- Good afternoon everyone.
Class of 2024,
here's the plan for officially
donning your white coats.
Names will be called out
alphabetically by last name.
When I announce your name,
bring your coat with you
to the front of the stage,
then don your coat
and pose for a socially
distanced photograph
with Dean Brown.
Be sure to look at the camera and smile.
After the photograph,
continue back to your seat,
exiting stage right.
You should also find your
stethoscope donated by
the Association of Yale Alumni in Medicine
as is tradition at YSM
on or under your seat.
Please collect it when
you return to your seat
after donning your white coat,
it's probably also a good idea
to put your name badge on your chair,
that you find affixed to your chair
to the stethoscope box
so that you do not
misplace your stethoscope.
That has been a habit in the past.
Inside the box, you will also
find a thank you note card
to the alum who donated your stethoscope.
So if you would wish to
write a short note of thanks
to the alum and we highly
encourage you to do so,
please do so and drop off the note
at the office of education drop basket,
on the third floor of Harkness Hall.
And it will be mailed out to the alum.
Finally, I ask that
you hold your applause,
'til all of you have
donned your white coats,
so that we can all
collectively applaud you
and recognize the YSM Class of 2024
in its entirety.
That should also allow for a robust
and hopefully rousing round
of applause to recognize you.
So, let's begin.
Hisham Abdou
from the University of
Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Hamid Abuwarda from the
University of California, Irvine,
entering the MD/PhD program.
Amber Acquaye from Vanderbilt University.
Adrian Acuna Higaki from
University of Florida.
Phillip Adejumo from
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County entering
the MD/PhD program.
August Allocco from Yale University.
John Andrews from New York University.
Cem Atillasoy from Cornell University.
Ishan Ayyalasomayajula
from University of
California, Los Angeles.
Ryan Bahar from Brown University.
Baylee Bakkila from Stanford University.
Olugbenro Bamidele from
Illinois State University.
Pratheek Bobba from University
of Alabama at Birmingham.
Sam Boroumand from
University of Wisconsin.
Patricia Bunda from University
of California, Los Angeles
entering the MD/PhD program.
Evan Cao from Columbia University.
Kailey Carlson from Hamilton College.
Thomas Chang from University
of California, Los Angeles.
Daniel Colón-Ríos from
University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez Campus, entering
the MD/PhD program.
(crowd cheering)
Joseph Cunningham from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
entering the MD/PhD program.
Ruben De Man from State
University of New York
at Stony Brook, entering
the MD/PhD program.
Gabriela de Queiroz Campos
from Brown University.
Patrick Demkowicz from Yale University.
Harry Doernberg from Yale University.
Julia Eisen from Barnard College.
Lina Elmansy from Yale University.
Victoria Fan from Stanford University.
Soraya Fereydooni from
Stanford University.
Brian Fleischer from Stanford University.
Brian will join us later
but we wanted to recognize him as well.
Andin Fosam from University of Pittsburgh
entering the MD/PhD program.
Stephen Gillinov from Harvard University.
Michael Gouzoulis  from University
of Maryland College Park.
Ruchi Gupta from Rice University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Omar Hafez from Johns Hopkins University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Sacha Hauc from Boston College.
Astrid Hengartner from Yale University.
Kevin Hu from Yale University.
Thomas Huang from Tulane University.
Brandon Hudik from Yale University.
Cameron Hunter from
University of Notre Dame.
Jacqueline Ihnat from
University of Missouri.
Rachel Jaber Chehayeb
from Yale University.
Amanda Jankelovits from
University of Pennsylvania.
Anita Jegarl from Cornell University.
Shashwat Kala from Dartmouth College.
Chaney Kalinich from Yale University.
Michael Kaminski from St. Olaf College.
Tamar Kaminski from Brown University.
Alexander Kammien from
University of Arkansas.
Teimur Kayani from Wesleyan University.
Nikkita Khattar from George
Washington University,
entering the MD/PhD program.
Lauren Killingsworth
from Stanford University,
entering the MD/PhD program.
Charlotte Kim from Brown University.
Haleigh Larson from Yale University.
Rachel Levinson from
University of Pennsylvania.
