Incoming medical student Alan Powers is happy to receive his white coat from VUSM Dean Steven Gabbe, M.D.
Photo by Dana Johnson
VUSM’s class of 2010 following Wednesday’s White Coat Ceremony.
Photo by Mary Donaldson
George Hill, Ph.D., left, and Scott Rodgers, M.D., congratulate Tera Howard on receiving her white coat.
Photo by Susan Urmy
Surrounded by hundreds of family members, friends and future colleagues, the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Class of 2010 gathered in the Chapman Quadrangle Wednesday evening for the Convocation/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 130th class and came in the midst of a week of orientation events.
This year’s class of incoming medical students hails from 26 states, six foreign countries and 56 colleges and universities.
Eighteen of the new medical students are graduates of Vanderbilt University.
White Coat sponsor list
The following is the list of White Coat Sponsors as of Aug. 14. The list was provided by the Office of Annual Giving. For more information, contact Diane Watson at 936-0247 or diane.watson@vanderbilt.edu.
Dr. Adam C. Abram
Dr. Naji N. Abumrad
Mrs. Emily Harvey Adams
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Adams
Dr. Lateef Alabi Adelani
Dr. and Mrs. Albert Wayne Adkisson
Dr. Anita Agarwal
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Alexander, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Alford, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Benton Allen, Jr.
Dr. Jeffrey Peter Alpert
Dr. Alice H. Altstatt
Dr. and Mrs. Milton H. Anderson III
Dr. Susan Andrews and Dr. Randall Rickard
Dr. and Mrs. Rex E. Arendall II
Dr. Edouard Fitzroy Armour
Dr. Everton and Dr. Saundrell Arrindell
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Franklin Arterberry
Dr. and Mrs. Howard J. Aylward, Jr.
Dr. Joseph C. Bailey
Dr. Theodore Dulaney Baker
Dr. Frank M. Balis and Dr. Judith A. Cooper
Dr. Thomas William Ballard
Dr. Jeffrey R. Balser
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Barr
Dr. and Mrs. Brett Ronald Bartlett
Dr. Julie A. Bastarache
Dr. Elizabeth Ann Baxter
Dr. and Mrs. Oscar C. Beasley
Mr. Warren E. Beck
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Bernard
Dr. Bruce Robert Beyer
Mr. and Mrs. Kint J. Bhansali
Dr. F. Tremaine Billings Jr.
Dr. Rita Biesen-Bradley
Dr. Daniel A. Birchmore
Dr. Claude C. Blackwell
Dr. Wyatt Heflin Blake III
Mrs. Patricia Morrison-Bolian and
Dr. George D. Bolian
Dr. Dennis Bonner
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Boswell
Dr. Lauren Virginia Bower
Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Boyd
Dr. Russell and Dr. Amy P. Boyd
Dr. Scott B. Boyd
Dr. Jill K. Boyle
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brantley
Col. and Mrs. Steven E. Braverman, MD
Dr. Laura Boehike Bray
Dr. and Mrs. Peter R. Bream, Jr.
Mr. Douglas M. Brinkley, Sr.
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Brock III
Dr. Ernest Ladd Brown
Dr. Laurette M. and Dr. Donald M. Bryan
Dr. Ponce D. Bullard, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie S. Burnett
Dr. and Mrs. John Eugene Burney
Dr. Chester R. Burns
Dr. Dixon N. Burns
Dr. and Mrs. Ian M. Burr
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Burry
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Carlton
Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Carmichel
Dr. Robert H. Carnighan
Dr. Orion V. Carr, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. S. Frank Carter
Dr. Milton Phillip Caster
Dr. Ingrid J. Chang
Dr. Nancy C. and Dr. George M. Chescheir
Dr. Kathleen Ruth Cho
Dr. Patricia Shih-Ann Chu
Dr. and Mrs. Larry R. Churchill
Dr. Michael S. Citak
Dr. Nancy M. Clish
Dr. Jeffrey Scott Cluver
Dr. Richard Davis Cole
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Collins
Dr. J. Michael Conoyer
Dr. and Mrs. William O. Cooper
Dr. and Mrs. Frederic E. Cowden
Dr. William A. Curry
Dr. and Mrs. Carlos R. Dalence
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Dalley
Dr. Peter H. and Dr. Julie B. Damp
Dr. Eugene T. Davidson
Dr. and Mrs. Charles K. Davis, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. Davis
Dr. William W. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Roy L. Dehart
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Denham
Dr. Terence S. Dermody
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Diggs, Sr.
Dr. Thomas S. Dina
Dr. Sean P. and Dr. Janet L. Donahue
Dr. Robert K. Dorton
Dr. Larry E. Douglass
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond N. Dubois, Jr.
