Members of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Class of 2012 pose at last week’s White Coat Ceremony. (photo by Dana Johnson)
White coats a fine fit for new Med students
From left, first-year students Rejoice Opara, Amil Allen, Shannon Stallings and Sarah Bourne pose for the class photo. (photo by Dana Johnson)
Interim Dean Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., left, presents Nicholas Burjek his coat while Scott Rodgers, M.D., looks on. (photo by Dana Johnson)
Morgan Walls is congratulated by George Hill, Ph.D. (photo by Dana Johnson)
Hundreds of family members, friends and future colleagues gathered under the oaks in Chapman Quadrangle on Aug. 15 to honor the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Class of 2012 during the School's annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony.
The traditional donning of the signature white garment marks the official entrance into medical school for the 105 members of VUSM's 132nd class. The ceremony comes at the end of the two-week introductory course Foundations of the Profession, which gives students an understanding of the values and principles that guide a physician's relationship with society and patients.
Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., interim dean of VUSM and associate vice chancellor for Research, encouraged the students to view the upcoming year as a journey.
“Many times, particularly on the long road of medical education, we become so focused on reaching the destination that we find ourselves rushing through the journey,” Balser said. “My wish for you is to remember to live in the moment as you strive to reach ambitious goals.”
White Coat sponsors
The following is the list of White Coat Sponsors as of Aug. 15. The list was provided by Medical Center Development and Alumni Relations. For more information, contact Diane Watson at 936-0247 or diane.watson@vanderbilt.edu.
Dr. Matthew J. Abbate
Dr. Bassel W. Abou-Khalil and Ms. Rima Nadim K. Abou-Khalil
Dr. Naji N. Abumrad and Dr. Nada A. Abumrad
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wayne Adkisson
Dr. Anita Agarwal
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Alexander Jr.
Dr. William C. Alford Jr.
Dr. Rajesh Alla
Dr. Ann-Marie Amies-Oelschlager
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Anderson Jr.
Dr. Milton Anderson
Dr. Rochelle Ficker Andreotti
Dr. John Alan Andrew and Dr. Lori Rothstein Andrew
Dr. Randall Rickard and Dr. Susan T. Andrews
Dr. Edouard Fitzroy Armour
Dr. Joe Franklin Arterberry
Mr. Joseph Priestley Atnip
Dr. Michael Joseph Ayad
Dr. George Scott Baer
Dr. Joseph C. Bailey
Dr. Theodore Dulaney Baker
Dr. Thomas William Ballard
Dr. Jeffrey R. and Mrs. Melinda Balser
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II
Mr. Jeff Frumkin and Dr. Shari L. Barkin
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Allen Barrington
Dr. Edward J. Bartle
Dr. and Mrs. John B. Bassel Jr.
Dr. Julie A. Bastarache
Ms. Betsy L. Bayer
Dr. and Mrs. Oscar C. Beasley
Dr. R. Daniel Bauchamp
Mr. Warren E. Beck
Dr. Robert O. Begtrup
Mr. and Mrs. Allyn C. Bennett Jr.
Dr. Charles R. Bentz
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Bernard
Dr. Albert Henry Beth
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Robert Beyer
Dr. Erol Martin Beytas
Mr. and Mrs. Kirit J. Bhansali
Dr. Sheela A. Bhat
Dr. Vanessa Jane Biggs
Mr. James Lucian Bills and Ms. Audrey H. Kuntz
Dr. Jeffrey P. Bishop
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Scott Blackwell
Dr. and Mrs. Virgilio Blanco
Dr. George C. Bolian and Mrs. Patricia Morrison-Bolian
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Bonner
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Boswell
Dr. Lauren Virginia Bower
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Boyd
Dr. Russell Boyd and Dr. Amy P. Boyd
Dr. Jill K. Boyle
Dr. Donald Wayne Brady
Col. And Mrs. Steven Edward Braverman
Dr. and Mrs. John B. Breinig
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Lawrence Bressman
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Brewer
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Brock III
Dr. Samuel A. Brody and Dr. Jane Kreplick Brody
Dr. Ronald W. Bronitsky
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Ladd Brown
Mr. Andrew L. May and Dr. Nancy J. Brown
Dr. Donald M. Bryan and Dr. Laurette M. Bryan
Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Buchanan
Dr. and Mrs. Ponce D. Bullard
Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie S. Burnett
Dr. and Mrs. Swan B. Burrus
Dr. Michael J. Burry
Mr. David Campbell
Dr. Waldemar A. Carlo
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Carlton
Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Carmichel
Dr. Robert H. Carnighan
Dr. and Mrs. Brian S. Carter
Dr. and Mrs. Milton Philip Caster
Dr. Peter Laurence Castro
Dr. Elizabeth Leigh Cato
Ms. Katherine Chauvin
Dr. John F. Cherry
Dr. Kathleen R. Cho
Dr. Patricia Shih-Ann Chu
Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Citak
Dr. Walter K. Clair and Dr. Deborah C. Webster-Clair
Mr. John B. Clayton IV and Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton
Dr. Nancy M. Clish
Dr. Jeffrey Scott Cluver
Dr. and Mrs. Clark R. Cobble
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Collins
Dr. William A. Curry
Dr. and Mrs. Carlos R. Dalence
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Dalley
Dr. Peter Helge Damp and Dr. Julie Boyd Damp
Dr. David Gordon Daniel
Dr. Linda Ann Danieu
Dr. and Mrs. Charles K. Davis Jr.
