Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) conferred 99 doctor of medicine (MD) degrees upon students who compose Geisinger Commonwealth's graduating Class of 2019. Commencement ceremonies were held Sunday, May 5 at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre.
Greetings were offered by Mr. Robert J. Dietz, PE, GCSOM board chair and by Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD, Geisinger interim president/CEO. Holly J. Humphrey, MD, was keynote speaker. Dr. Humphrey is president at Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and former dean for medical education and Ralph W. Gerard Professor in Medicine atThe University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Sarah Hayek, MD, GCSOM Class of 2015 offered greetings from GCSOM's growing Alumni Society.
The executive board of the South Asian Society (SAS) at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) organized and led an initiative to educate the GCSOM community on the Muslim observation of Ramadan, a month dedicated to fasting, prayer, reflection and community.
Two medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) were elected by their statewide peers to be student representatives to the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP).
