The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Class of 2020 Convocation
May 20, 2020
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony is an extraordinary event for all our graduating students and their guests. It is a milestone event for all, and a moving recognition of our graduates’ professional accomplishments, unbelievable dedication and commitment, and of the unfailing support of family and friends who helped make their achievements possible.
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Start the CeremonyI do solemnly swear... by that which I hold most sacred... That I will be fully committed to those I serve... and just and loyal to the profession of medicine and its members...
—excerpt from the Oath of Hippocrates
Browse the Day's Events
Welcome
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Greetings
Leslie Ann Rivera-Rosado</strong>, Ph.D. and 2009 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Alumna
Comments
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Rakesh Ram Goli, Medical Student
Peter J. Espenshade, Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
David Joshua Ottenheimer, Graduate Student
Address
Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology Princeton University
Announcement of Awards
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kevin W. Sowers, President, Johns Hopkins Health System and Executive Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Announcement of Teaching Awards
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Presentation of Certificate, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy Graduates
Peter J. Espenshade, Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
The Graduate Student Oath
Administered by Erika L. Matunis, Professor of Cell Biology
Presentation of Doctor of Medicine Graduates
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
The Oath of Hippocrates
Administered by Robert B. Shochet, Associate Professor of Medicine
Closing
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Vice Dean for Education, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education
