NYITCOM Commencement and Hooding Ceremony

Commencement and Hooding Ceremony

Sunday,

May 21

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Dean

Greetings from the President

Congratulations, doctors! Today’s hooding ceremony marks an exciting new chapter in your lives, one I know you and your classmates—now fellow alumni from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine—will cherish for many years to come.

The doctoral hood you receive today symbolizes your transition from student to skilled medical professional. You leave here with a great responsibility to help countless patients who will depend upon your compassion, experience, and education to enhance and improve their lives as well as the lives of those they hold dear.

As a polytechnic university, New York Institute of Technology has empowered you to benefit from our academic diversity. You’ve learned alongside future nurses, physical and occupational therapists, physician assistants, engineers, computer scientists, architects, entrepreneurs, and others dedicated to pursuing 21st-century careers. In addition, our talented faculty members have dedicated themselves to preparing you to become caring, informed, and highly skilled medical professionals.

We are honored to include you among our nearly 114,000 alumni worldwide, which now includes more than 9,000 osteopathic physicians. I wish you the best of luck and I am confident that you will make us proud.

Once again, congratulations on your incredible achievement. I look forward to hearing about your many successes.

Sincerely,

Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D. President, New York Institute of Technology

Greetings from the Provost and Executive Vice President

Congratulations to all of you on your incredible achievement. You are taking the most important step in your medical career—you have earned your degree. This is an exciting moment, as you now join not only a distinguished group of alumni but also the physician community at large.

You are starting today the next chapter in your career. Although you might think that your studies are over, as a physician your life as a student never ends. Internship and residency are easily identifiable as a continued learning environment, but as a physician, you always continue as a student. Whether it is when you study for your board certification examination or review the medical chart of a patient, you are a student. When listening to your patients or during a discussion with a consultant, you are a student. Only by continuing your quest for knowledge will you be able to continue the path that NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine has prepared you for: Being the best physician you can be. Healing your patients. Representing the profession.

No public relations campaign or advertising budget will ever be as successful at promoting NYITCOM and osteopathic medicine as when you provide highquality, compassionate care. This, as you can imagine, puts quite a burden on you as new graduates. I challenge you to remember this for the rest of your medical career. You not only represent yourself, but every NYITCOM graduate, every osteopathic physician, every physician who was hooded before you.

Congratulations to you and your families,

Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Provost and Executive Vice President New York Institute of Technology

Greetings from the Dean

Today marks a major milestone in your life and your career. The administration, faculty, and staff of NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine could not be more proud of you. As students of the college, you have distinguished yourselves with hard work and professionalism. You have our heartfelt congratulations for a job well done.

NYITCOM has equipped you not only with facts, but also with the tools necessary to seek new knowledge. I encourage you to follow medical literature closely, evaluate it critically, and keep your minds open to new forms of therapy. Your patients will assume that you are providing the very latest in medical care. In meeting their expectations, you will be honoring yourself, your college, and your profession.

As you take your oath, you will make a pledge to the students who follow you. Your college selected you not only because you will be an outstanding physician, but also because of your potential to teach the generations of osteopathic physicians to come. The future of the profession rests in your hands. I hope you will integrate learning, doing, and teaching into every day of your career.

On a personal note, I wish each and every one of you the very best and my hope as you embark on this amazing journey is for you to find joy in every day!

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Dean NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine

Keynote Speaker

ANTONIO C. BIANCO, M.D., PH.D. Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Antonio Bianco is a physician-scientist and a writer working in the thyroid field. He obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Human Physiology in São Paulo, Brazil, and later immigrated to the United States where he maintains a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded laboratory. Together with his graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and collaborators, Bianco has published in the area of thyroid hormone metabolism and action, with implications for the treatment of patients with hypothyroidism.

His research career has focused on how T3 (triiodothyronine) initiates or terminates critical biological steps while maintaining relatively stable plasma levels. Bianco’s work has been recognized with numerous awards and elections to membership in prestigious professional societies. He served as a regular member of NIH study sections and the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and also served in different administrative capacities such as chief of endocrinology at the University of Miami and Rush University, where he also served as president of the medical practice. Bianco was elected and served as president of the American Thyroid Association in 2016.

