MD/PhD Convocation 2022

2022 Wednesday, April 20

2022

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

MD/PhD Convocation Wednesday, April 20

Opening Remarks Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD

Associate Dean for MD/PhD Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Oath Reading Introduction of Convocation Speaker Margaret H. Baron, MD, PhD Senior Associate Dean for MD/PhD Education

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2022 MD/PhD Convocation Speaker Yasmin Hurd, PhD

Director, Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience

Introduction of Graduates David Muller, MD, FACP

Marta Filizola, PhD

Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Margaret H. Baron, MD, PhD

Talia H. Swartz, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dean for Medical Education Marie!a and Charles C. Morchand Chair

Senior Associate Dean for MD/PhD Education

Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Associate Dean for MD/PhD Education

Conferring of Degrees Eric J Nestler, MD, PhD

Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Closing Remarks Margaret H. Baron, MD, PhD

Senior Associate Dean for MD/PhD Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2022 MD/PhD Graduates Sahil Agrawal, PhD Eziwoma Alibo, PhD Joshua Borgerding, PhD Sandhya Chandrasekaran, PhD Conor Nolan Gruber, PhD Nicholas John Heitman, PhD Kipp William Johnson, PhD Deepak Kaji, PhD Alexandra Barre" Keenan London, PhD Hope Kronman, PhD Andrew M Leader, PhD Seshat Mack, PhD Michael Louis Martini, PhD Grace Ellen Mosley, PhD Alexander Real, PhD Ryan Smith, PhD Cheng Tian, PhD

Mount Sinai Class of 2022 Physician Scientist Oath We swear to fulfill, to the best of our ability and judgment, this covenant: We will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians whose torches we are to carry, and gladly share such knowledge as is ours with those who are to follow.

We will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures that are required, pursuing new means in research while avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism in practice.

We will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

We will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will we fail to call in our colleagues when the skills of another are needed for the advancement of scientific discovery and fora patient’s recovery.

We will respect the privacy of our patients, for their problems are not disclosed to us that the world may know. Most especially must we tread with care in ma"ers of life and death. If it is given us to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within our power to respect the loss of life beyond our control; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of our own abilities. Above all, we must seek to elicit truths within our scientific efforts, not to play God. We will remember that we do not treat fever charts, cancerous growths, or chest CTs, but sick human beings, whose illness affects the person's family and our country as a whole. Our responsibility includes these related problems, if we are to care adequately for the sick.

We will remember that we remain members of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If we do not violate this oath, may we enjoy life and art, respected while we live and remembered with affection therea$er. May we always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of our calling and may we long experience the joy of healing those who seek our help.

Adapted from the Modified Hippocratic Oath