Dr. Wallace B. Duffin
Dr. David E. Dugger
Mr. James T. Duncan III
Dr. Racquel Jeanne Duval
Dr. and Mrs. W. Carl Dyer Jr.
Dr. Barbara J. and Mr. Royce M. Earnest
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Eason
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Eby
Dr. Frank M. and Dr. Sandy J. Eggers
Dr. Donald H. Rubin and Dr. Esther Eisenberg
Dr. and Mrs. Tahsin M. Ergin
Mrs. Annette S. Eskind
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind
Dr. Thomas S. Evans
Dr. and Mrs. E. William Ewers
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Exton
Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Ezell, Jr.
Dr. Paul J. Fatum
Dr. Robert P. Feldman
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Fenichel
Dr. Ernest G. Fermanis
Dr. William Myron Ferrin III
Dr. Charles D. Feuss, Jr.
Dr. Lauren Gayle Ficks
Dr. and Mrs. John O. Fitts
Dr. Robert J. Fleischaker
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Fleischer
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy H. Freeman
Dr. Lesley Christine French
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Tyler Frizzell
Dr. Howard A. and Dr. D. Catherine Fuchs
Dr. Steven G. Gabbe and Dr. Patricia C. Temple
Dr. Francis A. Gaffney
Dr. Ephrahim and Dr. Anna M. Garcia
Dr. and Mrs. William Lee Garner
Dr. G. Waldon Garriss III
Dr. Alfred L. George, Jr.
Dr. Henry M. Gewin
Mr. Ronald E. Glenn, Sr.
Dr. D. Bruce Glover
Dr. Michelle Bass Goldin
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Goldner, Jr.
Dr. Steven A. Goldstein
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Gonzales
Dr. John T. Goodgame, Sr.
Dr. David S. Gordon
Dr. Robert E. Lee Gotcher
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald S. Gotterer
Dr. and Mrs. David W. Grambow
Dr. and Mrs. Neil A. Green
Dr. Richard E. Green
Dr. R. Glenn Greene
Dr. and Mrs. Carl A. Grote, Jr.
Dr. Steven Smiley Guest
Dr. and Mrs. W. Quinton Gurley, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. David William Haas
Mr. Robert G. and Dr. Ruth Hagstrom
Dr. Laura C. and Dr. Jeff B. Hales
Dr. Robert L. Haley, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Larry J. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hall
Dr. Richard Scott Hall
Dr. Matthew F. Halsey
Dr. Forrest C. Ham
Dr. James R. Hamilton
Dr. Katherine and Dr. William Hamilton
Dr. Thomas E. Hanes and Ms. Julie Hanes
Dr. Harriet M. Harman
Dr. and Mrs. C. Armitage Harper, Jr.
Dr. Frank E. Harrell
Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Harrell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey B. Harwell
Dr. Saul S. Haskell
Dr. Cauley W. Hayes
Dr. Stephan H. Heckers and Dr. Christin L. Konradi
Dr. Harry C. Helm
Dr. Robert L. Hendley
Sen. and Mrs. Douglas S. Henry
Dr. Leslie Dawn Herman
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Herron
Dr. Robert W. Higginbotham and Dr. Jennifer Ann Pietenpol
Dr. Michael Sean Higgins
Dr. and Mrs. Geroge C. Hill
Dr. Rodrick J. Hinshaw
Dr. Melanie Voncile Hinson
Dr. James W. Hoback, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Gary H. Hoffman
Dr. and Mrs. John Lowell Holbrook
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Holcomb
Dr. Ralph D. and Dr. Nancy D. Holland
Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy K. Hon
Dr. Derek Lee Horstemeyer
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Horvitz
Dr. Sally H. Houston and Mr. James A. Scarola
Dr. Charles B. Huddleston
Dr. Daniel Payson Hunt
Dr. Larry S. Hunt
Dr. John D. Hutcherson
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hydrick
Dr. and Mrs. Talat A. Ikizier
Dr. and Mrs. Tadashi Inagami
Mr. & Mrs. Ray K. Ishihara
Dr. and Mrs. Harry R. Jacobson
Dr. Mark W. Jacokes and Dr. Wendy Stone
Dr. Astrid G. Jain
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Jankolovits
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Jensen
Dr. Yuiang Jia
Dr. William Thomas Johanson
Dr. and Mrs. Ira T. Johnson
Dr. Joseph E. Johnson III
Dr. William L. Johnston
Dr. A. Garland Jonas, Jr.
