MD Program
White Coat Ceremony
White Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony is to welcome you into the profession, and to renew your commitment to professionalism and humanism in the practice of medicine. You will be presented and "cloaked" with your white coat by a distinguished Penn State College of Medicine physician and faculty member then you will recite the Oath of Modern Hippocrates.
Class of 2029
Hershey Lodge
Friday, July 25, 2025, at 4 p.m.
White Coat 2025 Details
The White Coat Ceremony will be available to watch via a Zoom Livestream. Livestream link will be on this page on July 25.
Hershey Lodge
325 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Red and White Rooms
View Hershey Lodge map
Students will be required to arrive at the Hershey Lodge (Red & White rooms) on Friday, July 25 by 2:30 p.m. for rehearsal and a class photo.
Each student is permitted to bring four (4) guests to the White Coat Ceremony. If you would like to request additional tickets, please email Student Affairs at studentaffairs@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Doors open: 3:30 p.m.
Event starts: 4 p.m.
Welcome Remarks
Kevin Black, MD
Karen Kim, MD, MS
Keynote Speaker
Brandon Peterson, MD
Class of 2026 Student Speaker
Angela Tran
Introduction of Class of 2029
Cloakers: Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA | Alfredo Bellon, MD | Kate Sanchez, MD | Lilia Reyes, MD
Dean Congratulations: Karen Kim, MD, MS and Kevin Black, MD
Gifts: To-Nu Vu, MD '93 and Doug Spotts, MD '93
Administration of Student Oath
Welcome from Alumni Society Board
To-Nu Vu, MD '93
Closing remarks