Program

Academic Processional

Alumni Marshals

Taranjeet Ahuja, D.O., Class of 2006

Charles Gambino, D.O., Class of 1989

Class of 2023 Student Marshals

Meher Ahmed

Mohit Gogna

Faculty Marshals

Thomas Chan, D.O. Associate Professor and Chairperson, Clinical Specialties

Matthew Heller, D.O. Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Grand Marshal

William Palmer, M.D. Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine

Presiding

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP Dean

The Star-Spangled Banner

Note-O-Chords

NYITCOM Musician Singers

Welcome

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.

Jerry Balentine, D.O., FACEP, FACOEP

Provost and Executive Vice President

New York Institute of Technology

Board of Trustees

Daniel Ferrara, D.O., Class of 1986 Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

New York Institute of Technology

Henry C. Foley, Ph.D. President

New York Institute of Technology

Introduction of the Keynote Speaker

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O. Keynote Speaker

Antonio C. Bianco, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Chicago, Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism

Presentation of Candidates

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.

Conferral of Degrees

Henry C. Foley, Ph.D.

Hooding of Graduates

Henry C. Foley, Ph.D.

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.

Faculty Award Recipients/ Hooders

Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Basic Sciences

Maria Plummer, M.D. Associate Professor, Clinical Specialties

Faculty Award for Excellence in Problem Based Learning

Donna-Marie McMahon, D.O. Associate Professor, Clinical Specialties and Associate Dean Student Affairs

Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Sciences

Thomas Chan, D.O.

Associate Professor and Chairperson, Clinical Specialties

Preceptor of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching

Matthew Heller, D.O. Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Diversity Oath

Meher Ahmed, Class of 2023

Osteopathic Oath

Donna-Marie McMahon, D.O. Associate Professor, Clinical Specialties and Associate Dean Student Affairs

Military Oath of Office

Philip Volpe, D.O.

Class of 1989, Major General, United States Army, (Retired)

Class Address

Mohit Gogna President, Class of 2023

Closing

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.

