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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I 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

Alumni Information for Graduates

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