Dr. Michael J. Magee and Dr. Deborah Deason
Dr. and Mrs. Roy L. DeHart
Dr. and Mrs. Terence S. Dermody
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steven Dezube
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Diggs
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Dina
Dr. Robert K. Dorton
Dr. and Mrs. Leonidas W. Dowlen Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Dufresne
Dr. David E. Dugger
Dr. Ensor R. Dunsford Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. W. Carl Dyer Jr.
Mr. William James Booth and Dr. Letitia J. Easdown
Mrs. Melissa H. Eason
Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards
Dr. Frank M. Eggers and Dr. Sandy Johnson Eggers
Dr. Russ David Erman
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Estes
Dr. and Mrs. E. William Ewers
Dr. Vernat Exil
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Exton
Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Ezell Jr.
Dr. Paul J. Fatum
Mr. Robert P. Feldman
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Fenichel
Dr. William Myron Ferrin III
Dr. Charles D. Feuss Jr.
Dr. Lauren Gayle Ficks
Dr. A. J. Reid Finlayson
Dr. and Mrs. Rand T. Frederiksen
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Harmon Freeman
Dr. Lesley Christine French
Dr. Mark E. Frisse
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Tyler Frizzell
Dr. Howard Adam Fuchs and Dr. D. Catherine Fuchs
Dr. and Mrs. G. Waldon Garriss III
Dr. James C. Gay and Dr. Elizabeth Pierce
Dr. Timothy John Gensler and Dr. Amy Joyce Gensler
Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. George Jr.
Mr. Peter J. Giammalvo
Dr. James H. Gilfoil
Dr. and Mrs. James D. Givens
Dr. Sarah Justine Gladstone
Mr. Ronald E. Glenn Sr.
Dr. D. Bruce Glover
Dr. Michelle Bass Goldin
Dr. Steven A. Goldstein
Dr. Ricardo Andres Gonzales
Dr. and Mrs. John T. Goodgame Sr.
Dr. Robert E. Lee Gotcher
Dr. and Mrs. Angus W. Graham Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. David W. Grambow
Dr. Clark R. Gregg and Dr. Susan Brittingham Gregg
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Grogan
Dr. and Mrs. Carl A. Grote
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Groves
Dr. and Mrs. W. Quinton Gurley Jr.
Dr. Curtis James Hagenau
Dr. Jack D. Hagewood
Dr. Ruth M. Hagstrom
Dr. Robert L. Haley Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Larry J. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hall
Dr. Matthew F. Halsey
Dr. James R. Hamilton
Dr. Sarag Page Hammond
Dr. Harriet M. Harman
Dr. Frank E. Harrell Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Harrell Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Harris
Dr. Cauley W. Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Heerman
Dr. Lloyd L. Hefner
Dr. and Mrs. Murray Heimberg
Dr. Harry C. Helm
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Herron
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Hickson
Dr. Michelle Hiebert
Dr. George C. Hill and Dr. Linda P. Hare
Dr. Mary deRaismes Hinckley
Dr. Rodrick J. Hinshaw
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hinson Jr.