Recessional

Graduates, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Sarah Abdel-Karim

Hani Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman

Erica Isabella Abidor

Soha Omar Abotaleb

Clara Abouelsaad

Kenney Abraham

Rita George Abraham

Amir M. Ahmed

Kinza Ahmed

Meher Ahmed

Matthew T. Ajaj

Inci Akkaya

Taysir Al Janabi

Mustafa Munir Alam

Matthew G. Alben

Erica Liwanag Alcantara

May Ali

Raiyan Nasir Ali

Mohammed Isam Alsaud

Mohamed Moneer Alshenawy

Sonia Amanat

Minorvi Rakesh Amin

Augustine Acheampong Amponsah

Rahul Anand

Corina Anderson

Aleena Rachel Anu

Oghuz Khan Anwar

Zuha Asghar Anwar

Jonathan Arias

Daniel Charles Arifakis

Mohammad Ahmad Ashkar

Madison Nicole Baker

Gayatrisreeja Bapatla

Carolyn Emma Basaleli

Jacob Basaleli

Sara Patricia Beardsley-Eide

Taslima Begum

Alexey Belevich

Amritpal Singh Bhangoo

Nandini Bhattacharjee

Labiba N. Bhuiyan

Rubina Munaf Bhura

Ali Raza Bhutto

Ari Bitterman

Victoria Jenna Brown

Sneha Kishor Bupathi

Forrest Tyler Butensky

Mahlaqa Shahzadi Butt

Daniel David Carris

Daniel Chang

Saqib Noormohmed Chariwala

Julie To Cherry

Alexandra Chervonsky

Klaudia Cios

Ricky Cohen

Christian Michael Coletta

Alyssa Ann Curcio

Hadi Dahhan

Eric Joseph Dahl

Meghana Damaraju

Cyrus Davati

Nathan Samuel Davis

Maria Miriam Davydova

Stephanie Natasha De Mel

Kevin Timothy Dell’Aquila

Bharati Dev

Laura Marie DiBenedetto

Jean Martin Domosi

Ruben Arthur Dovlatyan

Joseph Michael Dowling

Austin Raymond Dukat

George Economou

Tanzina Akhtar Ela

Kaely Elizabeth Elkins

Nicole Alexa Falus

Elyssa Ann Farr

Kimberly Anne Fasciglione

Nida Fatima

Michael Fedorovsky

Brent Skylar Fogel

Irine Gabrichidze

Francis Marc Gacek

Neil Gambhir

Hillary T. Gan

Fady George Gendy

Bolos Gerges

Daniel Jalil Ghajar

Chenise Paige Gibson

Ashleigh Lauren Glowacki

Mohit Gogna

Rosemary Gomez

Benjamin Tzvi Gorlin

Laura Rachel Goyarts

Joseph Gerard Granata

Shashank Gupta

Sonali Nina Gupta

Satvinder Kaur Guru

Naiem Habib

Robert Andrew Halpern

Taimur Hamid

Bassel Hassan

Allison Kathryn Havens

Jennifer Hegedus

Alex Devante Hernandez

Tate William Twistington Higgins

Sarika Raju Hira

Nadia Leme da Cunha Holladay

Brittany Hsu

Robert Osman Hubley

Avery Hum

Muhammad Humais

Nicole Kristina Hunzeker

Rama Hussein

Amenah Khalid Ibrahim

Nassef William Ibrahim

Frank Anthony Ida

Shamin Fatema Islam

Tanzeela Islam

George Anthony Istafanos

Assma Itani

Benna Thayil Jacob

Seelia Joy Jacob

Sravya Jannapureddy

Jenson Mathew John

Jerry Jose

Sari Yael Joshowitz

Matan Daniel Kadosh

Jasneel Singh Kahlam

Haroon Karabay

Zunayet Karim

Jessie L. Karten

Kiranjot Kaur

Katherine Marie Keever

Kevin Gerard Kelly

Armani Khan

Madiha Ahmed Khan

Tasnin Mahmuda Khan

Neil Khanna

Srijesa Khasnabish

Julian Khaymovich

Risa Nicole Kiernan

Andrew Hyun Kyu Kim

Joseph Yechan Kim

Robert Jeahyun Kim

Scott Harrison Kivitz

Ariel Naavah Kleydman

Sheku Komeh

Nina Dorothy Kosciuszek

Panayiotis Koumas

Brandon Radhey George Kuczabski

Gregory Kurgansky

Daniel Y. Kurtz

Chi Lam Kwok

Thomas Merrill Lampeter

Richard J. LaRocco

Jenny Lee

Amanda Rose Levy

Brian W. Li

Christine Li

Richard Liang

Shehtaaj Sadik Lilaporia

Daniela Queenie Lin

Willis Lin

Jessica Camille D’Alessandro Looby

Katherine Kumari Loomba

Iris Lu

Robert James Magaldi

Megan Ellen Maguire

Abrahim Mahmood

Mahima Mangla

Fatima Maqsood

Madeline Ruth Margulies

Sylvia Sarah Marshall

Kevin J. Mathew

Stephen Nuyit Mbah

Michael Timothy McCartin Jr.

