‘We’ll be with you every step of the way’

Eighteen months after starting medical school, the OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 dons their white coats as this rite of passage returns

By Erin Hoover Barnett February 22, 2022 Portland, Oregon

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OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

The OHSU School of Medicine M.D. Class of 2024 celebrates its belated White Coat Ceremony at the Robertson Life Sciences Building Feb. 11, 2022. (OHSU/Ben Schneider)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

Rebecca Cantone, M.D., assistant dean of student affairs for undergraduate medical education, helps Maliyan Binette, M.D. Class of 2024, don her white coat in the first of the medical school's rites of passage to return in-person since the pandemic began. From left, Benjamin Schneider, M.D., assistant dean for student affairs, Tracy Bumsted, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for undergraduate medical education, and Interim Dean David Jacoby look on. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

From left, Yamileth Murillo, Maliyan Binette and Bret Gilbert relish the moment after their White Coat Ceremony Feb. 11. Binette and Gilbert are members of the second cohort of the Wy’East Post-baccalaureate Pathway, a medical school preparatory pathway for Alaska Native and American Indian students offered by the OHSU Northwest Native American Center of Excellence. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

School of Medicine leaders and faculty made up the platform party, including, from left, Rebecca Cantone, M.D., Benjamin Schneider, M.D., Tracy Bumsted, M.D., M.P.H., (who served as master of ceremonies as associate dean for undergraduate medical education), Interim Dean David Jacoby, M.D., Whitney Black, M.D., Omar Nazir, M.D., and Jeff Fullman, M.D., 80, president of the OHSU School of Medicine Alumni Association. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

The OHSU School of Medicine M.D. Class of 2024 celebrates its belated White Coat Ceremony at the Robertson Life Sciences Building Feb. 11, 2022. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

The OHSU School of Medicine M.D. Class of 2024 celebrates its belated White Coat Ceremony at the Robertson Life Sciences Building Feb. 11, 2022. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

The OHSU School of Medicine M.D. Class of 2024 celebrates its belated White Coat Ceremony at the Robertson Life Sciences Building Feb. 11, 2022. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU M.D. Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

Jason Agtarap leaves the receiving line after doning his white coat at the OHSU White Coat ceremony on Fri., Feb. 11, 2022, at the Robertson Life Sciences Building in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)