Dr. Lam Hoang
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Holcomb
Dr. Ralph Duane Holland and Dr. Nancy D. Holland
Dr. Robert W. Holloway
Dr. Floyd Christopher Holsinger
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy K. Hon
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reid Hood
Dr. Derek Lee Horstemeyer
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Hunt
Dr. Larry S. Hunt
Dr. John D. Hutcherson
Dr. Joel Collier Hutcheson
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hydrick
Dr. and Mrs. Talat Alp Ikizler
Dr. and Mrs. Kent Kunio Ishihara
Mr. and Mrs. Ray K. Ishihara
Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Jackson
Dr. Harry R. Jacobson
Mrs. Jan Jacobson
Dr. Mark W. Jacokes and Dr. Wendy Stone
Dr. Astrid G. Jain
Dr. David H. James Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Jankolovits
Dr. Robert L. Jetton
Dr. Ming Jiang and Ms. Xiaofeng Fan
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Ira T. Johnson
Dr. Joseph E. Johnson III
Dr. A. Garland Jonas Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. E. Palmer Jones
Dr. and Mrs. Milnor Jones
Dr. Karen M. Joos
Dr. Lee W. Jordan
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Judy
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy J. Kaye
Dr. and Mrs. Jack E. Keefe III
Mrs. Diane L. Keeter
Mr. Michael C. Kessen and Reverend Virginia Anne Kessen
Dr. Jonathan David Kirsch
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Curtiss Klasson
Dr. Anne Meredith Knudsen
Dr. Nina Koulischer
Dr. Eric R. Kreutzer
Dr. John E. Kuhn
Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Labadie
Dr. Peter M. Lams
Dr. Kurt Karl Lark and Dr. Rebecca Long Lark
Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Latham
Dr. Patrick J. Lavin
Dr. and Mrs John Willis Lea
Dr. Ethan Lee and Dr. Laura Anne Lee
Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ressler Levitt
Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Lichtenstein
Dr. Daniel W. Lin
Dr. and Mrs. Sauyu Lin
Dr. Joanne L. Linn
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Little
Dr. and Mrs. Richard John LoCicero
Dr. Michael C. Locke
Dr. John Garth Long and Dr. Marta Leona Gwinn
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Longino
Dr. and Mrs. H. Newton Lovvorn
Dr. Zigmund A. Luka
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Macdonald
Mr. Gerald F. Mace and Dr. Rachel Lenox Mace
Dr. Sidney D. Machefsky
Dr. Mark James Maffett
Dr. Morgan Lawrence Magid
Dr. Ahad Mahootchi
Dr. Noble M. Maleque
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mallard
Mr. Chit Mallipeddi
Dr. Dorcas Lynne Mansell
Dr. Kenneth Margolis
Dr. and Mrs. James B. D. Mark
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Marney Jr.
Dr. Diana Marver
Dr. John M. Mathis and Mrs. Krista J. Crawford-Mathis
Dr. K. Byron Skubi and Dr. Jane A. Mays
Dr. John C. McGill
Dr. John M. McLaughlin and Dr. Julie A. McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly Jr.
Mr. Scott Douglas Buffett and Dr. Heidi Meinz
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Meinz
Dr. and Mrs. Clay R. Miller
Dr. Robert Miller and Dr. Bonnie Miller
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Miller
Dr. and Mrs. Natwar J. Mody
Dr. Alex S. Moffett
Dr. Andrew Gibbs Moore and Dr. Katherine Marshall Moore
Dr. Robert H. Moore
Dr. Robert S. Moorman and Dr. Jo Ann Moorman
Dr. Jeffrey S. Morgan
Dr. and Mrs. John B. Neeld
Dr. and Mrs. Eric G. Neilson
Dr. Henry S. Nelson and Dr. Kathryn W. Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Nester
Dr. John H. Newman
Dr. and Mrs. Howard H. Nichols
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Steven Nicolaisen
Dr. David H. Niver and Dr. Judith Niver
Dr. Tamara Nix
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Noel
Dr. Jeanette J. Norden
Dr. Steven Roland Norris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ojeda
Dr. Diane Elizabeth Oliver
Dr. Walter Omainsky
Dr. James Wright O'Mara Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Steven F. O'Sheal
Dr, and Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield
Dr. Bernhard Wiedermann and Dr. Pamela Gilstad Parker
Dr. Mark K. Parsons
Dr. Christopher Patton
Dr. and Mrs. W. Faxon Payne
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Peters
Mr. Eric Scott Petersen and Dr. Stephanie Anne Otis
Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Petracek
Dr. James W. Pichert
Dr. Michael Pilla
Dr. David Brent Polk
Dr. David Poon and Ms. Christina Wong
Dr. and Mrs. C. McGavock Porter
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kuttikatt Poulose
Dr. Alvin C. Powers
Dr. James S. Powers and Ms. Martha E. Wetteman
Mr. Scott T. Price and Dr. Ann Hutcheson Price
Dr. William T. Price Jr.
Dr. Jeffrey R. Prinsell
Dr. and Mrs. Adam James Prudoff
Dr. Dana Jacobi Pruett
Dr. Gretchen Patricia Purcell
Dr. Robert S. Quinn
Dr. and Mrs. David S. Raiford
Dr. R. Richard Ramnath
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Ramsey
Dr. George Daniel Rath
Ms. Mary E. Rawn
Dr. Mark William Redor
Dr. Patrick Shawn Reynolds
Sarah and Randall Reynolds
Dr. and Mrs. Jack O. Rice
Dr. and Mrs. Ron N. Rice
Dr. Kelly Rowden Richardson
Dr. Eric Charles Ringwalt and Ms. Mary VanAntwerp Ringwalt
Dr. W. James Robbins
Dr. and Mrs. Dan M. Roden
Dr. Scott Rodgers
Dr. and Mrs. S. Trent Rosenbloom
Dr. Robert L. Rosenfeld and Ms. Rebecca Lynch Rosenfeld
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Ross
Dr. Stephen E. Rostan
Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt E. Rousseau
Dr. Ben Hardin Rowan III
Dr. Donald H. Rubin and Dr. Esther Eisenberg
Dr. Rima Nasrallah Rusnak
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Russell
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Saiter Jr.