Kaylie Rose McGivney

Margo Elizabeth McGrath

Benjamin Michael Mecham

Rubab Mian

Aaron Tanner Miller

Mairead Helene Moloney

Ashley Anne Monaco

Sarah Cathryn Muder

Waqar Ahmad Mughal

Ubayed Hasan Muhith

Joseph Louis Muraca

Jonathan Michael Muratori

Joy Kanyua Mwobobia

Hayley Nicole Myles

Abeera Nadeem

Pranav Bahuleyan Nair

Daniel W. Napack

Zoha Yousaf Naseer

Daniella Natanov

Julianna Marie Nerone

Tony Nguyen

Akito Theodore Nicol

Melvina Chinagolum Nnam

Jillian Ann Nostro

Yetunde Fadekemi Ogunneye

Yekaterina Okouneva

Melanie Leigh Orr

Amee Magan Pansuriya

Andrew Tyler Paramo

Christina Marie Parducci

Elizabeth M. Park

Nikit Patel

Uzma Patel

Amaka Uchenna Patrick-Anaekwe

Jimmy George Patteril

Matthew Cesar Pelletier

Ramya Pendyala

Andrew Joseph Penner

Casey Susan Petronella

Zachary Anthony Piazza

Anthony Piche

Adarsh P. Pillay

Edward Vincent Piscitelli

Manasa Devi Pisipati

Elona Esther Poltiyelova

James VanArsdale Potts

Justin Edward Pratte

Andrea Ronille Cacaos Puno

Salahuddin Qureshi

Julia Kathleen Raffo

Peter M. Rafla

Promi Lubaba Rahman

Shanta Sunita Ramsaran

Noor Ul Huda Rao

Mac Josh Gredoña Reandelar

Nathanael Lynn Rehmeyer

Christopher Edward Riis

Christina Marie Roselli

Divya Mary Roy

Summer Lee Rudish

Alexander C. Sacher

Zubia Sagarwala

Natasha Salman

Jacob Tyler Salner

Uma Sai Sankaramanchi

Jarrett Alexander Sannerud

Maria Daniella Santa Cruz

Elisheva Sasson

Michael Arthur Savallo

Mehak Kaur Sawhney

Nicholas Ryan Scelzi

Dana Elizabeth Schulz

Vasanth Kumar Selvam

Shaber Ahmad Seraj

Nickie Liu Seto

Ramim Shafi

Asim Shahid

Haque Mohammed Shakil

Nabeel Moeen Sharaf

Rhea Rakesh Sharma

George Shehata Shehata

Abhideep Singh

Paramvir Singh

Puneet Kaur Singh

Shannon Elizabeth Smith

Andrej Michael Sodoma

Kevin Song

Lauren Soong

Peter Nabil Sorial

Andrew Joseph Spitznogle

Deepa Sridhar

Abigail Dorothy Stanley

Angela Hyejin Suh

Salman Ali Syed

Manal Syeda

Kevan Tafreshi

Zaid Tahir

Brian Tang

Matthew Sean Tarrash

Diea Refaat Nkhnoukh Tawfelos

Saahil Thukral

Nicholas Tkach

Moshiyakh Tokov

Beshoy Zaher Toma

Lilian Tran

Kathleen Lee Tung

Aanchal Tyagi

Jonathan Frederick Vanmanen

Anju Ann Varghese

Tinsa Varughese

Nicole Catherine Volino

Julia Rachel Wajsberg

Victoria Wang

Hassan Waqar

William Thomas Wiedemann

Tyler John Wilson

Sammi Wong

Michelle Genevieve Wrynn

Justine Wu

Brianna Yaeger

Linda HuiKang Yang

Lawrence Jacob Yelkin

Michael Shereef Youssef

David Yusupov

Samana Nasim Zaidi

Syed Meesum Haider Zaidi

Bence Zakota

Lauren Zhao

Mina Zheng

Aiza Zia

Special Degree Programs

Combined Baccalaureate/Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree Program: B.S./D.O. and B.A./D.O.

The following graduates successfully completed the B.S./D.O., or B.A./D.O. seven-year program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree:

Kinza Ahmed

Aleena Rachel Anu

Hillary T. Gan

Bassel Hassan

George Anthony Istafanos

Benna Thayil Jacob

Seelia Joy Jacob

Jenson Mathew John

Joseph Yechan Kim

Uzma Patel

Casey Susan Petronella

Adarsh P. Pillay

Salahuddin Qureshi

Natasha Salman

Vasanth Kumar Selvam

Rhea Rakesh Sharma

Manal Syeda

Anju Ann Varghese

Nicole Catherine Volino

Master of Public Health/Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: M.P.H. / D.O. The following graduate successfully completed the M.P.H. and D.O. programs and will receive the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees:

Hassan Waqar

Master of Business Administration/ Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: M.B.A/D.O.

The following graduates successfully completed the M.B.A. and D.O. programs and will receive the Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees:

Jonathan Arias

Gregory Kurgansky

Michael Timothy McCartin Jr.

