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Tri-City graduate Moore begins studies at SIU School of Medicine
A Buffalo student is a member of the Class of 2015 who began studies in August at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Ross A. Moore, a Tri-City High School graduate, participated in a “White Coat ceremony,” which welcomes students into the profession. Moore is the son of R. Wayne
and Shirley Moore of Kiowa, Colo.
During the ceremony in Carbondale, the students received their first white coats from the president of the School’s Alumni Society, Dr. Douglas Carlson, professor of
pediatrics and director of the Hospitalist Medicine division in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University (WU) in St. Louis, a pediatrician at WU and St. Louis
Children’s Hospital and a 1984 graduate. The coats were provided by the School’s Alumni Society.
The white coat event is designed to establish a “psychological contract of professionalism and empathy” in medicine and is held at most U.S. medical schools. SIU
students also receive a pin made up of the words “Compassion, Respect and Integrity” from the SIU Foundation.
Dr. Careyana Brenham, associate professor of family and community medicine and a 2000 graduate, was the keynote speaker for the SIU ceremony. She received the
School’s 2009 Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Wesley Robinson-McNeese, associate professor of internal medicine and medical humanities, executive assistant to the
dean for diversity and a 1986 graduate, presented the students. The class of 2015 has 34 men and 38 women. Most of the students are from the southern two-thirds of the
state.
A Buffalo student is a member of the Class of 2015 who began studies in August at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Ross A. Moore, a Tri-City High School graduate, participated in a “White Coat ceremony,” which welcomes students into the profession. Moore is the son of R. Wayne
and Shirley Moore of Kiowa, Colo.
During the ceremony in Carbondale, the students received their first white coats from the president of the School’s Alumni Society, Dr. Douglas Carlson, professor of
pediatrics and director of the Hospitalist Medicine division in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University (WU) in St. Louis, a pediatrician at WU and St. Louis
Children’s Hospital and a 1984 graduate. The coats were provided by the School’s Alumni Society.
The white coat event is designed to establish a “psychological contract of professionalism and empathy” in medicine and is held at most U.S. medical schools. SIU
students also receive a pin made up of the words “Compassion, Respect and Integrity” from the SIU Foundation.
Dr. Careyana Brenham, associate professor of family and community medicine and a 2000 graduate, was the keynote speaker for the SIU ceremony. She received the
School’s 2009 Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Wesley Robinson-McNeese, associate professor of internal medicine and medical humanities, executive assistant to the
dean for diversity and a 1986 graduate, presented the students. The class of 2015 has 34 men and 38 women. Most of the students are from the southern two-thirds of the
state.
Issue Date: Sept. 1, 2011
