2021 White Coat Ceremony Program (English)

Twenty-Fourth Annual

White Coat Ceremony Class of 2025

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Twenty-Fourth Annual

White Coat Ceremony Class of 2025 Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center September 14, 2021, 10:00 AM

Our mission is to produce physicians and scientists who are prepared to enter society as informed advocates and activists, able to advance clinical care and science, and capable of promoting change.

Department of Medical Education

Mission Statement

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Twenty-Fourth Annual

White Coat Ceremony Class of 2025 WELCOME

Valerie Parkas, MD Senior Associate Dean of Admissions and Recruitment Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OPENING REMARKS

Dennis S. Charney, MD Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai President for Academic Affairs Mount Sinai Health System Alexis Colvin, MD Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

KEYNOTE ADDRESS INTRODUCTION David Muller, MD Dean for Medical Education Professor and Marietta Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

HANS POPPER MD, PHD

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Azalea Kim, MD, MBA, MPA ISMMS ‘14 Chief Care Innovation and Design Officer Cityblock Health Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine Duke University School of Medicine

About Hans Popper MD, PhD Dr. Hans Popper was a world-renowned pathologist, hepatologist, and academic leader who was pivotal in the creation and founding of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) and served as its inaugural Dean and later President. Born in Vienna in 1903 from a long line of physicians, he graduated from the Medical School of the University of Vienna in 1928.

As the situation in Europe became dangerous for the Jewish community, Dr. Popper escaped to Chicago in 1938, where he obtained a PhD in physiology at the University of Illinois.

The driving force behind the founding of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Association for the Study of the Liver, Dr. Popper made or contributed to many of hepatology’s major scientific advances over his half-century in medicine. He authored over 800 papers and 22 books, including the first English language textbook on the liver, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. By the end of his career, he was described as “the reigning monarch of modern hepatology,” considered by many to be the founding father of his field, and had accumulated over a dozen honorary degrees, including from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

From 1957, he was the Director of the Department of Pathology at the Mount Sinai Hospital and established Mount Sinai with its enduring international reputation in liver research and care. He infused the fledgling Mount Sinai School of Medicine with an early appreciation of the importance of community and environmental medicine.

Late in life, he became fluent in the emerging field of molecular biology, remained an active adviser to the National Institute of Health, and continued to enjoy teaching around the microscope to Mount Sinai medical students and residents. Highly regarded as a teacher and mentor, Dr. Popper delivered the first academic lectures to incoming medical students each year from the School’s inception until his death in 1988.

We are pleased to honor his legacy with a keynote speaker at every Mount Sinai White Coat Ceremony.

COATING INTRODUCTION Tara K. Cunningham, EdD, MS Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

COATING OF STUDENTS Rainier P. Soriano, MD Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs Department of Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

STUDENT OATH READER Yvette Calderon, MD Professor and Site Chair Department of Emergency Medicine

FACULTY OATH READER Reena Karani, MD, MHPE Director, Institute for Medical Education Professor of Medicine, Medical Education and Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CLOSING REMARKS David Muller, MD Dean for Medical Education Professor and Marietta Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

RECESSION Students and guests are invited to celebrate immediately following the ceremony.

Please be mindful of properly wearing your mask and remaining socially distanced.

COATERS Kara S. Bagot, MD Deputy Medical Director of Mental Health Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Caroline Cromwell, MD ISMMS ‘01 Assistant Professor Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

Meredith Grossman, MD ISMMS ‘02 Assistant Professor Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics Alicia Hurtado, MD ISMMS ‘05 Associate Dean for Medical Student Wellness and Student Affairs Department of Medical Education Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry

Monica M. Dweck, MD Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology Director of Career Planning Services Department of Medical Education

Craig L. Katz, MD Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry

Sharon M. Edwards, MD Associate Professor Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics

Roberto Posada, MD Associate Professor Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics

Allison T. Gault, MD Assistant Professor Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics

Maria E. Maldonado, MD Associate Professor Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine

The Department of Medical Education welcomes the Class of 2025.

The White Coat Ceremony is a “rite of passage” for beginning medical students that creates a psychological contract for professionalism and empathy in the practice of medicine. The event emphasizes the importance of both scientific excellence and compassionate care for the patient.