Dr. E. Palmer Jones
Dr. John R. Jones
Dr. and Mrs. K. Bruce Jones
Dr. and Mrs. Minor Jones
Col. Stephen L. Jones, MD, and Col. B. Raines, MD
Dr. Lee W. Jordan
Dr. and Mrs. Herman J. Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff M. S. Kaplan
Dr. Louis J. Katzman
Dr. Paul H. Keckley, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Jack E. Keefe
Dr. and Mrs. Vincent L. Keipper
Mr. Michael C. and Rev. Virginia Kessen
Dr. Alexis Hangin Kim
Dr. Frederick K. Kirchner and Dr. Joyce E. Johnson
Dr. Jonathan David Kirsch
Dr. Anne Meredith Knudsen
Dr. and Mrs. Otto Morse Kochitzky
Dr. Eric R. Kreutzer
Dr. John E. Kuhn
Ms. Mary Kumah
Dr. and Mrs. Verne C. Lanier
Dr. Rebecca L. and Dr. Kurt Karl Lark
Dr. and Mrs. Duane R. Larson
Dr. Catherine Coolidge Lastavica
Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Latham
Dr. Patrick J. Lavin
Ms. Kathy L. Le
Dr. John W. and Mrs. Ellen B. Lea
Mrs. Kim Lee
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Lefkowitz, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Lichtenstein
Dr. Richard John LoCicero
Dr. C. Michael Locke
Dr. Greg A. Loitz
Dr. John G. Long and Dr. Marta Leona Gwinn
Dr. and Mrs. H. Newton Lovvorn
Dr. Timothy Lowe
Dr. C. Crittenden Lowry
Dr. Zigmund Luka
Dr. and Mrs. John N. Lukens, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Lundquist
Dr. Sidney D. Machefsky
Dr. Ahad Mahootchi
Dr. Kenneth Margolis
Dr. and Mrs. James B.D. Mark
Dr. Diana Marver
Dr. John M. Mathis and Mrs. Krista Crawford-Mathis
Dr. William T. and Dr. Sally S. Mattingly
Dr. John Edward Maxa
Dr. Byron Skubi and Dr. Jane A. Mays
Dr. C. Ashley McAllen
Mr. and Mrs. James V. McArdle
Dr. Michael and Dr. Chanchai McDonald
Dr. Robert M. McKey, Jr.
Dr. T. Dwight McKinney
Dr. Julie A. McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. MCNeilly, Jr.
Dr. Heidi Lee Meinz
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Meinz
Dr. Mary L. Michal
Dr. Bonnie M. and Dr. Robert F. Miller
Dr. Geraldine Miller and Dr. James W. Thomas
Dr. Kenneth Miller
Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Misfeldt
Dr. and Mrs. Natwar J. Mody
Dr. Alex S. Moffett
Dr. Andrew G. and Dr. Katherine M. Moore
Dr. Robert H. Moore
Dr. Jeffrey S. Morgan
Dr. and Mrs. Jason D. Morrow
Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Moses
Dr. Brian Paul Mullaney
Dr. and Mrs. John B. Neeld, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Eric G. Neilson
Dr. Henry S. and Dr. Kathryn Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Nester
Dr. and Mrs. Howard H. Nichols
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Steven Nicolaisen
Dr. Edwin W. Nunnery, Jr.
Dr. Ann-Marie Amies Oelschlager
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ojeda
Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Oldham
Dr. Diane Elizabeth Oliver
Dr. Holly L. Olson
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Omainsky
Dr. James Wright O'Mara, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. James A. O'Neill
Dr. Alan A. Ory
Dr. and Mrs. Steven F. O'Sheal
Dr. Stephanie Anne and Mr. Eric S. Petersen
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield
Dr. Charles R. and Dr. Janey H. Park
Dr. Mark K. Parsons
Dr. Neal R. Patel
Dr. and Mrs. W. Faxon Payne
Dr. Lon S. Poliner
Dr. David Brent Polk
Dr. Charles L. Pope
Dr. and Mrs. C. McGavock Porter
Dr. Alvin C. Powers
Dr. James S. Powers and Ms. Martha E. Wettemann
Dr. Ann H. Price and Mr. Scott T. Price
Dr. William T. Price, Jr.
Dr. Donna Jacobi Pruett
Dr. Robert S. Quinn
Dr. Paul M. Radosevich and Ms. Elise A. Thomas
Dr. and Mrs. David S. Raiford
Dr. R. Richard Ramnath
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Ramsey
Dr. and Mrs. Judson G. Randolph
Mr. Wallace N. Rasmussen
Dr. Kevin Michael Reavis
Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Shawn Reynolds
Randall and Sarah Reynolds
Dr. and Mrs. Ron N. Rice
Dr. Bruce Earle Richards and Dr. Sherrie A. Richards
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Richie
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rigsby
Dr. and Mrs. Harris D. Riley
Dr. W. James Robbins
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts
Dr. and Mrs. Dan M. Roden
Dr. Scott M. Rodgers
Dr. B. Douglas and Dr. Louise A. Rollins-Smith
Dr. and Mrs. S. Trent Rosenbloom
Dr. Robert L. and Mrs. Rebecca L. Rosenfeld
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Ross
Dr. Matthew B. Rossi
Dr. Stephen E. Rostan
Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt E. Rousseau
Dr. Ben Hardin Rowan III
Dr. William D. Salmon, Jr.
