they begin their journey
as new doctors.
WHERE: |
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center [parking,
directions, and map]
260 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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WHEN/WHO: |
Monday, May 14, 2007
8 p.m. |
Processional |
8:05 p.m. |
Opening remarks by Arthur Rubenstein,
MBBCH, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the University
of Pennsylvania for the Health System |
8:15 p.m. |
Graduation Address presented by Atul
Gawande, MD, Brigham
and Women's Hospital, the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute,
and The New Yorker magazine |
8:45 p.m. |
Presentation of diplomas and Hooding Ceremony |
9:45 p.m. |
Recitation of the Hippocratic Oath |
10 p.m. |
Recessional |
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Editor's Note: If you plan on attending, please contact Kate Olderman at 215-349-8369
or 215-200-2312.
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