White Coat Ceremony: Georgetown University School of Medicine - Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., Speaker, August 12, 2005

Abstract

This is the annual White Coat Ceremony for new first-year medical students (2005 ceremony for the Class of 2009) at Georgetown University School of Medicine. The students receive their white coats and take the Hippocratic Oath. Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., was the guest speaker. He spoke about the responsibilities of a virtuous physician. The ceremony took place on Friday, August 12, 2005 in Georgetown University's Gaston Hall from 3:30-5:00 p.m. The Blue and Gray article about the ceremony and Dr. Pellegrino's speech is available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20070304143130/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=2686