Erin Abbott

Christopher Gonzalez

Ayman Mohammad

Salonee Shah

Dorothy Oye Adu-

Brianna Gordon

Nicole Muehleisen

Yaelle Shaked

Amankwah

Mikayla Gordon Wexler

Erika Nemeth

Sophia Siu

Aneesh Agarwal

Evelyn Gotlieb

Daniella Nevid

Myles Joseph Solan

Katherine Aliano Ruiz

Lucy Greenwald

Ian Odland

Stephanie Danni Song

Diego Arevalo

Faris Gulamali

Kasoorelope Oguntuyo

Brian Soong

Masih Babagoli

Michael Hill-Oliva

Tracy Okine

Kevin Spehar

Daniel Davidnan Baboolal Katharine Holmes

Kaothar Oladoja

Morgan Steelman

Isabelle Band

Nancy Huang

Ezekiel Olumuyide

William Steidl

Olivia Blanchard

Nnamdi Igwe

Oluomachi Onyekwere

Christian Stephens

James Stuart Brooks

Sushruta Iruvanti

Sungjae Park

Catherine Stratis

Ashley Brown

Nikita Israni

Colby Parsons

Varun Ramanan

Nicholas Buehler

Vladislav Izda

Naeha Pathak

Subramaniam

Gabriela Calcano

Walter Jacob

Madeline Penn

Ikaasa Suri

Peter Campbell

Jason Joonho Jo

Michael Peruggia

Andrew Tieu

Jenny Chen

Elizabeth Kahn

Aidan Cole Pillard

Tsion Tmariam

Christopher P. Cheng

Cecilia Katzenstein

Joseph Portelli

Adam Ushpol

Rebecca Cohen

Harrison Knowlton

Hannah Posner

Vivian Utti

Madison Cox

Jasmine Leahy

Daniel Qian

Vikram Vasan

Jared Doan

Alicia Leong

Nasseef Quasim

Chinmayi Venkatram

Margaret Downes

Tomasina Leska

Grace Rabinowitz

Hannah Verma

Akiro Duey

Yuzhe “Gavin” Li

Yi “Renee” Ren

Madeline Villalba

Suhas Etigunta

Troy Li

Frederika Rentzeperis

Dragan Vujovic

Monica Feeley

Daniel Liu

Sharen Lola Rivas García Marcus Weeks

Pierce Ferriter

Regina M. Longley

Daniel Rivera

Orli Weiss

Carly Fiest

Nikhil Maheshwari

Nina Rodriguez

Catherine Wu

Hannah Freid

Chelsia Melendez

Benjamin Rodríguez

Sai Kaushik Yeturu

Zachary Gallin

Kartikeya Menon

Ashley Rosenberg

Bashar Zaidat

William Gansa

Rutvij Merchant

Edward Sarfo

Evelyn Zhang

Rachel Geltman

Mackenzie Mitchell

Braxton Schuldt

Jack Gomberg

Abhishek Mogili

Lucy Schultz

2021 Ceremony Sponsors

The Mount Sinai Alumni Association, the Mount Sinai Office of Alumni and Development, and the Department of Medical Education gratefully acknowledge the following alumni for sponsoring our first-year students.* *Sponsors as of August 27, 2021

Dr. Austin W. Abramson, MSSM ‘79, MSH ‘84 Dr. Alan A. Adler, MSH ‘93 Dr. Olubunmi Akinbajo, MSSM ‘05, MSH ‘09 Dr. John A. Andrilli Dr. Arlyn J. Apollo, MSSM ‘00, MSH ‘03 Dr. Donald A. Bergman, MSH ‘77 Dr. Michael Bergstein Dr. David B. Bernstein, MSSM ‘96, MSH ‘97 Mrs. Tommi J. Bosniak Dr. George Braff, MSSM ‘73 Dr. Michael M. Brand Dr. Elisabeth C. Broderick, MSSM ‘91 Dr. Michael L. Brodman, MSSM ‘82, MSH ‘86 Dr. Shelley M. Brown, MSH ‘69 Dr. Joseph Carfi, MSSM ‘81 Dr. Margaret A. Cashman, MSSM ‘77 Dr. Michael A. Crane and Ms. Carolyn R. Caufield Dr. Mark L. Chapman, MSH ‘66 Dr. Richard Charney, MSSM ‘86, MSH ‘89 Dr. Emil S. Cheng, MSSM ‘98 Dr. Sanjivani Cholkar-Bakare Dr. Ben Cohen Dr. Alain D. Cohen Dr. Burton A. Cohen, MSH ‘79 Dr. Bobbi G. Coller Dr. Barry S. Coller Dr. Zara R. Cooper, MSSM ‘00 Dr. Luis F. Cruz, MSSM ‘89 Dr. Pedro De La Rosa, MSH ‘80 Dr. Josser E. Delgado Almandoz, MSSM ‘04, MSH Dr. Angela W. Tai, MSSM ‘04, MSH Dr. Jason Diamond, MSSM ‘99, MSH ‘02

