White Coat Ceremony
Class of 2028 White Coat Ceremony
Friday, August 9, 2024
1:30 pm- 3:30 pm, with a dessert reception to follow
Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
12 N. Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Doors Open at 12:30 pm
We look forward to welcoming the University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 2028 and their families and friends at this momentous occasion!
Please note that tickets are required for this event. We ask that families and friends reach out to students for details about registration, tickets, and requesting special accommodations.
For those unable to attend in person, this event will be livestreamed starting at 1:30 pm on Friday, August 9. The link will be added here closer to the event date.
Parking will be available at the Baltimore Grand Garage (5 N. Paca St.), next to the Hippodrome. Carpooling is encouraged. This is a UMB Garage. Hourly parking rates will apply. Please note that there is no direct elevator access from the garage to the venue. Use the elevators on the Paca St side. Then, make a left out of the garage onto Paca St and a left on W. Baltimore Street.
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.
Class of 2027 White Coat Ceremony
On August 4, 2023, at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Class of 2027 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 2027 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 2027.
Class of 2027 Photo Gallery
The Medical Family Annual Fund
Funds from the Medical Family Annual Fund help our students take advantage of educational events around the world.
Medical school is an exciting and challenging time for the students enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and their families. The UMB School of Medicine is one of the nation's premier learning institutions, ranking in the top 10% of public medical schools nationally.
We are proud to provide medical family members with an opportunity to further enrich their student's academic experience through philanthropic support to the Medical Family Annual Fund.
If you would like more information about the Medical Family Annual Fund, please contact Irene Amoros, Director of Annual Giving and Special Projects, at 410-706-8550 or at iamoros@som.umaryland.edu.
Or, you may make an online donation.
Donate to the Medical Family Annual Fund
When making your gift, please select "School of Medicine Student Initiatives and Scholarships" and then "Medical Family Annual Fund" from the dropdown menu.