‘Go Out and Change the World’: CU School of Medicine Class of 2025 Celebrates Graduation
Tomorrow is for the rigors of residency, continuing training, and for some, leaving Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå. However, this day was for celebrating.
A few years ago, more than 14,000 hopeful students applied to be a part of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå School of Medicine’s Class of 2025, and 744 interviewed for slots in the class. On May 19, close to 180 graduates became doctors of medicine at the Hooding and Oath Ceremony at Boettcher Commons on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, marking the school’s 142nd year of training tomorrow’s healers.
Surgery Residency Will Help India Bonner Pursue Her Passion for Health Equity
Bonner, who graduates from the CU School of Medicine in May, served as president of White Coats for Black Lives for most of her medical school career.
CU Med Student Forged a Global Health Path For Herself
After graduation, Victoria Clair will begin an internal medicine residency where she plans to combine her passions for cardiology and taking care of immigrant and refugee populations.
‘Blending Art and Science’: CU Med Student Discovers a Passion for Plastic Surgery
Kassra Garoosi could always picture himself in medicine, but plastic surgery captured his interest during his time at the CU School of Medicine, where he led research and served diverse patient populations.
Graduating CU Medical Student Aims to Meld Medicine and Military Service as Future Air Force Surgeon
Daniel Saks, who will join the CU vascular surgery residency program after graduation, says the CU School of Medicine’s unique training allowed him to choose his own adventure and advance his skills in military medicine.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mona Hanna is a pediatrician, scientist, and activist known for exposing the Flint water crisis and advocating for public health equity. She serves as the Associate Dean for Public Health and holds the C.S. Mott Endowed Professorship in Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Additionally, she is the founding director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, a collaboration between MSU and Hurley Children's Hospital in Flint, Michigan, aimed at addressing the community's population-wide lead exposure and promoting the health of all Flint children.