Dr. William D. Salmon Jr.
Dr. Anthony Andres Sanchez
Dr. Martin P. Sandler and Dr. Glynis A. Sacks
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon B. Savoie
Dr. Douglas B. Sawyer
Dr. Edward M. Schaeffer
Dr. William Schaffner and Ms. Lois C. Knight
Dr. Scott Andrew Scharer
Dr. George B. Schimmel and Dr. Clara Ann Myers Schimmel
Dr. Frank John Schlehr Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William J. Schneider
Dr. Lewis Karl Schrager
Dr. Gerald Schulman and Dr. Marta Hernanz-Schulman
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Schultenover
Dr. Paul W. Scott
Dr. Elliott G. Segal
Mr. Todd Patrick and Dr. Roanne Selinger
Dr. and Mrs. Lathan Edwards Settle
Dr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Shack
Mr. and Mrs. Kaushik J. Shah
Dr. John Shatzer
Dr. Sudha P. Singh
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Singleton
Dr. Corey M. Slovis and Dr. Bonnie S. Slovis
Dr. Clarence Edwin Smith
Mr. George E. Smith
Dr. Jonathan Cope Smith
Dr. Robert T. Snowden
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Snyder
Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Sorensen
Mrs. Michelle Southard-Smith
Dr. Wayne Thomas Spears
Dr. Jeremy Spector
Dr. Jeffrey Lance Sperring
Dr. David Jonathan Stallard Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William W. Stead
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Steele
Dr. C. Michael Stein
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Stempfel Jr.
Dr. David Thomas Stern
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sternberg
Dr. Phillip Craig Stites
Dr. Gerald E. Stone
Dr. William Pipkin Stone Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Stoney Jr.
Dr. Jana Leigh Sulzer
Dr. Larry L. Swift
Dr. David D. Tanner
Mr. Michael Taylor and Dr. Mary B. Taylor
Dr. and Mrs. Cooper L. Terry
Dr. John Edward Terwilleger
Dr. and Mrs. David L. Tharpe
Dr. and Mrs. E. Dewey Thomas
Dr. John B. Thomison
Mrs. Mary Beth Thompson
Dr. Reid Carleton Thompson and Dr. Lorraine B. Ware
Dr. James David Thurston
Dr. and Mrs. W. Phillips Tinkler
Dr. and Mrs. William W. Tomford
Dr. Robert E. Tonsing and Dr. Sara M. Tonsing
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Townes
Dr. and Mrs. J. Douglas Trapp
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Tribble
Dr. Edward L. Trimble and Dr. Cornelia Liu Tremble
Mr. and Mrs. King-Mon Tu
Dr. John B. Turner
Mr. Doug Twells
Dr. William L. Underwood
Dr. Jan van Eys
Dr. Luc Van Kaer and Dr. Lan Wu
Dr. John West Van Wert
Dr. Marvin H. Vickers Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Wadlington
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Wagers Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Walsh
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Waltz
Mrs. Wilma Ward
Dr. and Mrs. Harrison Frederick Warner
Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Waterman
Dr. Bradford Waters
Dr. William Bedford Waters
Dr. and Mrs. Horace E. Watson
Ms. Diane Watson
Dr. Lynn E. Webb
Peter A. Weil
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Weinger
Dr. and Mrs. John Robert Werther
Dr. and Mrs. John West
Dr. Linton B. West Jr
Dr. Robert Michael Westlake
Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Wheelhouse Jr.
Dr. Andrew Asutin White and Dr. Kristin Carr Nyweide White
Dr. and Mrs. C. Courtney Whitlock Jr.
Dr. Robert Theodore Wilder
Dr. Ashley Elizabeth Wilkerson
Dr. Caren Elizabeth Gaines Wilkie
Dr. R. Bertram Williams Jr
Dr. Robert Derek Williams
Dr. Thomas H. Williams Jr.
Dr. Morgan J. Wills
Dr. Daniel K. Winstead
Dr. Michael S. Wolfe
Dr. Thomas Allen Woodward
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Woolley
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Worrell
Dr. Keith D. Wrenn
Dr. Joseph J. Wujek
Dr. Yajun Yi
Dr. and Mrs. John Alan Zic
Dr. and Mrs. Carl W. Zimmerman
Dr. Charles R. Zirkle