Xavier Graduates its Class of 2017
Xavier University Class of 2017
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The Keynote speaker Dr. Barry Smith, President and CEO of the Rogosin Institute in New York, graciously addressed the graduates in a thought provoking speech. He posed three questions: where have you come from, where are you at now and where are you going? His heartwarming address discussed the graduates’ importance in teh medical community, and not only how it would change their lives but how they themselves would change the field. In keeping with academic traidaiton, special recognition was accorded to Valedictorian Bobak Sharifi, M.D. and Salutatorian Varun Goswami, M.D. for their outstanding academic performance as medical students. The ceremony also included an Alumni Address given by Dr. Rachel Karmally, who graduated from CUSOM in 2012. She passionately urged graduates to remember why they entered medicine and gave them her own set of wisdom to get from this milestone to where they want to be in the next five years.
Abdulmuttaleb Al Soufi
Hajira Khan
Mina Thomas
Robert Statz
Aditi Sarker
Hesham Tayel
Mohammad Ahmad
Roopak Sekhon*
Ahmad Faour
Hussam Tayel
Mohammed Hnoosh
Sasha Sharifi*
Alimohamad Manji*
Ingrid Martinez
Mohsin Altaf
Sean Arora
Angitha Alex
Jessica Kainth
Mousa Sawaged
Shannon Arora
Bobak Sharifi*
Jude Akpede*
Natasha Dyal*
Shivan Patel
Chidelu Onyeani Nwosu
Julian Ang Keng Hao
Naval Walia
Tatyana Beaubrun*
Christophe Jerjian
Kaycee Umeoji
Neamul Huq
Terence Riley
Dale Adebyo
Kishan Patel*
Niraj Patel*
Varun Goswami*
Deepti Kalani*
Konstantin Urazov*
Paola Castro Zayas
VJ-Amit Sieuraj*
Durga Valli Pemmaraju
Majd Jazaerly*
Phillip Yohannan
Zain Nagaria
Eesha Khan*
Maria Belaev
Pooja Solanki
Grishma Jalemu
Michael Arroyo
Pratick Patel
*with Honors
Stress Management On the first day of school it was very evident that everyone’s facial nerves were working properly by their looks of blatant panic. Every semester they receive new challenges, and as we have been told, the difficulty increases. Along with the stress of our classes all of us have not only moved away from home to a completely different country; we have families we worry about, money issues, and the largest stressor ‘Did I forget to cross my “t” on Dr. Gil’s assignment?” All of these stressors can pile up and can be crippling. On Wednesday May 17, 2017 classes MD1 and MD2 gathered in the auditorium for a presentation by Ms Sharon Burgler, Life Force expert, Medical Specialists, Aruba, on how to handle the life of stress in medicine. Some of the things that were mentioned, we will actually be practicing in our residencies and our future clerkships, revealing to patients bad news or telling family members that their loved one passed away. One of the ideas that were mentioned in the presentation was to write down your concerns and write why they are concerns. I personally found this suggestion very insightful, being a guy I do not regularly broadcast my feelings to other people. I have tried this now a few times in my own journal and I have noticed it really does help. I find that getting it out on paper is as good as talking to someone about it. XUSOM students, we all can relate to the stressful things we are experiencing. It is my hope that we all take a step back and remind ourselves that we are alive today. No matter what stressors come, may we take them in-stride, dig in, and accomplish our goal of earning our MD! Written by: Mathew Moore, MD1
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