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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Class of 2021 Convocation
May 26, 2021
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony is an extraordinary event for our graduating students and their guests. It is a milestone event for all, and a moving recognition of our graduates’ professional accomplishments, unbelievable dedication and commitment, and of the unfailing support of family and friends who helped make their achievements possible.
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Our 2021 Convocation Ceremony was held virtually on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
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Convocation 2021
For the last year now, our activities have been guided by a primary focus on your health and safety, as well as the health and safety of the community, during the COVID pandemic. That same focus applies to our plans for the School of Medicine Convocation 2021. Despite increasing vaccination and decreasing community prevalence, leadership in undergraduate medical education, graduate biomedical education, the Medical Student Senate, and the Graduate Student Association decided to hold an entirely virtual convocation ceremony on May 26, 2021, at 2:30 p.m.
Oath of Hippocrates
"I do solemnly swear... by that which I hold most sacred... That I will be fully committed to those I serve... and just and loyal to the profession of medicine and its members..."
—excerpt from the Oath of Hippocrates
Graduate Student Oath
"As I embark on my career as a scientist, I willingly pledge that... I will always be cognizant that my work is for the advancement of knowledge and the benefit of all humanity."
—excerpt from the Graduate Student Oath
—excerpt from the Graduate Student Oath
Order of Events
Welcome
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Greetings
Awa Sanneh, M.D. and 2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Alumna
Comments
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Neel Koyawala, Medical Student
Peter J. Espenshade, Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
Monika Marie Looney, Graduate Student
Address
Kenneth Frazier, J.D., Chairman, President, and CEO of Merck & Company
Announcement of Awards
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kevin W. Sowers, President, Johns Hopkins Health System and Executive Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Announcement of Teaching Awards and Special Awards
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Presentation of Masters and Doctor of Philosophy Diplomas
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education, Vice Dean for Education
Peter J. Espenshade, Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
The Graduate Student Oath
Administered by David A. Rini, Professor of Art as Applied to Medicine
Presentation of Doctor of Medicine Diplomas
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education, Vice Dean for Education
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
The Oath of Hippocrates
Administered by Colleen Christmas, Associate Professor of Medicine
Closing
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education, Vice Dean for Education