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After Pandemic-Affected First Year, Class of 2024 Receives White Coats

Students from the Class of 2024 pose with faculty during their White Coat Ceremony

Video of Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony Highlights | Weill Cornell Medicine

In a typical academic year at Weill Cornell Medical College, the annual White Coat Ceremony symbolically marks the launch of the incoming class’s journey into medicine. First-year students gather during their first week on campus for the tradition, which includes presentation of a short white coat and stethoscope to each...

Dr. Sri Palanisamy (MD ’20) is Published in Nature Medicine

Dr. Sri Palanisamy (MD ’20) is Published in Nature Medicine

When Dr. Sri Palanisamy (MD ’20) graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he, along with other recent graduates, worked virtually to assist in the community.

“New York City was the epicenter of the epicenter,” says Dr. Palanisamy. “At that time, there were a lot of different roles for students, such as data gathering and data reporting. Weill Cornell Medicine did a great job of protecting its students, by utilizing students in various ways that weren...

First-Year Medical Students Don White Coats During Historic Year

Group photo from Class of 2025 White Coat ceremony

Video of Class of 2025 White Coat Ceremony Highlights | Weill Cornell Medicine

As a child, Noelle Desir, 23, suffered from severe eczema. She and her family tried everything to bring the skin condition under control, but without insurance, all they could do was visit the emergency room when she had a flare-up. Finally at age 12, her father, an immigrant from Haiti, secured...

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