FRANK H. NETTER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Friday the Eighth of May 2020 Two o’clock GREETINGS FROM A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OLIAN DEAN KOEPPEN Congratulations to the Class of 2020 as we celebrate this memorable As members of the fourth graduating class of the milestone in your lives. As you embark upon rewarding residencies and Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, you have careers as members of patient-centered health care teams, you are joining shown incredible resilience in your response to a nation of health care heroes whose service to society is invaluable. the impact of the coronavirus on your educational experience, including your virtual Match Day You will touch so many lives in meaningful ways, and I trust your celebration and now your virtual Commencement faculty and classmates at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine ceremony. Your positive approach and actions during at Quinnipiac have prepared you well for this exciting next chapter. this time have been inspirational for all of us. Please stay connected to your classmates and continue to draw upon the many friendships formed here for the rest of your lives. As you begin your residency training, many of you will be on the front lines as our country, and the world, This is a special day to share with your families and friends whose continue to confront the coronavirus. I am confident support I know contributed to your success. Be sure to celebrate your that you are fully prepared to meet that challenge accomplishments and anticipate, with excitement, your future as it with the knowledge, skills and compassion you possess. unfolds. Enjoy this moment and know that all of Bobcat Nation will be You have already made us proud, and I know you will cheering you on with pride. continue to do so. Best regards, The entire faculty and staff at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine wishes you long and meaningful careers and much success. Best wishes, Judy D. Olian, PhD Bruce M. Koeppen, MD, PhD ORDER OF EXERCISES Processional Faculty Remarks Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar Traci Marquis-Eydman, MD Associate Professor of Medical Sciences Call to Commencement Medical Student Home Program Director Bruce Koeppen, MD, PhD Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Director Dean, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine Student Remarks Greetings Joanna Marantidis, MD ’20 Judy D. Olian, PhD President, Class of 2020 President Hippocratic Oath Remarks Robert Bona, MD Bruce Koeppen Professor of Medical Sciences Commencement Address Closing of Exercises William A. McDade, MD, PhD Bruce Koeppen Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Presentation of Anesthesiologist Assistant Candidates for Degrees A. William Paulsen, MMSc, PhD Professor of Medical Sciences and Anesthesiologist Assistant Program Director Conferral of Degrees Judy D. Olian Presentation of Candidates for Medical Degrees and Conferral of Hoods Kim-Thu C. Pham, MD, MPH Associate Dean, Student Affairs Conferral of Degrees Judy D. Olian Student Remarks Florence Yuan, MD ’20 / 3 Commencement Speaker William A. McDade, MD, PhD William A. McDade, MD, PhD, is the chief diversity and inclusion officer for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He focuses on national initiatives to diversify and include underrepresented groups throughout the medical education continuum. The council’s goal is to provide physicians with the knowledge and skills to serve the American public in humanistic environments where clinician and patient well-being are promoted. Before joining ACGME, McDade was executive vice president and chief academic officer at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans and prior to that, a professor of anesthesia and critical care at the University of Chicago, where he completed terms as deputy provost for research and minority issues and as associate dean for multicultural affairs at the Pritzker School of Medicine. McDade earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry from DePaul University, a PhD in biophysics and theoretical biology from the University of Chicago, and his medical degree from Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine Medical Scientist Training program. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the University of Chicago and residency in anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital- Harvard Medical School. He has made clinical anesthesiology and the treatment of sickle cell disease the focus of his clinical care and research. He has served on the ACGME board of directors, as a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation. He is a member of the AMA Board of Trustees and the AMA Board representative to the Coalition for Physician Accountability. McDade also has served as president and chair of the boards of trustees of both the Illinois State Medical Society and the Chicago Medical Society. In 2012, he was chosen to receive the Chicago Medical Society’s Physician of the Year Award. / 4 CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION Master of Medical Science Trevor Borries Donias Doko Anesthesiologist Assistant High Distinction in Healthcare High Distinction in Global, Public and Management and Organizational Leadership Community Health Ramandeep Chohan Baylor University Medical Center, TX University of Connecticut Cameron Combs Surgery-General School of Medicine, CT Cassandra Toellner Emergency Medicine Addison Veitch Conner Bracy Paige Victor Distinction in Global, Public and Carolyn Dubeau Community Health High Distinction in Basic, Translational Doctor of Medicine* New York City Medical College and Clinical Science Research Rachel Alade Metropolitan Hospital, NY University of Texas Health Science High Distinction in Global, Public and Psychiatry Center San Antonio, TX Community Health Alexander Buell Thoracic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Distinction in Medical Humanities Kevin Duignan Medical Center, PA Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical High Distinction in Basic, Translational Pediatrics Center, NH and Clinical Science Research Arjun Bahl Psychiatry University of Connecticut Distinction in Healthcare Management and Nicholas Calitri School of Medicine, CT Organizational Leadership Distinction in Basic, Translational and Emergency Medicine University of Washington Affiliated Clinical Science Research Tavit Dunnsiri Hospitals, WA Griffin Hospital, CT Distinction in Basic, Translational and Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Clinical Science Research Claire Barton University of Connecticut University of California High Distinction in Healthcare School of Medicine, CT Medical Center, Olive View, CA Management and Organizational Leadership Anesthesiology Internal Medicine Greater Lawrence Family Health Lisa Chan Mohammad El-Saied Center, MA Distinction in Basic, Translational and Distinction in Basic, Translational and Family Medicine Clinical Science Research Clinical Science Research Samuel Baskharoun St. John’s Riverside Hospital, NY University of Illinois Distinction in Health Communications Emergency Medicine College of Medicine, IL New York University Winthrop Brian Davitt Internal Medicine Hospital, NY Distinction in Global, Public and Meng Geng Internal Medicine Community Health Distinction in Basic, Translational and New York University Grossman Zucker School of Medicine Northwell Clinical Science Research School of Medicine, NY Cohen Children’s, NY Saint Mary’s Hospital, CT Neurology Pediatrics Internal Medicine Stephanie Batson Wesley Dean Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA High Distinction in Global, Public and Distinction in Global, Public and Radiology-Diagnostic Community Health Community Health Meghana Ghattu Tufts Medical Center, MA Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA Distinction in Global, Public and Pediatrics Pediatrics Community Health Joshua Bia Sagar Desai Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MN High Distinction in Basic, Translational and Distinction in Global, Public and Internal Medicine Clinical Science Research Community Health Britton Gibson Yale New Haven Hospital, CT Geisinger Health System, PA High Distinction in Global, Public and Emergency Medicine Transitional Year Community Health Jason Bisaillon Yale New Haven Hospital, CT University of Connecticut Distinction in Health Policy and Advocacy Radiology-Diagnostic School of Medicine, CT University of Connecticut Andrew Ding Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medicine, CT Distinction in Medical Humanities Lacey Gowdy Emergency Medicine Hartford Hospital, CT High Distinction in Medical Education Michelle Blomgren Psychiatry University of Vermont Medical Distinction in Medical Humanities Center, VT State University of New York Pediatrics Upstate Medical University, NY Obstetrics and Gynecology *residency location and specialty listed below name / 5 Lyndsay Hauser Jack Luo Matthew Nowland Distinction in Basic, Translational and Distinction in Basic, Translational and Distinction in Basic, Translational and Clinical Science Research Clinical Science Research Clinical Science Research St. Vincent’s Medical Center, CT Alameda Health System – University of Vermont Internal Medicine Highland Hospital, CA Medical Center, VT Jonathan Ho Internal Medicine Anesthesiology Distinction in Global, Public and Seija Maniskas Matthew O’Brien Community Health Distinction in Basic, Translational and High Distinction in Basic, Translational and Rhode Island Hospital, Clinical Science Research Clinical Science Research Brown University, RI Huntington Memorial