Jonathan Michael Muratori

Tony Nguyen

Nicholas Ryan Scelzi

Academic Medicine Scholars Program

The following graduates successfully completed the Academic Medicine Scholars Program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Academic Medicine M.S.:

Saqib Noormohmed Chariwala

Jerry Jose

Katherine Marie Keever

Risa Nicole Kiernan

Nina Dorothy Kosciuszek

Katherine Kumari Loomba

Mahima Mangla

Madeline Ruth Margulies

Sylvia Sarah Marshall

Ashley Anne Monaco

Christina Marie Parducci

Christina Marie Roselli

Shannon Elizabeth Smith

Nicole Catherine Volino

Émigré Physicians Program

The following graduates successfully completed the Émigré Physicians Program and will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree:

Hani Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman

Soha Omar Abotaleb

Amir M. Ahmed

Taysir Al Janabi

May Ali

Mohammed Isam Alsaud

Mohamed Moneer Alshenawy

Augustine Acheampong Amponsah

Rahul Anand

Taslima Begum

Alexey Belevich

Ali Raza Bhutto

Daniel Chang

Tanzina Akhtar Ela

Irine Gabrichidze

Bolos Gerges

Nadia Leme da Cunha Holladay

Amenah Khalid Ibrahim

Nassef William Ibrahim

Shamin Fatema Islam

Zunayet Karim

Sheku Komeh

Stephen Nuyit Mbah

Waqar Ahmad Mughal

Joy Kanyua Mwobobia

Melvina Chinagolum Nnam

Yetunde Fadekemi Ogunneye

Amaka Uchenna Patrick-Anaekwe

Peter M. Rafla

Noor Ul Huda Rao

George Shehata Shehata

Peter Nabil Sorial

Salman Ali Syed

Diea Refaat Nkhnoukh Tawfelos

Beshoy Zaher Toma

Hassan Waqar

Armed Forces Scholarships

The following graduates will take the military oath of office:

Daniel Chang, Navy

Robert Osman Hubley, Army

Scott Harrison Kivitz, Army

Ariel Naavah Kleydman, Army

Amaka Uchenna Patrick-Anaekwe, Navy

Dana Elizabeth Schulz, Air force

Global Health Certificate

The following graduates received the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Global Health Certificate:

Jonathan Arias

Elyssa Ann Farr

Kimberly Anne Fasciglione

Amanda Rose Levy

Joy Kanyua Mwobobia

Abhideep Singh

Tinsa Varughese

Inclusion of names in this program does not verify that students have completed all graduation requirements.

Honors and Awards

College Achievement Awards

Dean’s Achievement Award for Overall Academic Excellence

Kaylie Rose McGivney

Stanley Schiowitz

Award for Excellence in Osteopathic Medicine

Christina Marie Parducci

Distinguished Service Award

Kimberly Anne Fasciglione

Academic Excellence Award in Pre-Clinical Education/LectureDiscussion Based Curricular Track

Kaylie Rose McGivney

Academic Excellence Award in Pre-Clinical Education/Doctor Patient Continuum Curricular Track

Robert Andrew Halpern

Academic Excellence Award in Clinical Education

Richard Liang

Excellence in Public Health Award

Mahima Mangla

Alumni Association Award

Mohit Gogna

NYSOMS Award

Kimberly Anne Fasciglione

Natalie Assalone Nizza, D.O. Memorial Award

Christina Marie Roselli

American Osteopathic Foundation Donna Jones Moritsugu Memorial Award

Luliia Grosheva

Laurie Miller Spencer, D.O. Memorial Scholarship

Summer Lee Rudish

Matthew K. Sommella, D.O. Memorial OMM Fellowship Award

Sylvia Sarah Marshall

James Walker Memorial Scholarship Award

Mac Josh Gredoña Reandelar

Andrea N. Watson, D.O. Excellence in Humanism Award

Mahima Mangla

Rodika Zaika

Memorial Award

Hani Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman

Glasgow Rubin Academic Achievement Award

Sara Patricia Beardsley-Edie

Madiha Ahmed Khan

Risa Nicole Kiernan

Nina Dorothy Kosciuszek

Katherine Kumari Loomba

Kaylie Rose McGivney

Ashley Anne Monaco

Joy Kanyua Mwobobia

Hayley Nicole Myles

Yetunde Fadekemi

Ogunneye

Noor Ul Huda Rao

Lilian Tran

Brianna Yaeger

Honored Graduate for Glasgow Rubin Academic Achievement Award

Kaylie Rose McGivney

National Honors and Recognition

Sigma Sigma Phi

Sigma Sigma Phi National Honorary Osteopathic Service Fraternity

Class of 2023 members:

