2019 One Hundred Forty-Fourth Commencement Saturday, May 18, 2019 Nine O’Clock in the Morning The Grand Ole Opry House Auditorium 2802 Opryland Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37214 2019 One Hundred Forty-Fourth Commencement Saturday, May 18, 2019 Nine O’Clock in the Morning The Grand Ole Opry House Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee 37214 Meharry Medical College has served the nation’s health care needs for 143 years. This year the College is convening its 144th commencement exercise because it held two graduation ceremonies in one academic year during World War II. THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Presiding Dr. James E. K. Hildreth, Sr., Ph.D., M.D. President/CEO Processional ...................................................................“Triumphal March” from Aida Giuseppe Verdi Candidates for Degrees President and Speaker Chair of the Board and other trustees Members of the platform party Other Administrative Officers Members of the Faculty Academic Marshal ......................................................................Julie Gray, D.D.S. ’99 Grand Marshal and Bearer of the Mace ...................................William P. Davis, D.D.S. ’92, M.S.P.H. ’97 Faculty Marshal .....................................................................LaMonica Stewart, Ph.D. The School Marshals: School of Graduate Studies and Research .................................Anil Shanker, Ph.D. Chair, Faculty Council, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Cancer Immunotherapy Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology School of Dentistry ................................ Michael A. Yacko, Jr., Chair, Faculty Council, Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry School of Medicine .................................... Edward R. Hills, M.D. ’66, Chair, Faculty Council, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hooding Marshals: School of Graduate Studies and Research Ph.D. Program .........................................Samuel E. Adunyah, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Biochemistry Fernando Villalta, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Physiology Master of Science in Public Health ..............................Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge Ph.D., M.P.H. Interim Director, M.S.P.H. Program Daphne Ferguson-Young, D.D.S. ’79, M.S.P.H., Professor and Program Director, General Practice Residency Program Master of Health Sciences .............................................Alfred Nyanda, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Professional and Medical Education, School of Medicine James E. Cade, D.D.S., Associate Professor, Department of Oral Diagnostics Sciences School of Dentistry .........................Sandra G. Harris, D.D.S. ’84, FACD, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics James Tyus, D.D.S. ’78, Chair and Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry School of Medicine ....................................Richard Fremont, M.D., Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Heather M. O’Hara, M.D. ’05, M.S.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine 4 MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE The National Anthem .................................................................“Star Spangled Banner” Francis Scott Key The Meharry Choir The Black National Anthem ..........................................................“Lift Every Voice and Sing” J.W. Johnson and J.R. Johnson The Meharry Choir Invocation . .Reverend Robin Harris Kimbrough, J.D., M.Div. Chaplain and Senior Advisor to the President United Methodist Church Affairs, Meharry Medical College Welcome and Remarks ..................................................... James E.K. Hildreth, Sr., Ph.D., M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Greetings ..........................................................................Nelson L. Adams, III, M.D. Chairman, Meharry Board of Trustees Carlton Z. Adams, M.D. Chairman, Faculty Senate Choral Presentation ............................................................................“Total Praise” The Meharry Choir Introduction of the Speaker .................................................................President Hildreth Commencement Address ............................................................. Mr. Stanley M. Bergman Chairman of the Board and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc. Presentation of Candidates for Degrees .......................................................President Hildreth Conferral of Degrees and Professional Oaths School of Graduate Studies and Research ............................... Maria de Fatima Lima, Ph.D., Dean School of Dentistry .................................Cherae M. Farmer-Dixon, D.D.S. ’90, M.S.P.H. ’94, Dean School of Medicine .............................................. Veronica T. Mallett, M.D., M.M.M., Dean Presentation of Candidates by Schools School of Graduate Studies and Research .............................. Evangeline D. Motley-Johnson, Ph.D., Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Department of Biomedical Education Ph.D. Degree in Biomedical Science Master of Science in Public Health (M.S.P.H.) Master of Health Sciences (M.H.S.) Oaths and Pledge ...........................................................................Dean Lima School of Dentistry .........................Gerald E. Davis II, D.D.S. ’11, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Dentistry, Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry Dental Oath ......................................................................Dean Farmer-Dixon School of Medicine ................ Monique Forskin-Bennerman, M.D. ’01, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine Hippocratic Oath .........................................................................Dean Mallett The Induction of Graduates into the Alumni Association ........................Dawn B. Griffin, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. ’95 President, Meharry National Alumni Association Recognition of Certificate in Health Policy Awardees ....................A. Dexter Samuels, Ph.D., Executive Director Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College Special Recognition ........................................................................President Hildreth Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Recipients .....Oluwabamise (Raymond) R. Akinnawo, Graduating Senior Emergency Medicine Residency Millard D. Collins, M.D., Associate Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine The Alma Mater ....................................................................Led by The Meharry Choir Closing Remarks ..........................................................................President Hildreth The Benediction ........................................................................ Reverend Kimbrough The Recessional ................................................................“The Prince of Denmark March” Jeremiah Clarke ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOURTH COMMENCEMENT 5 The Speaker STANLEY M. BERGMAN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CEO OF HENRY SCHEIN, INC. Since 1989, Stanley Association and the Alpha Omega Dental M. Bergman has Fraternity. Mr. Bergman is the recipient of the been Chairman of Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the CR Magazine the Board and CEO Corporate Responsibility Lifetime Achievement of Henry Schein, Award; the 2017 CEO of the year award by Chief Inc., a Fortune Executive Magazine; Honorary Doctorates 500® company and from The University of the Witwatersrand, the world’s largest Western University of Health Sciences, Hofstra provider of health University, A.T. Still University’s Arizona School care products and of Dentistry and Oral Health, Case Western services to office- Reserve University and Farmingdale State based dental and medical practitioners. With more College (SUNY); and Honorary Fellowship from than 18,000 Team Schein Members and operations King’s College London - Dental Institute and the or affiliates in 31 countries, Henry Schein is a International College of Dentists. member of the S&P 500® and Nasdaq 100® indexes. Stan and Marion Bergman and their family are In 2018, the company’s sales from continuing active supporters of organizations fostering operations reached $9.4 billion. Henry Schein has the arts, higher education, cultural diversity been a Fortune World’s Most Admired Company and grassroots health care and sustainable for 18 consecutive years. entrepreneurial economic development initiatives Mr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor in the United States, Africa and other developing for numerous institutions including New York regions of the world. University College of Dentistry; the University Mr. Bergman is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; the of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and is a Columbia University Medical Center; University South African Chartered Accountant and an NYS of the People; Hebrew University; Tel Aviv Certified Public Accountant (CPA). University; the University of the Witwatersrand Fund; The World Economic Forum’s Health Care Governors; the Business Council for International Understanding, the Japan Society and the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Bergman is an honorary member of the American Dental 6 MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE Meharry Medical College, a United Methodist managers, insurers, health care professionals Church related institution, is the nation’s largest and patients. The key solution, according to the private, independent, historically black academic report, is substantially increasing the