White Coat Ceremony
Class of 2028 White Coat Ceremony
On August 9, 2024, at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Class of 2028 donned their white coats for the first time, as they celebrated the great tradition of the White Coat Ceremony with faculty, family, and friends.
To celebrate the diversity of the class, several Class of 2028 students recited a section of the Code of Honor in their native language during the ceremony.
We encourage families and friends to review the Medical Student Wellness Book for a variety of information and resources on supporting your student throughout medical school.
View the word cloud to see what the white coat means to the Class of 2028.
Watch the Ceremony
Class of 2028 Photo Gallery
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About the White Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony is an important time for first-year medical students to come together as a class, to be welcomed into the profession, and to emphasize the professional and humanistic aspects of medicine that are so critical to the care of patients.
The White Coat Ceremony, sponsored by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, has been an annual tradition at the School of Medicine since 1997. The event features the presentation of traditional white coats, long the symbol of physicians and scientists, to first-year medical students.
The coats are put on students by School of Medicine House faculty. After being "coated," students recite the Code of Honor, acknowledging their acceptance of the obligations of the medical profession.
For more information about the event, please contact Student Affairs.
The Medical Family Annual Fund
Medical school is an exciting and challenging time for both medical students and the loved ones who support them. Recognizing the opportunity to enhance activities and student life through philanthropic support, the parents, families, and friends of past medical students created the Medical Family Annual Fund at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
In addition to the annual White Coat Ceremony, donations to the Medical Family Annual Fund have supported the House Advisory System, student wellness programming, and extraordinary needs of the medical students. We are pleased to provide medical family members with an opportunity to further enrich their student's academic experience through their generous support to the Medical Family Annual Fund. Please consider a donation to carry on this tradition of philanthropy with your gift to the Medical Family Annual Fund during your student's tenure at UMSOM.
If you would like more information about the Medical Family Annual Fund, please contact Irene Amoros, Executive Director of Annual Giving, at 410-706-8550 or at iamoros@som.umaryland.edu. We also encourage you to view the video below with messages from our Medical Family Annual Fund Co-Chairs and several of our medical students.
Please make your donation online today to the Medical Family Annual Fund using the link below. Thank you!
Donate to the Medical Family Annual Fund
Your gift to the Medical Family Annual Fund may also be made my check, payable to UMBF, Inc./Medical Family Annual Fund and mailed to:
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Office of Development
31 S. Greene Street, Third Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201