McMaster Health Sciences convocation

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McMaster Health Sciences convocation is taking place Thursday, May 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Medical students, midwives, Bachelor of Health Sciences students and a variety of master’s and doctoral students will graduate at the Faculty of Health Sciences convocation Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at Hamilton Place. In total, there will be 523 graduates participating in the ceremony.

Dr. Abraham Verghese, a professor at Stanford University, will receive an honorary degree from McMaster. Verghese is a physician, author and educator who appears frequently in the media and is highly regarded as an advocate for empathy and humanity in doctor-patient relationships. He is also the recipient of a National Humanities Medal, awarded by former U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.

Earlier in the day, the 187 graduates of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine will read the Hippocratic Oath at a special ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Hamilton Convention Centre. The keynote speaker at the ceremony is McMaster graduate Dr. Naheed Dosani ’11, a palliative care physician with the William Osler Health System, who also delivers palliative care to the homeless. The contributions of Peter George, McMaster’s former president and vice-chancellor from 1995-2010, were recognized with an honorary degree during a special ceremony on March 31, 2017. He died April 27, 2017.

McMaster Convocation ceremonies can be viewed in real-time online through the Registrar’s website.