Commencement speakers
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine has hosted several esteemed speakers at commencement ceremonies throughout the years. See a full listing of previous speakers below:
Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD
University Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Professor of Pediatrics Emerita at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Editor in Chief Emerita of JAMA
Nelson Sofoluke, MD ’17, MBS ’13
Resident in Neurosurgery, Geisinger Medical Center in Danville
Rachel Silverstein, MD ’15, MBS ’11
Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellow at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Susan E. Skochelak, MD, MPH
Former Chief Academic Officer and Group Vice President for Medical Education at the American Medical Association
Second-Year Diagnostic Radiology Resident, Brown University
https://youtu.be/5looA3_l98M?t=518
Family Medicine with Obstetrics Physician at the Federally Qualified Health Center, Family Health Network of Central New York
https://youtu.be/Rf338cqr2yI?t=748
Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Chief Health Officer of Google Health
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Geisinger
President and Dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
https://youtu.be/H8maxNhH00I
President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) of Thomas Jefferson University and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy in Philadelphia
Geisinger Commonwealth Board of Directors
Chief Scientific Officer and Cofounder of Arbutus Biopharma Inc.
Dean Emerita and Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota Medical School
Chief Executive Officer of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and Chief Executive Officer of ACGME International; Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; Senior Scholar of the Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
President and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University
President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Owner of Fred W. Eckel Sons and President of Eckel Farms Inc.
Former President and CEO of Sanofi Pasteur
Governor of Pennsylvania