CONTACT: Doug Carlson, FSU College of Medicine
(850) 645-1255; doug.carlson@med.fsu.edu

Aug. 13, 2015

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TO HOLD WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Members of the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2019 will receive white coats this week in a traditional ceremony symbolizing the importance of compassionate care for patients and the scientific proficiency expected of physicians.

The featured speaker will be Zita Magloire, M.D., a 2011 graduate of the FSU College of Medicine. She completed the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine last year and now practices medicine with Cairo (Ga.) Primary Care Physicians.

The ceremony will be held:

FRIDAY, AUG. 14

6 P.M.

RUBY DIAMOND CONCERT HALL

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

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