The School of Medicine proudly welcomed the Class of 2028 medical students at our White Coat Ceremony on August 16 — an exciting day that commemorates the beginning of their medical careers.
During the ceremony held in Old Cabell Hall with family and friends in attendance, 156 new MD students received white coats embroidered with their names and an instrument kit that includes an engraved stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, tuning fork and reflex hammer. The UVA School of Medicine Class of 1965 generously endows this ceremony each year.
These 156 students were selected from a pool of 5872 applicants. Their mean GPA is 3.85, and mean MCAT score 517 (94%ile). They represent 29 states and are coming from 71 undergraduate institutions. 57 students (37%) are from groups underrepresented in medicine including rural and disadvantaged Virginians.
The students received words of advice from Barry Collins, executive director of the UVA Medical Alumni Association; Cameron Muir, MD, ’93, president of the UVA Medical Alumni Association; Melina Kibbe, MD, dean of UVA School of Medicine; Joseph Nguyen, SMD’25, president of the student-led Mulholland Society; and Meg Keeley, MD ’92, senior associate dean for education. They also recited a covenant for the entering class and faculty. Congratulations to the Class of 2028!
I hope that every time you put this coat on, you remember all it represents. While you all chose this profession, I truly believe that deep down inside, you were destined to make this choice, not by chance but by the depth of your commitment and the strength of your resolve to make a difference in the world of medicine. —Melina R. Kibbe, MD, Dean, UVA School of Medicine
