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Medical students begin career
journey with
White Coat Ceremony
August 26, 2008
NORFOLK, VA — EVMS on Friday officially welcomed its newest class
of 115 up-and-coming physicians into the medical community with the
annual White Coat Ceremony.
The occasion serves to foster strong moral and professional standards
within the atmosphere of learning at EVMS.
As part of the ceremony, Edmund Pellegrino, M.D., professor emeritus of
medicine and medical ethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at the
Georgetown University Medical Center, delivered the first annual H. Lee
Kanter Lecture. Pellegrino, whose career in medicine spans 60 years,
focused on the importance of honoring and following the standards that
accompany the role of a physician.
The Kanter Lecture honors the memory of its namesake, a noted local
attorney and philanthropist. |
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Medical students hold their white coats
as the ceremony gets underway. |
 Edmund
Pellegrino, M.D., delivered an impassioned message about adhering to the
ethical and professional standards that bind medical practitioners. The
address was the first annual H. Lee Kanter Lecture, named in honor of a
noted local attorney and philanthropist. |
Medical student Mark Cohee grins to the
crowd as he buttons up his white coat for the first time.
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Students (front, from left) Kathleen Altemose, Vishnu Ambur and Miranda
Bales join their classmates in applause after being welcomed into the
medical community.
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 Edmund
Pellegrino, M.D., (center) spent time before the ceremony with his son,
Thomas Pellegrino, M.D., (center right) professor and chairman of
neurology; EVMS President Harry Lester (left); and Dean Gerald Pepe.
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 H.
Lee Kanter Jr., M.D., hands books — a collection of essays, poems and
stories entitled “On Doctoring” — to the new medical students. He was
the driving force behind the establishing the lectureship in his
father’s honor.
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