Dr. John M. Salyer
Dr. Glynis A. Sacks and Dr. Martin P. Sandler
Dr. Samuel A. Santoro and Dr. Mary Zutter
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon B. Savoie
Dr. Edward M. Schaeffer
Dr. William Schaffner II
Dr. Frank John Schlehr, Jr.
Dr. Lewis Karl Schrager
Dr. and Mrs. Stephan J. Schultenover
Dr. Kathleen A. Schwartz
Dr. J. Robert and Dr. Nancie Schweikert
Dr. Paul W. Scott
Mr. Addison B. Scoville III
Mrs. Ruth K. Scoville
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Sergent
Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. Settle
Dr. and Mrs. Lathan Edwards Settle
Dr. Nathan Alexander Sewell
Dr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Shack
Mr. and Mrs. Kaushik J. Shah
Dr. and Mrs. Justin Shields
Dr. Andrew Alan Shinar
Dr. Bruce D. Silverstein
Dr. Gregory J. Skarulis
Dr. Corey M. and Dr. Bonnie S. Slovis
Dr. Geroge E. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Sorensen
Dr. Wayne Thomas Spears
Dr. Jeffrey Lance Sperring
Dr. and Mrs. W. Anderson Spickard
Dr. and Mrs. Kurt P. Spindler
Dr. S. Tyler Staelin
Dr. David Jonathan Stallard, Jr.
Dr. Leslie Sue Stark
Dr. John K. Shaver and Dr. Michele R. Staunton
Dr. and Mrs. William W. Stead
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Steele
Dr. Stephen Schach and Dr. Sharon M. Stein
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Stempfel, Jr.
Dr. Harry C. Stephenson
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sternberg, Jr.
Dr. Phillip Craig Stites
Dr. Gerald E. Stone
Dr. William P. Stone, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Stoney, Jr.
Dr. Stephen M. Strakowski
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Strauss
Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Stringham II
Dr. Gary B. Strong
Dr. Colleen Fretz Swayze
Dr. David S. Taber
Dr. David D. Tanner
Dr. Anna B. and Dr. William G. Tanner
Dr. Horton E. Tarpley
Dr. Mary B. and Mr. Michael Taylor
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Terry
Dr. and Mrs. Cooper L. Terry
Dr. Paul E. Teschan
Dr. and Mrs. David L. Tharpe
Dr. John B. Thomison
Dr. James David Thurston
Dr. and Mrs. W. Phillips Tinkler
Dr. and Mrs. William W. Tomford
Dr. Robert E. and Dr. Sara M. Tonsing
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Townes
Dr. Douglas J. Trapp
Mr. and Mrs. Ken E. Trickey
Mr. and Mrs. King-Mon Tu
Dr. William L. Underwood
The Rev. V. Ann Van Dervoort and Dr. Robert L. Van Dervoort
Dr. Thomas V. Vandergast
Dr. Jan van Eys
Dr. John West Van Wert
Dr. Nicholas A. Viner
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Wadlington
Dr. Robert H. Walkup, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Walsh
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Waltz
Dr. Lorraine Ware and Dr. Reid C. Thompson
Dr. Harrison Frederick Warner
Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Waterman
Dr. W. Bedford Waters, FACS
Dr. Mark S. Wathen
Ms. Mary Diane Watson
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Webb, Jr.
Dr. John Herbert Wehner
Dr. Peter A. Weil
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Weiner
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Bret Weinger
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Welborn
Dr. and Mrs. John Robert Werther
Dr. and Mrs. John Thomas West
Dr. Linton B. West, Jr.
Dr. Robert Michael Westlake
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Wheelhouse, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. C. Courtney Whitlock, Jr.
Dr. Lynn E. Wilkinson
Dr. R. Bertram Williams, Jr.
Dr. Robert Derek Williams
Dr. Thomas H. Williams, Jr.
Dr. Morgan J. Wills
Dr. and Mrs. James P. Wilson
Dr. Daniel K. Winstead
Dr. Robert Harold Wise, Jr.
Dr. Raymond R. Witt
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe
Dr. Glenn Stewart Wolfson
Dr. Sorrell L. Wolfson
Dr. Thomas Allen Woodward
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Woolley
Dr. John A. Worrell
Dr. and Mrs. Li Ming Wu
Dr. Joseph J. Wujek
Dr. Anna and Dr. Stephen J. Yallourakis
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Youngblood
Dr. and Mrs. Carl W. Zimmerman
Dr. Charles R. Zirkle