First-year VUSM students perform a number at this year’s Cadaver Ball. (photo by Anne Rayner)
Students, faculty, and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine descended upon the Opryland Hotel in force for the annual Cadaver Ball last Saturday.
The event celebrates the first-year medical students completing gross anatomy and is put on by the graduating fourth-year class each year.
This year, the date of the formal event was adjusted to match the new curriculum, allowing it to return to falling the day after the first-year class took their final exam.
The event was themed as Fast Times at Vandy Med and featured skits, music, and humorous short videos that ranged from a mock documentary of the “initiation” of Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., as VUSM dean to parody songs of medical school life.
First-year VUSM students Joe Real, playing guitar, and Emily Cooperstein get the crowd going. (photo by Mary Donaldson)
First-year med students celebrate at the finale. (photo by Mary Donaldson)
Shovel Award winner Charles Rush, M.D., right, with Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D. (photo by Anne Rayner)
From left, Matt Emmanuel, Ross Coleman, Will Yi and their fourth-year crew show off their rendition of “Thriller.” (photo by Anne Rayner)
Derrick Christopher, M.D., left, and fourth-year students Nizar Mukhtar and Michael Young strike a pose. (photo by Mary Donaldson)