2025 Physician Assistant Program Degree Completion Ceremony Program

JANUARY 23, 2025 | 4 PM

CARDINAL HAYES AUDITORIUM

PROGRAM

PROCESSION

WELCOME ADDRESS AND OPENING REMARKS

Tsui Yuen, DMSc, PA-C

Assistant Professor

Clinical Coordinator/Director of Remediation

REMARKS

Susan Burns, PhD President

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Maureen Regan, PA-C, MBA, FACHE

Adjunct Professor

President of the New York State Society for Physician Assistants

STUDENT REMARKS

Anna Leigh

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Clinical Leadership Award

Dr. Cathy Skae

Preceptor of the Year

Deanna Deluccia

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Anna Leigh

Academic Distinction Award

Klivia Brahja

Leadership and Team Collaboration Award

Alana Marino

Compassion Leader Award

Omar Musa

Professionalism Award

Angelica Storino

Peer Recognition Award

Shanae Luces

Empowerment Award

Meijuan Lin

Clinical Excellence Award

Natasha Kusi

RECOGNITION OF PI ALPHA

HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR WHITE COATS

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OATH

CLOSING REMARKS

JANUARY 2025

MASTER OF SCIENCE GRADUATES

Isabelle Accetta

Muhammad Ahsan

Morgann Barker

Anastasija Bonner

Klivia Brahja

Isabella Burns

Krupaben Chodavadiya

Saalihh Chowdhury

Samantha Cruz

Madison Delgado

Kelly Dillon

Andrew Dolgin

Dominick Falanga

Zannatul Ferdous

Dylan Garvey

Leah Giakas

Tadayuki Higashide

Javaria Hussain

Arif Hussin

Michael Jazgarski

Marissa Jennings

Samia Khan

Caitlin King

Natasha Kusi

Anthony Kyrollos

Isabella Lacarbonara

Jason Lam

Anna Leigh Meijuan Lin

Shanae Luces

Jaiwant Mahadeo

Alana Marino

Omar Musa

Caitlyn O’Brien

Christine Olibrice

Anas Owda

Joshua Pimentel

Rayna Roy

Ashley Sojos

Kayla Sokol

Valerie Sprovieri

Angelica Storino

Yahaira Toledo

Melanie Torres

Panagiota Tsetsakos

Sehrish Waseem

Alyssa Williams

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OATH

I pledge to perform the following duties with honesty and dedication: I will hold as my primary responsibility the health, safety, welfare, and dignity of all human beings. I will uphold the tenets of patient autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. I will recognize and promote the value of diversity. I will treat equally all persons who seek my care. I will hold in confidence the information shared in the course of practicing medicine. I will assess my personal capabilities and limitations, striving always

to improve my medical practice. I will actively seek to expand my knowledge and skills, keeping abreast of advances in medicine. I will work with other members of the health care team to provide compassionate and effective care of patients. I will use my knowledge and experience to contribute to an improved community. I will respect my professional relationship with the physician.

I will share and expand knowledge within the profession. These duties are pledged with sincerity and upon my honor.