W H I T E C O AT C E R E M O N Y
Pritzker welcomes Class of 2017
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he Pritzker School of Medicine’s 88 new students recited the Hippocratic Oath before their families, friends and new colleagues at the annual White Coat Ceremony on August 11 in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Mark Siegler, MD’67, was the keynote speaker. Siegler is director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and executive director of the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence. He has practiced internal medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine for 45 years.
Proud families capture the moment.
Medical students take part in the White Coat Ceremony. Ayushi Chandramani, MS1, right, wears a big smile with her new white coat. PHOTOS COURTESY OF GRADIMAGES
Siegler’s talk focused on three points: Medicine remains a great profession for students to enter; now is an ideal time to enter medicine because of both scientific advances and increasing access to care; and Pritizker is an ideal place to study because it combines the science of medicine with the art of personal care. The White Coat Ceremony marks students’ formal induction into the medical profession and lifetime commitment to blending knowledge, excellence, and compassion as physicians.
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
Bucksbaum Institute names Student Scholars The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence has announced the selection of the 2013 Student Scholars. The Bucksbaum Institute is an initiative aimed at improving the doctor-patient relationship and communication in medicine. The scholarship supports Pritzker School of Medicine students with tuition and fees for the second through fourth years of medical schools. The four second-year students are involved in reuchospitals.edu/midway
search with faculty mentors that examines aspects of the doctor-patient relationship. Dara Adams is studying the relationship between overall patient satisfaction and the patient’s perception of the communication between the hospital team and the primary care physician. Steven Bhutra is working on a pilot clinical trial investigating the application of personalized molecular profiling in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Brenna Hughes is conduct-
Dara Adams, MS2
Steven Bhutra, MS2
ing research on the cost of improving diabetes care and outcomes on the South Side of Chicago. Ashley Tsang studies social networks of injection drug users in an HIV outbreak in Athens, Greece. They join 2012 Student
Brenna Hughes, MS2
Ashley Tsang, MS2
Scholars Annie Lauer, MS3, Elizabeth Rhinesmith, MS3, and Robert Sanchez, MS3, and the inaugural Student Scholars selected in 2011, Jasmine Taylor, MS4, Liese Pruitt, MS4, and Alexander Ruby, MS4.
MEDICINE ON THE MIDWAY
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