The graduates celebrated their official transition from medical students to physicians during a ceremony May 16 at the Hippodrome Theatre.
Graduates in the Class of 2024 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) gathered at the Hippodrome Theatre on May 16, along with their families, friends, and UMSOM faculty and staff, to celebrate their official transition from medical students to physicians.
UMSOM Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, vice president for medical affairs, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor, presided over the ceremony marking his second UMSOM graduation as the 31st dean of the school. The graduating class of 139 physicians received their doctoral hoods, and several graduates earned combined MD/Master’s and MD/PhD degrees.
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In his direct address to the class, Gladwin focused on the “gray tsunami” that would be confronting this new generation of doctors and require a deep understanding of geriatrics and age being a primary risk factor for disease.
“As physicians, even as newly minted interns on the wards, you will be considered role models in what you say and do,” Gladwin said. “You will have to communicate what you’ve learned through the COVID-19 pandemic about science, and knowledge, and compassion.”