Clara Abouelsaad

Taysir Al Janabi

Rahul Anand

Daniel Charles Arifakis

Daniel Chang

Ricky Cohen

Alyssa Ann Curcio

Kimberly Anne Fasciglione

Daniel Jalil Ghajar

Robert Andrew Halpern

Sarika Raju Hira

Benna Thayil Jacob

Madiha Ahmed Khan

Risa Nicole Kiernan

Scott Harrison Kivitz

Panayiotis Koumas

Jenny Lee

Richard Liang

Katherine Kumari Loomba

Robert James Magaldi

Kaylie Rose McGivney

Mairead Helene Moloney

Ashley Anne Monaco

Hayley Nicole Myles

Gold Humanism Honor Society

Class of 2023 members:

Meher Ahmed

Sonia Amanat

Gayatrisreeja Bapatla

Rubina Munaf Bhura

Forrest Tyler Butensky

Ricky Cohen

Alyssa Ann Curcio

Eric Joseph Dahl

Nathan Samuel Davis

Bharati Dev

Kaely Elizabeth Elkins

Kimberly Anne Fasciglione

Mohit Gogna

Sonali Nina Gupta

Satvinder Kaur Guru

Naiem Habib

Sarika Raju Hira

Avery Hum

Assma Itani

Jenson Mathew John

Jerry Jose

Katherine Marie Keever

Srijesa Khasnabish

Richard Liang

Katherine Kumari Loomba

Robert James Magaldi

Mahima Mangla

Madeline Ruth Marguiles

Kaylie Rose McGivney

Mairead Helene Moloney

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards

Presented by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Graduate

Bharati Dev

Faculty Member

Jordan Keys, D.O.

Akito Theodore Nicol

Yetunde Fadekemi

Ogunneye

Amee Magan Pansuriya

Justin Edward Pratte

Mac Josh Gredoña

Reandelar

Michael Arthur Savallo

Mehak Kaur Sawhney

Asim Shahid

Abhideep Singh

Brianna Yaeger

Sarah Jane Cathryn Muder

Daniella Natanov

Amee Magan Pansuriya

James VanArsdale Potts

Julia Kathleen Raffo

Mac Josh Gredoña

Reandelar

Christopher Edward Riis

Zubia Sagarwala

Jacob Tyler Salner

Dana Elizabeth Schulz

Shaber Ahmad Seraj

Andrew Joseph Spitznogle

Angela Hyejin Suh

NYITCOM Diversity

Oath of Commitment

I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter.

I will always be mindful of the honor and great privilege bestowed upon me as a physician.

I vow to faithfully preserve the health and quality of life of my patients, upholding professionalism, confidentiality, and respect for patient autonomy and involvement in their own care.

I vow to perform my professional duties with fidelity and with the best interests of my patients in mind.

I promise to care for patients using appropriate clinical judgment that will uphold their morality and do no harm.

I will work to improve the general welfare of the community and to sustain laws and institutions that do not perpetuate injustice or harm.

With this oath, I will seek to live my life committed to cultural humility and continued self-reflection.

As a physician, I will utilize my position to ensure every individual seeking medical care is treated equitably, regardless of sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, nationality, age, or other personal qualifier.

I will only engage in those practices that will uphold my duty to serve all of humanity in order to honor the highest goals of the profession.

In the presence of this gathering I bind myself to my oath.

Osteopathic Oath

I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.

I will be ever vigilant in aiding the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices. I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me.

I will ever be alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathy which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.

In the presence of this gathering I bind myself to my oath.