Dr. Sharon B. Diamond, MSSM ‘79, MSH ‘80 Dr. Mary T. Donofrio, MSSM ‘89 Dr. William R. Dorrance, MSH ‘50 Dr. and Mrs. Claude Douge Dr. Arthur R. Dresdale, MSSM ‘77 Dr. Susan R. Drossman, MSSM ‘88 Dr. Rebecca E. Fasano, MSSM ‘03 Dr. Allen Fay, MSH ‘66 Dr. Daniel J. Fischberg, MSSM ‘96, MSH ‘97 Dr. Charles L. Fishman, MSSM ‘87 Dr. Nancy E. Mills, MSSM ‘87, MSH ‘90 Dr. Gerald Friedman, MSH ‘61 Dr. Scott L. Friedman, MSSM ‘79 Dr. Wayne S. Fuchs, MSSM ‘79, MSH ‘83 Dr. Robert A. Fuhrman, MSH ‘70 Dr. Stephen A. Geller, MSH ‘69 Dr. Karin H. Gerdisch Dr. David S. Goldstein, MSSM ‘87, MSH

Dr. Sundar Jayaraman MSSM ‘99, MSH ‘05 Dr. Jeffrey S. Jhang, MSSM ‘97 Dr. Carl E. Johnson, MSSM ‘88 Dr. Alyse K. Kanter, MSSM ‘94, MSH ‘98 Dr. Raisa N. Katz, MSSM ‘90, MSH ‘97 Dr. Randy S. Katz, MSSM ‘84 Dr. David M. Kaufman, MSH ‘80 Dr. Nadine J. Keegan, MSSM ‘86, MSH ‘87 Dr. Leo M. Keegan, Jr., MSSM ‘86 Dr. Susan A. Kelly, MSSM ‘92 Dr. Leslie D. Kerr, MSH ‘85 Dr. George Kipel, MSH ‘93 Dr. Eric N. Klein, MSSM ‘07 Mrs. Cecile Yama Dr. Faye Kokotos, MSSM ‘88 Dr. Elizabeth A. Konecky, MSSM ‘78 Dr. and Mrs. William T. Korn, MSSM ‘86 Dr. Mark E. Krugman, MSH ‘69 Dr. Steven H. Kunkes,

Dr. Susan D. Gottlieb, MSSM ‘92 Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton C. Goulart, MSH ‘82 Dr. James M. Granfortuna, MSSM ‘80 Dr. Rodolfo L. Gratton, MSSM ‘00 Dr. Howard J. Greenberg, MSH ‘77 Dr. Katherine T. Grimm, MSSM ‘71 Dr. Colleen P. Guiry, MSSM ‘87 Dr. Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis Dr. Gerald D. Hagin, MSSM ‘75 Dr. Jacob Haiavy, MSSM ‘97, MSH Dr. Michael J. Harrison, MSH ‘86 Dr. Tomas M. Heimann, MSH ‘77 Dr. Peter H. Hollis, MSH ‘81 Dr. Christine P. Hurley, MSSM ‘94 Dr. Naomi H. James, MSSM ‘11

