Student Scene
White Coat Day: Students' First Step Toward Becoming Doctors
On Sept. 2, 165 first-year students joined the ranks of doctors-to-be in the White Coat Ceremony at each of the student societies. Below are photographs of the day's events.
Holmes Society master Augustus White shakes hands with HSDM student Michael Bundy after he received his white coat.
Castle Society's Zach Kastenberg receives his white coat from Bill Taylor, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess.
Milena Petranovic of the Cannon Society gets a hand from Kate Treadway, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Beverly Woo, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, helps Taniqua Alexander of the Peabody Society.
Karen Bos of the Holmes Society is pleased with the fit.
Richard Mitchell, associate master of Health Sciences and Technology, assists Matt Greenblatt of HST.
Photos by Steve Gilbert.