Connor Lewis from the United
States Military Academy.
Eric Li from Yale University.
Cynthia Lo from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology,
entering the MD/PhD program.
Jovan Lopez from Stanford University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Ethan Maahs from University
of California, Berkeley.
Jacob Mabey from Brigham Young University
Ami Mange from Johns Hopkins University.
Rebecca Marks from Washington
University, in St. Louis.
Victoria Marks from Yale University.
Daniel McQuaid from Yale University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Tanner Metcalfe from
University of Rochester.
Darius Mostaghimi from
Johns Hopkins University.
Cindy Khanh Nguyen from Yale University.
Ijeoma Nwabudike from
University of Chicago
entering the MD/PhD program.
Nicole Odzer from Yale University.
Nora O'Neill from Harvard University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Emily Park from Elmhurst College.
Nancy Park from Georgia
Institute of Technology.
Nishita Pondugula from
University of Texas at Austin.
CJ Puzo from Boston College.
Niroop Rajashekar from University
of Southern California.
Jennifer Rodriguez from
University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign.
Tagan Rohrbaugh from
University of Pennsylvania.
Amy Rushing from Vanderbilt University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Sumaiya Sayeed from Brown University.
Julia Schaffer from Cornell University.
Anishaa Sivakumar from
University of Central Florida.
Akinola Sogunro from
Johns Hopkins University
entering the MDPHD program.
Sarah Spaulding from Yale University.
Alicia Stephan from
University of the Pacific.
Vinaik Sundaresan from Washington
University in St. Louis
Madisen Swallow from Cornell University.
Daniel Thompson from
University of Wisconsin.
Stacy Uchendu from Wesleyan University
entering the MD/PhD program.
Caroline Valdez from
University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Kailyn Valido from
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Elliott Vanderford from
University of Oklahoma,
Norman Campus.
Mitchel Wride from
Brigham Young University.
Idil Yazgan from Duke University.
James Yu from McMaster University.
Mansen Yu from McGill University.
Neil Zheng from Yale University.
Justin Zhu from Cornell University.
And now everyone, please stand
and let us all collectively recognize
the Yale School of Medicine Class of 2024.
(crowd applauding)
- Thank you Ayaska,
that's a tour de force.
And before we go on with the ceremony,
I do wanna give a shout-out
to Jill and Barbara and Cindy
for some extraordinary work
in putting this together.
(crowd clapping)
So now I would like to invite you
to recite the code of conduct.
I will start you, but
then I will remain quiet.
Yale School of Medicine is committed,
- [Audience] To the promotion of personal
and professional development of all
individuals in its community,
encourages dialogue that
will foster the growth,
well-being and dignity of all its members.
In pursuit of these goals,
the school is dedicated to maintaining
an environment which
places the highest priority
on collegial relationships,
mutual respect,
and sensitivity among students,
faculty, staff and patients.
An educational community functions best
when there is civility and
respect for the dignity
and worth of each individual.
It must be ensured
that our school is free
from discrimination
and acts of intolerance
based on race, gender,
sexual orientation,
religion, national origin,
ancestry, age or physical handicap.
This commitment remains
consonant with the obligation
to protect open and
wide-ranging public discourse.
The principle of freedom of expression
that might otherwise protect
even the most offensive public
speech does not protect,
nor does it even encompass, a
right to threaten the dignity
and privacy of an individual.
Such personally directed
behavior will not be tolerated;
it is antithetical to academic values,
debilitates its victims,
compromises the offenders
and undermines the University's
fundamental commitment
to individual freedom and
respect for all its members.
Furthermore, acts of
intolerance may destroy
the very atmosphere wherein freedom
of expression is otherwise
tolerated and cherished.
- This now brings us to the conclusion
of today's celebration.
On behalf of Yale University
and the School of Medicine,
I congratulate the newest class of doctors
of Yale School of Medicine.
I wish you the best in your education
and pledge on behalf of all of us,
to be present to you
and we know that you will
bring much joy and pride,
not only to our school
but to your families.
There's some food in your bags
and we welcome you.
Congratulations!
(audience clapping)