MSSM ‘73, MSH ‘78 Dr. Janelle C. Laudone, MSSM ‘11 Dr. Eric L. Legome Dr. Rosanne M. Leipzig Dr. and Mrs. Stamatios Lerakis Dr. Marc A. Lerner, MSSM ‘77 Dr. Vincent C. Leung, MSSM ‘79 Dr. Matthew Levin, MSSM ‘08, MSH ‘13 Dr. David J. Levine, MSSM ‘83 Dr. Roger N. Levy, MSH ‘60 Dr. Frederick E. Lewis Dr. Jenifer R. Lightdale, MSSM ‘95 Dr. Fan-Ming Lin and Mrs. Wen Lin Dr. Leonard J. Lind, MSSM ‘76 Dr. Peter A. Lio

2021 Sponsors Continued Dr. Alexander Lipyansky, MSSM ‘01

Dr. Esther H. Rose, MSH ‘85

Dr. Henry Lothane

Dr. Elliott H. Rose

Dr. Thomas G. Mahrer, MSSM ‘79

Dr. Peter H. Rubin, MSH ‘75

Dr. Bryan C. Markinson

Dr. Cheryl J. Rubin, MSSM ‘83

Dr. Jeffrey D. Marshall, MSSM ‘11

Dr. Mary M. Ruisi, MSSM ‘05

Dr. Svetlana Matayev, MSSM ‘02

Dr. Samuel Salen, MSH ‘67

Dr. Alisa A. McQueen, MSSM ‘00

Dr. Kate E. Salvatore, MSSM ‘97, MSH

Dr. Ellen T. Melvin, MSSM ‘74

Dr. Allen N. Sapadin

Dr. Joseph P. Mirante, MSSM ‘87, MSH ‘92

MSSM ‘88, MSH ‘97 Dr. Ellen J. Scherl-Harbus, MSH ‘82

Dr. Rona Montag, MSSM ‘84, MSH ‘85

Dr. Sarah L. Schleifer

Dr. Calin S. Moucha, MSSM ‘97

Dr. Lyris A. Schonholz, MSSM ‘83

Dr. David Muller, MSH ‘95

Dr. Robert M. Schrier, MSH ‘63

Dr. Julia P. Neckman

Dr. Judith W. Schwartz,

Dr. Eric J. Nestler

MSSM ‘82, MSH ‘86

New York Medical Imaging Associates

Dr. Eileen Scigliano, MSH ‘88

Dr. Robert A. Nussbaum,

Dr. Samin K. Sharma, MSH ‘90

MSSM ‘86, MSH ‘87

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sherman

Dr. Kaleroy Papantoniou

Dr. Morris A. Shorofsky, MSH ‘64

Dr. Susan A. Park, MSSM ‘01

Dr. Joel M. Shugar, MSH ‘79

Dr. Michael C. Kim, MSH ‘01

Dr. Julius Shulman, MSH ‘75

Dr. Adam W. Pearl,

Dr. and Mrs. Paul A. Sidoti

MSSM ‘96, MSH ‘02

Dr. Mark J. Silversmith, MSSM ‘83

Dr. Simon J. Piller, MSSM ‘95

Dr. Loren R. Skeist, MSSM ‘72, MSH

Dr. Morris M. Podolsky

Dr. Marlene Marko, MSSM ‘72, MSH

Dr. Harold S. Raucher,

Dr. Rainier P. Soriano, MSH ‘99

MSSM ‘78, MSH ‘79 Dr. Beth G. Raucher, MSSM ‘80, MSH ‘84

Dr. Benjamin D. Spirn, MSSM ‘00, MSH Dr. James J. Squires

Dr. Noga L. Ravid, MSSM ‘12

Dr. William G. Stein, MSH ‘63

Dr. Elliot J. Rayfield

Dr. Jamie R. Stern, MSSM ‘82

Dr. Jonathan A. Ripp, MSH ‘03

Dr. Mary C. Tarail, MSSM ‘95, MSH ‘05

Dr. Roanna Kessler,

Dr. Kenneth J. Tardiff

MSSM ‘07, MSH ‘11 * All stethoscopes have been generously donated by Dr. George Braff, MSSM’73

Dr. P. A. McBride, MSSM ‘78

Dr. Craig L. Tendler, MSSM ‘84, MSH ‘85

Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Willis Dr. Israel B. Wojnowich, MSSM ‘10

