Graduate Medical Education Celebrates 20th Annual Joint Residents' Graduation

June 5, 2015 - Morehouse School of Medicine (Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ)'s office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) celebrated its 20th annual Joint Residents' Graduation on June 5th. The graduation ceremony featured the "Charge to Graduates" by Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, keynote address looking at the history of Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ residency programs by Professor and Chair of Community Heath and Preventive Medicine Dr. Beverly Deaderick Taylor, a special "20 Years of Excellence" video introduced by William E. Booth, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ's first Director of GME, and the GME awards recognizing outstanding faculty and students.

Challenging recent graduates to uphold the Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Mission and become integral parts of their communities by mentoring and extending themselves was a common theme throughout the ceremony. Over the past 20 years, GME graduates have had great success upholding the Mission as there have been a total of 733 graduates with 487 remaining to practice in Georgia (66 percent).

GME Award Winners

  • Dr. Folashade Omole, 2015 Faculty Member of the Year
  • Dr. Juliet Muzere, 2015 Resident of the Year
  • Tiffany Burns, 2015 Program Manager of the Year
  • Melvin Raiford, 2015 Friend of GME
  • Dr. Michelle Harper Allen & Dr. Stephanie Melbourne-Carbs, 2015 Ryan and Reginald Wimberly Humanism in Medicine Award (a tie!)

Congratulations to all the GME faculty and graduates.