(PHILADELPHIA) – 2007 marks the first year
that a Perelman School of Medicine graduating
class is comprised of more women (78) than men (77). Surgeon
and writer, Dr. Atul Gawande, will provide the Graduation Address
to these 155 graduating medical students, as they begin their journey
as new doctors.
| WHERE: |
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center [parking,
directions, and map]
260 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
|
| WHEN/WHO: |
Monday, May 14, 2007
| 8 p.m. |
Processional |
| 8:05 p.m. |
Opening remarks by Arthur Rubenstein,
MBBCH, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the University
of Pennsylvania for the Health System |
| 8:15 p.m. |
Graduation Address presented by Atul
Gawande, MD, Brigham
and Women's Hospital, the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute,
and The New Yorker magazine |
| 8:45 p.m. |
Presentation of diplomas and Hooding Ceremony |
| 9:45 p.m. |
Recitation of the Hippocratic Oath |
| 10 p.m. |
Recessional |
|
Editor's Note: If you plan on attending, please contact Kate Olderman at 215-349-8369
or 215-200-2312.
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PENN Medicine is a $2.9 billion enterprise dedicated
to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research,
and high-quality patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's
first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health
System.
Penn's School of Medicine is ranked #2 in the nation for receipt
of NIH research funds; and ranked #3 in the nation in U.S. News
& World Report's most recent ranking of top research-oriented
medical schools. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students,
the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior
education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists
and leaders of academic medicine.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System includes three hospitals,
all of which have received numerous national patient-care honors [Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's
first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center]; a faculty practice
plan; a primary-care provider network; two multispecialty satellite
facilities; and home care and hospice. |
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