Dr. Anthony J. Terraciano

Dr. Harvey Wolinsky, MSH ‘65

Dr. David C. Thomas, MSH ‘95

Dr. Rosalind J. Wright

Dr. Swan N. Thung and

Dr. Robert O. Wright

Mr. Roy T. Thung

Dr. Carol L. Wurzel, MSSM ‘82

Dr. Lucille M. Torres-Deas, MSSM ‘11

Dr. Lori B. Zimmerman, MSSM ‘86

Dr. Peter J. Vasquez, MSSM ‘08

Dr. Scott R. Benson

Dr. Jon M. Wagreich,

Dr. Enrique Zolezzi, ISMMS ‘12

MSSM ‘91, MSH ‘98 Dr. Armene E. Vanoyan, MSSM ‘91, MSH Dr. Jonathan A. Waitman, MSSM ‘98 Dr. Rebecca C. Amaru, MSSM ‘99, MSH ‘03 Dr. Lisa M. Walke, MSSM ‘97 Dr. Wendy Wang, MSSM ‘96 Dr. Susan H. Wasserman, MSSM ‘83 Dr. Harlan F. Weisman, MSH ‘82 Dr. Valerie J. Wells, MSSM ‘98, MSH ‘02 Dr. Brian H. West, MSSM ‘11 Dr. Walter Williamson, MSH ‘70

Icahn School of Medicine Class of 2024

Student Oath We, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Class of 2025, stand here today, in person, to embark on our medical education. Donning the white coat, we embrace the privilege and responsibility of learning medicine during an ongoing pandemic. With grace and unrelenting hope, we pledge: • To be dynamic in our learning, teaching, and research by honoring the best practices of current medicine and courageously rethinking traditions.

• To humbly advocate for and collaborate with our patients, our team, our community, and one another.

• T o meet patients where they are and celebrate their values, backgrounds, and experiences.

• To recognize the limitations of ourselves and our profession, while honoring the strengths of our patients.

• To abandon ego and listen to our patients with compassion and respect.

• To foster a compassionate learning and healing environment.

• To challenge the status quo and disrupt the systems that perpetuate inequities arising from segregated care and biases, known and unknown.

• To provide equitable care to people of all identities including: ability, age, class, education, ethnicity, gender, language, legal status, nationality, race, religion, and sexuality.

• T o bring our authentic selves to every interaction with patients and colleagues, while honoring our unique lived experiences and shared humanity.

Altogether, we promise to ourselves, our colleagues, and our future patients to do all in our power to turn these words into action.

Faculty Pledge The mission of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is to produce physicians and scientists who are prepared to enter society as informed advocates and activists who are able to advance clinical care and science and promote change.

We, the faculty, seek to embody this mission and so pledge the following to you, our students, in our effort to help you to become the best possible physicians and your best possible selves: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

To serve as models for caring, competent, and unbiased care of our patients.

To engage you in the joy and privilege of practicing the art and science of medicine and the rewards of learning for life.

To uphold the highest standards in scientific and medical research.

To inspire you to respect the art and science of medicine, but also to question the status quo.

To recognize that our opportunity to teach is also our opportunity to learn.

To not just teach, but also nurture.

To share of both our craft and ourselves.

To demonstrate that self-examination means as much as examinations.

To be kind in evaluating you and ourselves.

To never lose sight of our wellness and the wellness of all of those around us.

To have the courage to stand up for the oppressed and vulnerable and against prejudice and racism in all that we do.

To be aware of our own biases and those around us and strive to eliminate them.

To meet you where you are and get you where you want to be.

And, finally, to never forget as physicians, scientists, and educators what we know as human beings.

Welcome to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai!

We ask that you visit the Parent website by opening the camera on your phone and scanning the Flowcode.

Once there, we encourage you to view the 2021 Parent Welcome video and fill out the Parent Survey. Upon completion of the survey, we will send you a high quality photo of your first year student (one per family) from the 2021 White Coat Ceremony. Additionally, you will be signed up to receive e-updates and event invitations, which you can unsubscribe from at any time.

We are so excited that you are now part of the Mount Sinai Community!

For more information or to learn how to get involved with the Parents Council, please contact Anastasia Hagan.

Anastasia Hagan Director of Development 347.880.0465 Anastasia.Hagan@mountsinai.org

Congratulations to the

Class of 2025

The safety of our community is our highest priority; many of the images used during this event and program were taken prior to February 2020.