{"id":134148,"date":"2024-08-12T18:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&p=134148"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:36:37","slug":"annual-white-coat-ceremony-welcomes-141-students-to-profession-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2024\/annual-white-coat-ceremony-welcomes-141-students-to-profession-of-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual White Coat Ceremony Welcomes 141 Students to Profession of Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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As a physician, research scientist and educator, it was particularly fitting that new Boston University President Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH, welcomed first-year medical students, their families and friends at the annual White Coat Ceremony held Aug. 5 on Talbot Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karen Antman, dean of the medical school and provost of the Medical Campus (right), helping BU President Melissa L. Gilliam into a white coat at the August 5 White Coat Ceremony. Gilliam was the keynote speaker at the event, which signifies the beginning of medical students\u2019 journeys into the study and practice of medicine. Photo by Jake Mackey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But Gilliam also pointed to increasing income inequality and health disparities that could undercut those medical and technological advances for some. She praised the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and its primary teaching affiliate Boston Medical Center for innovative approaches to address these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n